Scientists in South Africa are exploring whether one of the country’s most precious commodities, gold, could hold the key in the battle against diseases such as HIV/Aids, malaria and cancer. Once developed, the drugs could be considered as a potential choice of therapy for individuals infected with HIV.
Springbok coach Jake White believes that his team can still claw themselves out of one of their worst runs to date after sinking to their fifth successive defeat when the All Blacks beat them 45-26 at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. A major concern for White was how his team failed to capitalise after a dominating start over the reigning Tri-Nations champions.
The head of Zimbabwe’s main state grain marketing board has been arrested on graft charges, police said on Saturday, days after another top executive was jailed in a new drive against growing corruption. President Robert Mugabe ordered a crackdown on graft last month to try to resolve Zimbabwe’s economic crisis.
Two teams planned to play Benfica on Sunday after a series of clashing soccer federation and court rulings threw the Portuguese league into chaos on its opening weekend. Benfica was originally scheduled to play Belenenses but Gil Vicente said on Saturday it would also show up at the Stadium of Light.
The Cheetahs moved to the top of the Currie Cup log once again with a convincing 78-8 victory over second-from-bottom Falcons in a one-sided game in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The hosts led 29-8 at the break, having already garnered their bonus point.
Justin Gatlin said on Friday he has ”no idea how any banned substance got into my body,” and restated his plan to appeal the eight-year ban from track he received earlier this week after acknowledging he tested positive for doping. The Olympic and world champion in the 100m reiterated his disdain for cheating in a sport that has been wracked with doping issues.
Liverpool picked up its first Premier League victory of the season on Saturday, beating West Ham 2-1 on first-half goals from Daniel Agger and Peter Crouch. Liverpool opened last weekend with a disappointing 1-1 draw at newly promoted Sheffield United.
Kimberley has one of the best doctor-patient ratios in the country but, a few kilometres away, Warrenton Hospital battles to attract a single doctor. To listen to Sister Gail Davids is to understand why so many of our nurses hotfoot it out of the public health system. At Warrenton, a normal weekend sounds as if it were a television script.
Almost 10 years ago, Eben Donges Hospital in Worcester acknowledged a looming nursing crisis and established a groundbreaking learnership programme that has uplifted the community and averted massive nursing vacancies. ”We realised that our staff must be our most important asset and that we would need to invest in their training and development if we wanted to retain our current staff and attract new members,” said former nurse Liesl Strauss.
The article ”MPs seek new powers” makes several criticisms of Parliament. Despite their potential constructive value, these points are thoroughly debased by a lack of both content and context, and a reliance on anonymous ”members of the African National Congress”, writes Luzuko Jacobs.