It is just one month since the Springboks flew home from Australia with their tails between their legs, having been drubbed 30-12 by the Wallabies in Sydney. Back then Bok coach Jake White was being castigated for playing too few players of colour, and for imagining that he could beat Australia by kicking the ball to them.
It is the ultimate conundrum for vegetarians who think that meat is murder: a revolution in processed food that will see fresh meat grown from animal cells without a single cow, sheep or pig being killed. Researchers have published details in a biotechnology journal describing a new technique, which they hailed as the answer to the world’s food shortage.
At last! You’ve worked all year long for this and you’re finally heading off on that much-needed holiday of which you’ve been dreaming. Fantastic. Of course, you’ll need to be fully prepared and packing wisely is the first step. So make a checklist: mobile phone, laptop, Blackberry, printed itineraries, workout clothes, video camera and fat-burning pills.
The Scorpions struck countrywide on Thursday in early morning raids connected with the investigation of two corruption charges against former deputy president Jacob Zuma. The Congress of South African Trade Unions said: ”The central committee [CC] unequivocally condemns the systematic brutal persecution of Jacob Zuma by the National Prosecuting Authority.”
Louis Trichardt residents are attacking the validity of the rural Limpopo town’s name change to Makhado in a case being fought in the Pretoria High Court. There was an outcry by thousands of inhabitants of the town when the decision was gazetted in June 2003.
Human beings, in nearly all cultures, have long engaged in a strange activity. They take a literary text, give it special status and attempt to live by its precepts. These texts are usually of considerable antiquity — yet are expected to throw light on situations their authors could not have imagined.
The Democratic Alliance’s hopes of regaining control of the Western Cape legislature were dashed recently when three New National Party members pledged their seats to the African National Congress during the upcoming floor-crossing period. The move will give the ANC an overall majority of 22 of the 42 seats in the Western Cape legislature. They are already ANC members.
The Credit Bill, which is currently being tabled before Parliament, has highlighted the practice of credit life insurance when purchasing a vehicle. The aim of this insurance is to pay out the outstanding debt on the vehicle should you die or are unable to make some of your repayments, either through disability or retrenchment.
Scientists have created the ultimate ribbon. A thousand times thinner than a human hair and a few centimetres wide, the carbon sheet is stronger than steel for its weight, and could open the door to everything from artificial muscles to a space elevator capable of sending astronauts and tourists into orbit.
Black Americans get fewer operations, tests, medications and other life-saving treatments than white Americans and have less access to the best doctors, hospitals and health plans, according to three studies published on Thursday. However, the research also shows that the healthcare gap is closing on many simple, cheap medical treatments.