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Journey’s end: Although KwaZulu-Natal has escaped much of the trucking violence that has rocked the country in the latest flare-up, the province has a history of attacks on road freight industry vehicles, particularly those driven by foreigners. (Jacques Stander)

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

Xenophobia weaponised in ‘truck wars’

KZN’s premier has tried to intervene by offering South Africans preferential access to jobs, but foreign drivers say locals don’t want the work

Des Erasmus

Our bodies do not make much DHA, so, for the most part, we obtain it through diet. Plants and meats have modest amounts of the fatty acid, but the most abundant source by far is fish (or fish-derived supplements).(Mohamed Al Hwaityan/Reuters)

Global warming may dwindle the supply of a key brain nutrient

Diminishing levels of an omega-3 fatty acid may have health consequences, including a higher risk for depression, ADHD and early dementia

Bret Stetka