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Press Release - Lecture on Conferment of the Doctorate Honoris Causa from Cheik Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
Ashish Lata Ramgobin was found guilty of tender fraud dating back to 2015, and her sentencing has on Tuesday been postponed to November.
Following a thunderstorm warning, parts of Gauteng have been plagued with floods, strong winds and severe bouts of lightning.
The value of the food lost or wasted is put at R60-billion or 2% of SA’s GDP, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
A group of LGBTQI activists from Cape Town are planning to stage a Sea Point Promenade pride protest on Saturday 31 October 2020.
So you couldn't catch the latest episode of Skeem Saam? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Be warned of spoilers!
[CAF] Mozambique coach Luís Gonçalves unveiled a list of 23 players for Africa Cup of Nations 2021 qualifiers' Group F double header against Cameroon, scheduled in November.
Pangolins Need Protection
Pangolins, the world's only mammals with scales. Unique creatures sometimes called scaly anteaters. Not well known and yet among the most poached and illegally trafficked animals in the world and nearing extinction because of high demand for their scales in Asian traditional medicine. Going for around 20,000 USD, many poaches ruthlessly hunt them for profit. Professor Raymond Jansen, the chairman of the African Pangolin Working Group, describes the undergoing poaching and trading operations, \"The majority of trade leaving Africa are dead pangolins in the form of loose scales in large sacks. But in southern Africa they are often brought to a willing buyer, someone perceived to be a wealthy individual where they ask large volumes of money for a living pangolin.\"
Local Pangoolin-Protection Initiatives
The African Pangolin Working Group in South Africa — a team of veterinarians and wildlife experts — have been rehabilitating pangolins rescued from poachers for nearly a decade.
Many pangolins arrive traumatised at a Johannesburg wildlife clinic. Nicci Wright, the founder of the Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital, gives an inside look into the situation, \"When we receive those pangolins, they're all compromised. Whether they've been with the poachers for a couple of days or sometimes up to two weeks. So we see pangolins in a variety of different physical states. Some are very emaciated, they're skeletal, they got wounds, they got injuries, they go snare wounds. It's pitiful, very very difficult to emotionally deal with that kind of suffering and abuse.\"
Hope is on the Horizon
The group has recorded 97 tons of pangolin scales seized last year from smugglers attempting to transport them out of Africa — which equates to roughly 150,000 illegally trafficked animals - a 20% estimate of the total figure as not all cases are known by authorities. Nevertheless, steadily growing anti-poaching initiatives in South Africa work in collaboration with the police to identify and catch poachers and traders, who often in undercover operations — to protect the country’s pangolins.
Wellness travel, solo travel and girlfriend getaways are all rising in popularity - and one umbrella term, ‘graceful travel’, captures them all.
Rilee Rossouw will be reunited with former Proteas teammate, Imran Tahir at Big Bash League outfit, the Melbourne Renegades.
Hassina Mouri, a professor in Medical Geology at UJ, has been elected vice-president of the International Union of Geological Sciences.
One of South Africa's top experts on COVID-19 says that inter-provincial travel 'may be reviewed' to limit the spread of the virus in summer.
[The Herald] SAFA have confirmed Bafana Bafana's upcoming back-to-back 2022 AFCON qualifiers against Sao Tome and Principe will both be played in South Africa.
'Poppie Nongena', the South African biographical drama written and directed by Christiaan Olwagen, won big at the BRICS Film Festival in Russia.
Is it time for another 'fellow South Africans...' from the president? Ramaphosa will officially address the public about lockdown restrictions next week.
President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, is married to South African-born Melissa Cohen Biden.
