Giorno: 9 Giugno 2023

COVID Causes Brain Cells to ‘Fuse and Malfunction’, Study Finds

Read More Researchers have discovered that while SARS-CoV-2 is primarily a respiratory disease, it can also cause brain cells to fuse, initiating malfunctions that lead to chronic symptoms in the nervous system. Published in Science Advances on Jun 7, the new study is an exploration into how viruses alter the function of the brain, authors Massimo […]

Australia’s Security Pacts With Vanuatu and PNG Stalled Due to Sovereignty Concerns

Read More Pacific nations Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea (PNG) are delaying the finalisation of their security pacts with Australia due to fears the deal would encroach on their sovereignty, the Pacific nations have said. During a visit by Defence Minister Richard Marles on June 6, Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau said the bilateral security […]

Creaking economy must be reformed for the better

Read More the structure of South Africa’s economy needs changing. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Two decades ago, analysts at Goldman Sachs floated the idea that South Africa be included in the emerging market grouping, Bric.  Their reasoning at the time was that the comparably small economy at the tip of Africa was set to […]

The economy and the myth of the silver bullet

Read More (John McCann/M&G) This week Statistics South Africa released its latest GDP report, showing that the economy had grown by 0.4% in the first quarter of this year. To state the obvious, it is a profoundly disappointing outcome because it is as good as zero in light of very high unemployment. The theory is […]

R500m election kitty: moonshot, money shot or long shot?

Read More Rumour: ActionSA leader Michael Beaumont has shot down the idea of a fund to back the moonshot pact. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images Funders are concerned about the fragmented opposition but party leaders are adamant that they and not donors are driving the process This article is only available to subscribers. View subscription options […]

Pharmaceutical giant stops Clicks selling cheaper blood thinner

Read More More than a year after reserving judgment in an urgent application, Judge Colleen Collis has finally handed down her ruling confirming the patent rights of pharmaceutical giant Bayer.  Bayer has won its court challenge, preventing Clicks from selling a cheaper generic blood thinning medication, in competition with Bayer’s patented product. Last year Bayer […]

Government mulls SA-based peace summit for Putin and Zelenskyy

Read More A Ukranian soldier watches a puppy in a basement base, close to the frontline, in southern Ukraine. Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images South Africa could host a peace summit which would see Russian president Vladamir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the country, minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has said. […]

Ministers urged to restrict marketing of vapes to children in England

Read More The children’s commissioner for England has urged ministers to crack down on the “insidious” marketing of vapes to young people, which is leaving them so addicted to nicotine they can’t concentrate on lessons. Rachel de Souza said the government would be “failing a generation” if these “highly addictive and sometimes dangerous products” were […]

Police watchdog for England and Wales demands new powers amid trust crisis

Read More The head of the police inspectorate in England and Wales has demanded sweeping new powers to compel police forces to tackle what he described as the worst crisis in law and order in living memory. In his first annual assessment as head of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services […]