Monkey Business (Part 3) Cape Peninsula’s dated baboon management plan is a failure, say critics by Elsabé Brits September 6, 2021 The way the baboons in the Cape Peninsula are managed is hailed as a great success, but not everyone agrees. “I think because the programme is ‘sold’ as a science-based one, there should be…
South Africa secures ‘watershed’ finance deal to reduce coal reliance by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick November 3, 2021 The European Union, Germany, France, the UK, and the US have partnered to support South Africa’s climate action goals by helping finance the move from its heavy reliance on coal to cleaner and renewable energy sources. Countries…
Health, Herbs & Cannabis Health, as defined by the World Health Organisation, is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Other bodies defined health as the state of wellness. Whichever definition one chooses to adopt, what is important is to have a healthy lifestyle. There are many factors that affect one’s health. This…
10 Health Benefits of Cannabis that Everyone Should Know Marijuana has been used by humans in different ways for over 1,000 years. Over the years, research has proven that they are medical benefits of marijuana use. However, there have been public debates on the effects of cannabis on the body and mind. But this doesn’t…
Why Baboons Can’t Take Photographs by Don Pinnock Unlike baboons, we have an understanding of representational visual or oral language. Why we have it and they don’t is an interesting way to understand photography and how we think. Despite taking thousands of photographs as a photojournalist, I’d never seriously considered the art of photography. One…
by David King and Jane LichtensteinSeptember 5, 2021 This story was first published in The Conversation & Daily Maverick The challenge of surviving the next 50 years is now Stabilize the Planet and is seen as a planet-wide existential crisis; we need to work together urgently, just to secure a short-term future for human civilization….
Monkey Business (Part 2) Who is responsible for the management of baboons on the Cape Peninsula? by Elsabé Brits September 5, 2021 Bolo, a baboon from the Simon’s Town Waterfall Troop was killed in July, despite recovering from an injury after treatment by the SPCA. The killing prompted several questions. Who takes the decision to…
Monkey Business (Part 1) There is an ongoing urban war on the Cape Peninsula — humans versus baboons by Elsabé Brits September 2, 2021 For as long as there have been humans and baboons, there have been conflicts over resources. The idea that the violent separation of baboons and their human neighbours is the only…
Global data indicate higher Corona Virus COVID-19 case fatality rates among men than women. Most countries with available data indicate a male to female case fatality ratio higher than 1·0, ranging up to 3·5 in some cases (appendix). (1) However, the COVID-19 Corona Virus case fatality rate is higher in women than men in a…
What will a fair allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine look like in South Africa? An efficacious COVID-19 vaccine would undoubtedly be a global public good that, in the context of a pandemic, is urgently and synchronously required by the global community. These unique features make allocation of an approved COVID-19 vaccine challenging both globally and…
