Even healthy foods like fruit and vegetables may be getting less nutritious. Photo: Tariro Washinyira Is our food becoming less nutritious? If we use the most useful definition of “nutritious” - “having a macronutrient profile that is conducive to health, and a high ratio of micronutrients to calories” - the short answer is yes, and quite severely. Macronutrients include … [Read more...] about Is our food becoming less nutritious? Probably
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Bid to resolve crisis in KwaZulu-Natal special schools
Learners and parents went to the offices of the KwaZulu-Natal Premier on Wednesday demanding answers to their complaints about conditions in the province’s special schools. Photo: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik Parents and learners with special needs will meet government officials in Pietermaritzburg on Friday in a bid to resolve the crisis in the province’s special schools. The … [Read more...] about Bid to resolve crisis in KwaZulu-Natal special schools
School buses are back after learner picket
For two weeks about 200 learners have been walking to school in Humansdorp because of a failure of school transport. Some had to walk up to 60 km a day. Photo: Mkhuseli Sizani About 200 learners in Humansdorp had not been able to attend school for two weeks because of a lack of transport. They were able to return to class on Thursday after they picketed on Wednesday to … [Read more...] about School buses are back after learner picket
Gift of the Givers bring much-needed water to Makhanda homes
Makhanda residents bring their containers to collect water from the Gift of the Givers tanker on Thursday. Photos: Loyiso Dyongman Donkey carts, vehicles and scores of people with young children from Makhanda queued to fill their containers at a water tanker provided by the Gift of the Givers on Thursday. The organisation has been trucking water and much-needed disaster relief … [Read more...] about Gift of the Givers bring much-needed water to Makhanda homes
Thabo Bester escape: G4S guard in court
Motanyane John Masukela (left) in the dock with a Legal Aid representative who will assist in getting him a lawyer from his institution. Photo: Becker Semela The case of a G4S security guard accused of helping Thabo Bester escape from Mangaung prison has been postponed for bail application. Motanyane John Masukela, 51, appeared briefly in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on … [Read more...] about Thabo Bester escape: G4S guard in court
