2015-03-22 South Africa Health

Chicago Daily Herald   

Sickweather app has a few bugs in the system   
Chicago Daily Herald
We are coming out of one of the worst flu seasons in years. As of mid-February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, flu activity had been elevated for 13 consecutive weeks (an average flu season lasts about 13 weeks; it is expected this ...

2015-03-22 South Africa Science

Stackyard   

Annual greenhouse gas emissions from forests drop by a quarter, UN says - TRFN   
Reuters Africa
ROME, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Yearly carbon emissions from the world's forests have dropped by more than 25 percent in the last 15 years, a U.N. agency said on Friday. The decrease in annual emissions, which cause global warming, ...

2015-03-22 South Africa Sports

iAfrica.com   

'We should have put them away' - Chiefs coach   
TVNZ
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie was not at all impressed with his side's error-ridden performance this morning as they went down to the Sharks 12-11 in Durban. The Chiefs just couldn't capitalise on the good go forward breaks created by their talented youngster ...

2015-03-22 South Africa Entertainment

Eyewitness News   

Journalism community mourns death of Danny Schechter   
Eyewitness News
FILE: Filmmaker Danny Schechter answers questions from the audience after the 'American Jobs' premiere at the ArcLight Cinema on 26 September, 2004 in Hollywood, California. Picture: AFP. Cancer · US journalist Danny Schechter dies · Danny Schechter.
'News Dissector' Danny Schechter Dies   New Hampshire Public Radio
Remembering Journalist Danny Schechter   WGBH NEWS
Author, human rights activist Danny Schechter dies aged 72   New York Daily News
Free Speech TV   
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DestinyMan   

Pulane's humiliation is our legislation's and society's shame   
DestinyMan
Just last week, the social networking site changed its rules, adding a new guideline to stop the distribution of “intimate photos and videos” without the subject's consent. The new guidelines also give users the ability to report tweets that contain images and ...

2015-03-22 South Africa Technology

TechCrunch   

Apple Kicks Windows 7 Out of New MacBooks' Boot Camp   
PC Magazine
If you just bought a brand-new MacBook laptop, and you loathe everything about Windows 8—but still need to run a Windows operating system on your MacBook for some reason—then we have a bit of bad news for you. According to the latest support page ...

2015-03-22 South Africa Business

iAfrica.com   

Eskom implements load shedding   
iAfrica.com
The power utility says this is due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages. The parastatal has called on its customers to reduce the load on the electricity grid by urgently switching ...

2015-03-22 South Africa South Africa

Eyewitness News   

Daughter of de Kock victim has 'mixed emotions'   
Eyewitness News
FILE: Eugene De Kock at the amnesty hearing of two former Vlakplaas operatives at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 17 November 1997. Picture: AFP." Eugene de Kock · Prime evil · Prime evil Eugene de Kock · Gelnak Masilo Mama. Eugene de ...

2015-03-22 South Africa Africa

Haaretz   

Boko Haram execution site discovered near Nigerian town   
Haaretz
Town of Damasak was seized by the Islamist group last November, but recaptured on Saturday by troops from Niger and Chad. By Reuters | Mar. 22, 2015 | 1:37 AM. submit to reddit. Nigerien soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag that they had seized in the ...

2015-03-22 South Africa World

New York Times   

Deadly Fire in Brooklyn Renews Concerns Over a Weekly Ritual   
New York Times
In the hours after a malfunctioning hot plate started a fast-moving blaze that killed seven brothers and sisters in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday, a Fire Department official went door to door at nearby homes handing out pamphlets ...