2015-05-23 South Africa Health

Independent Online   

Genetics: why we should vaccinate in the winter   
Financial Times
The circadian rhythm, which controls our biological activity from day to day, is not the only internal clock in the human body. We also have a more mysterious circannual rhythm that prepares us for seasonal changes. A study at Cambridge University, published ...

2015-05-23 South Africa Science

Citizen   

Why it's been raining spiders in Australia   
Citizen
It's raining….SPIDERS. Thousands of flying baby spiders are falling from the sky in Australia's Southern Tablelands. The town is experiencing what is called an Angel Hair event (spider migration). And some people are freaked out…quite rightfully so.

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Biodiversity Conservation Project Launched   
AllAfrica.com
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism together with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Wednesday this week launched the Resource Mobilisation for Biodiversity Conservation (ResMob) Project. The project aims to improve ...

2015-05-23 South Africa Sports

Sport24   

Cheetahs 'motivated by Naka's exit'   
Sport24
Johannesburg - Lions prop Julian Redelinghuys believes Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske's impending departure from the side will spur the Free State franchise on in their Super Rugby clash in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Earlier this week Drotske was granted ...

2015-05-23 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

SABC spends R3m on choir   
Channel 24
Johannesburg – The SABC spends a whopping R3m a year on its choir and among their songs is one singing the praises of the chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The minister of communications, Faith Muthambi, told parliament that the SABC ...

2015-05-23 South Africa Technology

iAfrica.com   

Takealot now selling Apple Watch   
iAfrica.com
South Africans can now easily get their hands on an Apple Watch as the product is now for sale on Takealot - but it doesn't come cheap. The Apple Watch Sport (38mm silver aluminium) is now available on Takealot in three sport band colours: white, blue and ...

2015-05-23 South Africa Business

BDlive   

Motorists must pay e-tolls to help state pay debt, says Momoniat   
BDlive
MOTORISTS using Gauteng's freeways should pay for electronic tolls (e-tolls) to help the government meet its debt obligations and avoid ratings downgrades, as well as higher borrowing costs, Treasury deputy director-general Ismail Momoniat says.
The one thing that will force you to pay e-tolls   Times LIVE
Government resolve on e-tolls crumbles   The Daily Vox (blog)
Toll Fees are Taxes   The Zimbabwean

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BDlive   

Eskom moves to stage 2 load shedding   
BDlive
ESKOM moved from stage 1 to stage 2 load shedding at 12pm which is likely to continue until 10pm, the power utility said in a statement on Friday. Eskom said this was due to a combination of units not returning from maintenance and low reserve levels at ...

2015-05-23 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

11 children hurt in KZN taxi crash   
Independent Online
Cape Town - Eleven children were injured on Friday when the taxi they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree in New Germany, KwaZulu-Natal. ER24 reported that the accident happened on Friday afternoon near Dinkalman Road.
11 children injured in taxi crash   The New Age Online
11 children injured when taxi crashes into tree   News24

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Independent Online   

Bail bid exposes double life   
Independent Online
Port Elizabeth - Murder accused Christopher Panayiotou hired a hitman to shoot his wife on whom he had cheated for years after his messy double life and rumoured debt finally caught up with him, according to the narrative the State presented this week in its ...

2015-05-23 South Africa Africa

Times LIVE   

Ethiopia's democracy put to the test in general election   
DAWN.com
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country, holds a general election on Sunday, the first since the death of long-time strongman Meles Zenawi whose successor Hailemariam Desalegn is seen as all but certain to stay in office. Over 36.8 ...

2015-05-23 South Africa World

NDTV   

At Least 21 Dead as Islamic State Suicide Bomber Attacks Saudi Shiite Mosque   
NDTV
Saudi men gather around debris following a blast inside a mosque, in the mainly Shiite Saudi Gulf coastal town of Qatif, 400 kms east of Riyadh, on May 22, 2015. (AFP Photo). Riyadh: An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in ...