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Six more South Africans have tested positive for the coronavirus in the country.Image: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

Six more coronavirus infections in SA, bringing total to 13

The health ministry on Wednesday confirmed another six cases of the coronavirus in SA. This brings the number of patients to 13. Four of those infected are in Gauteng and were part of a group that travelled to Italy earlier this month.…

Twenty-one fossilized bones of the most complete partial skeleton of a male of the extinct ape species Danuvius guggenmosi, which lived about 12 million years ago in southern Germany, is seen in this photo illustration released in Tubingen, Germany on November 6, 2019. Christoph Jaeckle via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Prehistoric ape from Germany was a pioneer of two-legged walking

Fossils unearthed in southern Germany of a remarkable ape that lived about 11.6 million years ago may dramatically alter the understanding of the evolutionary origins of a fundamental human trait – walking upright on two legs. Scientists…

The main threat to chimps and other large mammals is habitat loss.Image: Robin Nieuwenkamp/Shutterstock via The Conversation

Chimpanzees in the wild reduced to ‘forest ghettos’

Urban expansion and hunting have pushed chimpanzees, humanity’s closest relative in the animal kingdom, into shrinking islets of wildness, top experts said Tuesday after a three-day meeting in Germany. All four sub-species of the African…

GOING THE DISTANCE: Jordan Fray recently took part in a triathlon training programme in Germany Picture: SUPPLIED

Triathlete Fray does family proud

Grade 10 Hudson Park pupil, Jordan Fray had the pleasure of harnessing his athletic finesse in a triathlon training programme held in Obernburg, Germany recently. The 15-year-old went overseas on August 23 and returned on September 2. “I…

Local athlete beats odds

Mdantsane-based athlete Sikelela Kakele is a beacon of hope for his community after having overcome the odds to become a driven, competitive triathlete. “I originally wanted to do life-saving back in 2012 but I couldn’t swim. “I started…

SWEET SOUNDS

The Aqua Vista Primary School Marimba Band will be on tour in Germany, until July 3. ‘We want to thank Andelene Ross, our acting principal and music teacher, for the effort she has put in. She will be accompanying them,’ the school said.…