Yup, it seems that the red light has gone on for the Umpire Decision Review System that initially received so much support from players and cricket boards alike. Despite Dave Richardson, the ICC’s general manager of batting his heart out to try and keep the system alive it has just not taken off and is [...]

One of the world’s most renowned leaders and South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela has decided to withdraw from public engagements and appearances. Rumors and speculations about 91 year old Mandela health were put to rest after the announcement by Nelson Mandela Foundation. The statement said that icon of anti-apartheid movement was doing well [...]

Aflatoxin is included in a class of organic compounds called polyketides. Polyketides provide the building blocks for both carcinogens and some of the most significant drugs. ‘The toxin wreaks havoc on a cancer-preventing gene in humans called p53. Without p53 protecting the body, aflatoxin can compromise immunity, interfere with metabolism, and cause severe malnutrition and [...]

New colonialism in a globalized world is a curious thing. Countries buying vast parcels of farmlands in poor countries poses new emerging problems. In such cases, only the countries’ respective heads of state know the full details. It gets complicated when provincial governors have auctioned off their land to the highest international bidders such as [...]

Four selections of Europe conquered their vacancy on this Saturday, after the next to the last round of the preliminary rounds for the World Cup of 2010. Denmark, Serbia, Germany and Italy didn’t give chances to their opponents and stamped their respective passports. Of the nine groups, only two will still need to define which [...]

For many South African, the generated international confusion when some wanted to determine Caster Semenya would be too much masculine to compete in proofs of feminine athletics has been an insult for the whole people from there, as if an insensitive world wanted to spy what there are under the clothes of the country.
Ever since, [...]

In a recent study, one in four South Africans acknowledged committing a sexual violation in his life and close to half of all those surveyed admitted having done more than one attack. 73 percent of those who admitted to rape had their first violation even before they reached the age of 20. In addition, one [...]

 
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Japan holds the record for having the world’s longest life expectancy – at close to 90 years. The country also has one of the world’s lowest child mortality rates, indicated by WHO statistics: ‘For every 1,000 babies of both sexes born in Japan, 996 will make it past their fifth birthday [...]

The largest economy of the African subcontinent, South Africa has been hit by the recession. There has been a decline in the country’s manufacturing and mining sector and has contributed to this recession. The country has undergone recession for the first time since 1992.
The growth rate of South Africa has contracted by 6.4 percent as [...]

Lalit Modi and BCCI are already minting big bucks with the IPL and it seems that the change of host nation seems to have just got them a bit more worrying about losing the stake in all those rolls of green. That is exactly why the headless thinkers on top of the tournament’s decision making [...]