Ship Happens
On the 2nd of May, MV Hondius, a Dutch-flagged cruise ship reported several cases of a severe respiratory illness. By… Read More
Ship Happens
A Strain on the Sewers
In May 2026, routine wastewater surveillance in Cape Town detected two poliovirus strains – likely imported and vaccine-linked, with no… Read More
Case Closed
Uganda officially declared itself free of Ebola on 28 July 2026, marking the end of its 2026 outbreak, after the… Read More
Box Office Blues
According to AMPS and MAPS, available through Eighty20’s Data Portal, cinema attendance in South Africa has dropped dramatically in half… Read More
A family tree that needs a map
“The Polygamist,” a South African Netflix series about a wealthy Johannesburg family navigating a husband’s secret second family, racked up… Read More
Shucks Comes Close, Not Close Enough
Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008), starring Leon Schuster, remains the highest-grossing South African film of all time,… Read More