Elna Schütz

1 week ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz

Like many other countries around the world, mine has been struggling with US cuts to foreign aid. The current administration in the White House has a particular eye on South Africa, and president Trump issued an executive order cutting all aid to the country. Trump’s aid cuts could force up to 5.6 million more Africans into extreme poverty in the next year. It will lead to millions more cases of malaria and childhood malnutrition.

1 month ago | theneweuropean.co.uk | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz

He stands, arms crossed in a determined and powerful pose, against a backdrop of stylishly miscellaneous tech. Across his simple black T-shirt, reminiscent of other rich geniuses and their simple wardrobes, is the line “How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future”. This is the front cover of the biography of Elon Musk that I gave my bookworm father for Christmas almost a decade ago. Unlike other, similar biographies of billionaires, this one had a special glint to it.

1 month ago | theworld.org | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz

In a suburb of South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, hairdresser Allie John has had to adapt to frequent water outages. John, bending over a plastic bucket, uses a jug to scoop out water to wash her client’s hair. “I have water stored in the garage for an emergency. I have to heat and bring in buckets to use on my clients,” she said. “So, it’s very uncomfortable.”Water outages have become part of daily life in Johannesburg.

1 month ago | eurasiareview.com | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz

More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for millions of people, according to scientists. Research led by the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, addressed the gap in microbiome studies, which have largely overlooked African populations.

1 month ago | scidev.net | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz

[JOHANNESBURG] More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for millions of people, according to scientists. Research led by the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, addressed the gap in microbiome studies, which have largely overlooked African populations.