South Africas home to the worlds first heart transplant and is a leader in this field. But organ donors are in short supply and the numbers awaiting transplant are steadily increasing. In Soweto, a township with over 3 million people, kidney disease is a big killer, making organ donation a top priority for those working in Chris Hani Baragwanaths renal unit
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"