Eleven children - some a few weeks old - died along with three of their care givers when their orphanage outside Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, burned down at 5.30 this morning.
Swine flu has claimed about 27 lives and more than 800 people are infected. South Africa has joined the global race to find a vaccine. Dieketseng Maleke from the Times Online spoke to Microbiology Professor Edward Rybicki about local research efforts.