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Leemisa Thuseho THE African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 sports ministers’ troika yesterday toured the facilities that will be used for the upcoming 2021 edition of the regional games. The games will be held in Maseru in December. The AUSC ministers’ troika is made up of sports ministers from Malawi (the next hosts), Botswana […]
The search for a cure for mental illness
ROMA-DR Mohale Mabaleha started with 42 different plant species that are used by Lesotho’s traditional healers to treat mental illnesses.
He ended up with one plant that had a huge potential.
He and his team proved that potential in the laboratory using frog’s eggs (oocytes).
Dr Mabaleha from the National University of Lesotho (NUL) is working with scientists from the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa, and the University of Vienna, Austria, to find out what makes these plants useful in the treatment of mental illnesses.
Let’s get to the fascinating story (but never underestimate frogs – “nketjoane o tumme a ntse a le metsing”).