Quintuplets, Motsoaledi and Oscar

This week was a quiet one. The search for the plane died down, Mr Roux took a break from putting it to people and well, that was it really.

It might not feel like such a quiet week for the Canadian Paul Servat. Having spent 9 months eagerly awaiting the quintuplets his girlfriend was carrying, Servat took her to hospital only to find that it was, in fact, a phantom pregnancy. 

There was a little bit of Oscar this week, and the Scandal-o-meter nearly broke whentexts between him and Steenkampwere read out in court.

The nature of the texts led some commentators to label Pistorius a narcissist - here’s our take on the matter before court resumes tomorrow.

And if something sounds familiar here, don't miss our users' experience of dealing with emotional abuse and our CyberShrink's advice. 

We also got the chance to put a few questions to the Minister of Health at the recent unveiling of a new community development project.

Amongst other points, Mr. Motsoaledi revealed that South Africa makes up a third of the world’s ARV-taking population. Find out what he plans to do about this sobering statistic.

Samantha Briggs has been described as the fittest woman on earth. So what does it take to be able to deadlift triple your own weight? Watch this video to see how she eats and trains herself into the leanest, meanest machine there is.

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Laura