There may yet be more to the link between beer and malaria and we will have to consult the good doctor when the Bhisho Legislature meets in a week’s time for, among other things, one presumes the swearing in of the successor to Nosimo Balindlela as Premier of the Eastern Cape.
It is hardly the kind of job one would imagine there would be a scrum for but the pay is good and you get a chauffeur driven car and go overseas on trips that you promise the electorate you will tell them the importance of but never do – at least that’s what the general trend has been over the past four years.
But back to beer with colleague Keith Bell who spent some time in Nigeria saying that the locals consume a beverage called Star that they swear by as the means to prevent malaria. Bell, scorning the local brew opted for Heineken and contracted malaria three times!
Perhaps the next step is to import some Star and analyse it along with Castle to see whether the contents are similar. Perhaps a more simple way would be to import the brew, consume reasonable quantities of it and camp near a swamp to see if one is bitten by mosquitoes.
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