The happy pill that has taken four centuries to get to you

The Khoi might have been using a natural anti-depressant for centuries. Traditional healer Richard Kutela, of the Kai Korana Western Cape, said: "We call it the kougoed (stuff to chew)."We chew the shrub or use it as snuff to enhance our mood."Ten years after discovering the effects of Sceletium tortuosum while extracting medicinally active ingredients from African flora, the CEO of Botanical Resource Holdings, Richard Davids, has announced that the herb is now available in capsule format.