A team of US researchers has changed the DNA of single-cell embryos using gene-editing technique CRISPR, according to a report from MIT Technology Review. This is the first known attempt at creating genetically-modified human embryos in the US. None of the embryos were allowed to develop beyond a few days, but the scientists have demonstrated..
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US scientists successfully change embryo DNA
KPMG got fired from JSE-listed Sygnia over ‘Gupta links’ – M&G
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JSE-listed asset manager Sygnia has fired KPMG over its alleged role in state capture – the first private sector pressure that has been brought to bear on global firms accused of having questionable business relations with the Gupta family. A series of leaked emails, called the Gupta Leaks, have exposed KPMG for its role as..
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How will private healthcare evolve under Universal Health Coverage (UHC)?
Safe full of weapons found in Hotazel near Kuruman in the Northen Cape
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The police in Kuruman have recovered a safe with firearms in the bushes at Hotazel outside Kuruman on 26 July 2017, late in the afternoon. The safe was found by community members who were collecting firewood. The safe was containing various caliber firearms and various assorted rounds of rounds of ammunition. The rounds found are..
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How is this possible- Shabir Shaik still ‘terminally ill’ after 8 years – but can work and attend sports?
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Eight years after being released on parole for “health reasons”‚ convicted fraudster Shabir Shaik is still regarded as being “terminally ill” – despite his house arrest conditions being relaxed so that he can work and attend sports should he wish to. This has emerged in a response by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Michael..
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Gupta-linked finance chief of Eskom Anoj Singh- suspended
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State-owned power utility Eskom has suspended its chief financial officer Anoj Singh on a precautionary basis‚ pending the outcome of a forensic investigation. The suspension‚ The Times has learned‚ follows an urgent intervention by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and his counterpart at Public Enterprises Lynne Brown. This comes after Eskom was faced with a threat..
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Students still want free education: “We will never shift our eyes from our objectives”
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The call for free education is an objective university students are still advocating for‚ Fees Must Fall activist Mcebo Dlamini said on Wednesday. “Whatever happens‚ we will never shift our eyes from our objectives and we are still advocating for free education‚ very strongly‚” the student leader said. Dlamini said students will make a call..
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Tax Season: “Pay to Caesar what is due to Caesar” – Even though red flags are raised
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Launching the 2017 tax season at the start of July newly-ensconced Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba urged South African taxpayers to “pay to Caesar what is due to Caesar”. This week SARS announced that due to technical glitches, crucial documents filed by employers and taxpayers need to be refiled. It seems Commissioner Tom Moyane’s SARS..
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Mtn is stealing our airtime even after no usage: Experiment proves it all!
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Your own money literally disappearing before your eyes. Cellphone fraud and horror stories about data usage have been on the up in the last year or so. Users across all platforms have occasionally cried foul but it has been MTN customers who have complained the most. It looks like they may well have been right..
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Is public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘a qualified advocate’ ?
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Questions have been raised as her name isn’t on the roll of advocates kept by the department of justice and updated monthly. The public protector is in hot water following her order that Parliament amend the Constitution to change the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank. When the bank went to court to overturn..
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Can this be true: Everything Ramaphosa does is to please white people !! – Malema
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Cyril Ramaphosa does not qualify for South African tenders because “he is not black enough and he has done everything in his life to please white people”, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Tuesday. “Tenders must be given to genuine blacks. Cyril Ramaphosa is not black, he is non-white. Everything else he is..
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Syndicates and devious health professionals may target National Health Insurance
Father and son fight for their lives during home invasion
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LYDENBURG – Two suspected burglars realised a little too late that they had broken into the wrong house on Saturday morning. Jacob Albrecht who lives with his mother Ria, father Karel and brother Izak at 29 Fourie Street, woke up in his bedroom and felt something behind him. His immediate thought was that it might..
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Elderly couple’s machete nightmare a horrific ordeal
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Elderly man grabs blade with bare hands as burglars cut woman’s rings from fingers. An elderly man who tried to wrestle a machete from the hands of a robber was yesterday recovering from the attack in which a woman’s hands were damaged when rings were cut off her fingers. The couple, who have not been..
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16 Foods That Boost Your Immune System
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Elderberry It’s an old folk remedy. This fruit is loaded with nutrients called antioxidants, and it may help fight inflammation. In some lab studies, an extract from the berries appears to block flu viruses. But scientists caution that more study is needed. You definitely still need to get a yearly flu vaccination! Button Mushrooms They..
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