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 | Three new classes of detoxification proteins from a human pathogen that causes a serious gastrointestinal disease have been discovered... read |
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 | DEPIKA DWARKA South Africa has a long tradition of using plants for medicinal purposes. Some of these, such as Aloe ferox, Sutherlandia frutescens and Kiggelaria africana, have been studied as sources of useful compounds. But most still need to be scientifically validated as treatments for particular diseases....read |
|  | ISSUED BY COHSASA King Faisal Hospital Kigali has become the first hospital in Rwanda to receive a four-year accreditation award from The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (Cohsasa). The occasion was celebrated at a ceremony on 29 October 2020 held at the Marriott Hotel in Kigali...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity, in partnership with South Africa's leading business trend consultants Flux Trends, invites you to join BizTrends2021 - Towards New North and New Narratives on Thursday, 28 January 2021... Read |
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 | Researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) are searching for the safest and most effective treatment for babies at high risk of contracting HIV... Read |
 | KATHRYN L HOPKINS & GLENDA GRAY Since 2013, global efforts have been made to gain control over the Aids epidemic by 2020 through UNAIDS' 90-90-90 targets... Read |
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 | MICHAEL HEAD In the long dark tunnel that has been 2020, November stands out as the month that light appeared. Some might see it as a bright light, others as a faint light - but it is unmistakably a light... Read |
 | ISSUED BY AFFINITY HEALTH Covid-19 cannot be treated with antibiotics. That's because the coronavirus disease is caused by a virus, not by bacteria. Affinity Health explains more about viruses versus bacteria... Read |
 | The South African alcohol industry has stepped up its efforts to assist in curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in recently identified hot spots in the Eastern Cape province... Read |
| Medical Technology |
 | VANESSA ROGERS In a world caught in the middle of the Covid-19 storm, telemedicine has proven its worth in the medical professional's toolkit this year... Read |
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 | Doctors and healthcare workers in South Africa have been caught in the eye of the Covid-19 storm: we have actively fought as the frontline of defence to curb the spread of the virus, as well as continued to provide the best possible care we could to our patients... Read |
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 | ANNA COLLARD Africa offers a wealth of chances for startups and innovators looking to address cybersecurity risk across the increasingly digitised continent... Read |
 | NJ AYUK Last spring, the Maersk Voyager, an ultra-deepwater drillship under contract by French supermajor Total, sank a wildcat well to a depth of 3,628 metres (11,903 feet) in Block 48... Read |
 | The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) is set to make a comeback in 2021, when it will be held virtually, in partnership with Uganda, on 20 February 2021... Read |
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 | The number of new shoppers introduced to e-commerce over lockdown boosted Black Friday weekend total online transaction volumes by 50%, compared to 2019... Read |
 | DAVID TAYLOR There's some great news for motorists as we go into the final month of 2020. The price of petrol will be coming down... Read |
 | According to CSI consultancy Trialogue, South African companies spent an estimated R10.7bn on corporate social investment (CSI) in the 2020 financial year... Read |
 | People who loosen their purse strings during the upcoming holiday season and buy local instead of imported products could help improve South Africa's economic outlook... Read |
 | KARL WESTVIG Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have shone the spotlight on retail, but small business owners in the sector need as much support as possible to comprehensively bounce back, scale and build future resilience... Read |
 | Telkom is looking for 15 budding entrepreneurs who are based in Soweto and using technology to solve a problem in their communities... Read |
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