Mandla Manyantsela

Breast and ovarian cancers are scary, anxiety-provoking diseases, and with good reason. Although breast cancer isn’t the cancer that kills the most women ( lung cancer holds that distinction ), it is the most commonly  diagnosed  cancer in women. And ovarian cancer is  difficult to find in its early stages . But anyone willing to  spit in a tube  and  pay $199  will soon be able to find out if they have a particular genetic predisposition to either of these cancers. This month, the FDA granted the genetics company 23andMe  permission to offer direct-to-consumer testing  for three of the more than 1,000 known variants of the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 1  that have been found to confer an increased risk 2  of breast and ovarian cancer. (The tests were previously only available through a doctor.) But not everyone is celebrating. Because the gene variants found by the test are extremely rare, most people who take the test won’t come awa...

Six suspects appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Monday after allegedly manipulating a bursary system at the University of South Africa (Unisa) by creating ghost students. According to the Hawks, a Unisa payroll administrator, Thandie Esbie, created ghost students and defrauded the South African Agency for Science and Technology (SAAST), under the administration of the National Research Foundation of South Africa, to the tune of R1.7 million. Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the syndicate has been operating with this modus operandi for the last two years. Group executive of corporate relations at the NRF, Dr Beverley Damonse, said one of the accused had been an employee at the research foundation, and allegedly defrauded the foundation by creating ghost workers at the SAAST. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS MUST BE PUNISHED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO PASSED GRADE 12 BUT THEY DID'T FURTHER THEIR STUDIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE FINAN...

Somizi and Mohale are engaged to be married! HALALA.  Image:  Via Instagram Somizi Mhlongo has confirmed that he is engaged to his bae, Mohale Motaung. He confirmed the news to his team on Metro FM after weekend reports emerged sending the rumour mill into a frenzy. His co-hosts asked if the rumours were true. "Yes, I did. (It was) on the 'love lock' bridge with the Eiffel Tower behind us. I've watched too many movies obviously," Somizi said. I THINK EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE HAPPY, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SOMIZI AND MOHALE, WISH YOU GUYS ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP For more information visit: https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2018-03-19-somizi-asked--mohale-said-yes-somhale-are-engaged/

Retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke has ordered that government pay all Life Esidimeni claimants the agreed amounts, with some families awarded over R1m in compensation. I think Ms Mahlangu acted impunity thinking that she would get away with it because the families of the users were vulnerable... All we can hope for is that one day the truth as to why the move was done, will make the light of the day and justice serves. For more information visit: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/live-moseneke-determines-compensation-for-lifeesidimeni-victims-families-20180319

A lack of resolution over two previous deaths on farms in Eshowe led, in part, to the recent burning of three farms, the KwaZulu-Natal Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs department said on Sunday. This information emerged during a meeting between various stakeholders, which departmental spokesperson Bongani Tembe characterised as having led to “fruitful engagement ”. This week, three farms were razed by fires started by a local farming community following the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man.  Siphamandla Xulu was allegedly fishing on a private dam on Corby Hill farm in Umlalazi on Tuesday when he was shot by a security guard. Although the incidents happened a few years ago, the community had never received information back from police about the outcome of investigations, explained Tembe. “The community is not happy with what happened to those cases…[They want that] police should find out what happened to those cases.” A resolution was therefore t...

An inquest has been opened after the grave of a person with albinism was violated in Pienaar‚ Mpumalanga. The 28-year-old man was buried on Saturday and his open grave was discovered on Monday by municipal workers‚ with some of his body parts missing. “The family was alerted of the incident. We took the body back to the mortuary for further investigations. Though we can’t detail the exact body parts‚ some are missing‚” said Brigadier Leonard Hlathi‚ Mpumalanga police spokesman. Last month Mpumalanga police made arrests in connection with the kidnapping of two children who were taken from their home in Hlalanikahle and later found dead in Witbank. The 13-year-old girl‚ Gabisile Shabani‚ was an albino and was believed to have been murdered for her body parts. Her 15-month-old nephew‚ Nkosikhona Ngwenya‚ was allegedly mistaken for another child from the same household who also has albinism. "In my opinion, I blame the government in all of these albino attacks because...

Former president Jacob Zuma will pay his legal fees from his own pocket if the courts rule he had acted in his personal capacity, President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Parliament. Ramaphosa confirmed in the National Assembly on Wednesday that the State has paid a total of R15.3m for Zuma's personal legal fees since 2006. Of that, R7.5m was spent on the period, from 2006 until the withdrawal of corruption charges against him in 2009. Since 2009, an additional R7.8m was spent. "He must be punished for exploiting his position for personal use so that other people can be cognizant that corruption does not pay off as well as to diminish corruption rate in South Africa". FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/zuma-will-pay-his-legal-fees-if-court-orders-him-to-ramaphosa-20180314

Lawyers representing the Gupta brothers have slammed the credibility of Parliament's Eskom Inquiry in a lawyer's letter, saying it is an exercise in 'political showboating' with unfair questioning of witnesses.  The letter, a response from the Guptas' attorneys to an invitation by the committee on public enterprises to testify, also states that the Gupta brothers are not in South Africa at the moment. "As it happens, our clients are not presently in the Republic of South Africa, being absent for business reasons. Accordingly, our clients decline the invitation to appear before the portfolio committee," it states.  The committee, which has for months been investigating maladministration at state power utility Eskom, had asked Gupta brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh to appear before it on Tuesday to testify.  On Monday the committee's chair said the Guptas' lawyers had sent her a letter to say the brothers are not in the country. She did not, a...