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By Michael Le Page Sickle cell disease can distort red blood cellsStocktrek Images, Inc/Alamy Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer require blood transfusions, which are normally used to treat severe forms of these inherited diseases, after their bone marrow stem cells were gene-edited with CRISPR. Result of the…

The man has been linked to cases in Kimberley, Galeshewe and Kagisho from 2014 until 2018His rap sheet includes 14 counts of rape, 12 counts of robbery with aggravated circumstances and six counts of kidnapping.He was sentenced to three life terms plus more than 400 years in prison, which were ordered to run concurrently.A Northern…

Durban man killed after wall he was working on collapsedA police search and rescue unit and the fire department were also on scene, he said.The building was under construction when the wall collapsed (Supplied: Paul Herbst, IPSS)

Unemployment and the subsequent loss of income remain key concerns for South Africans and have a direct impact on food security, research by Ask Afrika has shown.It found that food security at a household level is low, and that one in three adults went to bed hungry as they did not have enough food to…

LoCO Staff / Today @ 5:08 p.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt Three New Confirmed Cases Announced Today, Including Another at Alder Bay Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Humboldt County’s total COVID-19 case count rose to 64, as three additional cases were confirmed today.Follow-up testing at Alder Bay Assisted Living in Eureka…