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Italian surgeons find world’s oldest artificial heart valve implanted by Chris Barnard 50 years ago

27 May 2019 By admin

Italian surgeons find world’s oldest artificial heart valve implanted by Chris Barnard 50 years ago: Surgeons in Italy have made a rare discovery while operating on a 60-year-old woman – an artificial mitral valve that is almost 50 years old, and still working perfectly, that was implanted by heart pioneer Chris Barnard. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

Second State Security Agency adviser gets the chop: Special adviser to state security minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, Bob Mhlanga, has reportedly been fired. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

Saray Khumalo expected to touch down in SA on Monday: Khumalo made history over a week ago becoming the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

Golden Arrow finalising plans to beef up bus security: Golden Arrow Bus Service said that it was finalising plans with the City of Cape Town to deploy law enforcement officers on buses. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

Public Protector’s attack on Gordhan’s PA unnecessary – lawyer: Lawyers representing former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said that the attack on his personal assistant by the Public Protector’s office was unnecessary and can be settled at an elementary level. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

State Security minister’s advisor Bob Mhlanga fired: The move follows the axing of another special advisor Gibson Njenje three weeks ago and raises further concerns of a purge of staff and instability at the State Security Agency. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

V&A desalination debacle: Seawater 400% more polluted than City of Cape Town’s tender data indicated: Quality Filtrations Systems maintains that seawater feeding into the desalination plant at the V&A Waterfront is polluted by raw sewage from the Green Point outfall pipe and is sometimes up to 400% dirtier than specifications the City gave companies that tendered to build the plant. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

Zuma lawyer: ‘Just a loan from a friend’: Zuma’s lawyer says no corruption was involved in exchange of money between his client and his financial adviser. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

Flagged ANC leaders hope to clear names before Cabinet announcement: As President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to announce his new Cabinet later this week, several ANC leaders have appeared before the party’s integrity commission hoping to clear their names in time for Ramaphosa’s announcement. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

S&P rating decision welcomed by pundits: Late on Friday night, the agency kept the country’s sovereign credit ratings unchanged at below investment grade. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News

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