# Suid-Korea hoop sy beroemde haai, Bukangi, is uiteindelik terug in die oop see nadat sy in die hawestad Busan in ‘n kanaal vasgekeer was. Die wyfie-bronshaai van drie-meter het vermoedelik die kanaal binnegeswem agter visse aan. Sy het groot belangstelling uitgelok terwyl reddingspogings aangewend is om haar terug see toe te lei. Amptenare het […]
# South Korea is hoping its celebrity shark, Bukangi, is finally back at sea after becoming stranded in a canal in the port city of Busan. The three-metre female dusky shark is believed to have been attracted there by an abundance of fish to feed on. She drew huge crowds as rescuers tried to guide […]
# Die Nelson Mandelabaai-munisipaliteit het vir die 2026/27-seisoen internasionale Blouvlag-status vir drie strande behou, wat die metro se kustoerisme-aanbod versterk in die aanloop tot die somervakansie. Burgemeester Babalwa Lobishe sê Koningstrand, Humewood-strand en Hobie-strand het die gesogte internasionale akkreditasie behou. Humewood het boonop ‘n mylpaal van 25 opeenvolgende jaar in die Blouvlag-program bereik. Volgens Lobishe […]
# The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has retained international Blue Flag status for three beaches for the 2026/27 season, strengthening the metro’s coastal tourism offering ahead of the summer holidays. Mayor Babalwa Lobishe says Kings Beach, Humewood Beach and Hobie Beach have all retained the prestigious international accreditation. Humewood Beach has also reached a milestone […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is stepping up efforts to protect Durban’s Bayhead Mangrove heritage site through coordinated enforcement and environmental cleanup operations. Deputy minister Narend Singh says government agencies, Transnet, eThekwini Municipality and other partners will work together to remove plastic pollution and restore the mangrove habitat. The initiative follows […]
# ‘n Internasionale kliniese proefneming, gelei deur professor Georgina Long van die Melanoom-instituut in Australië, het bevind dat ‘n individueel-aangepaste kanker-entstof die risiko dat melanoom kan terugkeer, of pasiënte sterf, met 42-persent kan verminder. Die fase 3-proef het een-duisend-137 pasiënte ingesluit wie se gewasse chirurgies verwyder is. Navorsers van die farmaseutiese maatskappye Moderna en Merck […]
# An international trial led by Professor Georgina Long of Australia’s Melanoma Institute has found that a personalised cancer vaccine reduced the risk of melanoma returning or death by 42-percent. The Phase Three trial involved one-thousand-137 patients whose tumours had been surgically removed. Researchers from pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Merck conducted the study across 157 […]
# Die 23-jarige Jeanet Mokoena, ʼn student aan die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap, het ʼn bloedkankerpasiënt in Amerika ʼn nuwe kans op lewe gegee. Die honneurs-student in Taalwetenskap het van haar stamselle geskenk deur die DKMS, ʼn internasionale organisasie wat bloedkanker en ander bloedsiektes bestry deur pasiënte te help om geskikte stamsel-skenkers te vind. Mokoena […]
# Twenty-three-year-old University of the Western Cape student Jeanet Mokoena has given a leukaemia patient in the United States a fighting chance at life. The Linguistics Honours student donated her stem cells through the DKMS, an international organisation dedicated to fighting blood cancer and other blood disorders, by helping patients find matching stem cell donors. Mokoena […]
