Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: First woman cured of HIV
It looks like a cure has been found after so many years...
Friday is finally here! Before you close your laptop and switch the weekend vibes on, here are some of the headlining stories this morning.
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The Newlands rugby stadium in Cape Town will be sold in a sealed bidding process. Newlands was left vacant when the Stormers and Western Province relocated to the Cape Town Stadium last year, ending a 130-year association with the iconic ground.
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The Sharks have confirmed that Eben Etzebeth will arrive in Durban in July on a long-term contract that will run through until 2027.
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A job advert to recruit 30 female train drivers in Saudi Arabia has attracted 28,000 applicants, highlighting the scale of pent-up demand as the conservative kingdom opens up more opportunities to women.
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Qatar Airways is flying passengers out of South Africa again – after an extended Omicron ban – but is demanding that passengers from our country wear a provided clear plastic visor as well as the more common face mask. Qatar Airways lists three countries for which the mask-and-visor rule holds: South Africa, Mozambique, and Zambia.
It does not say why but makes it clear that visors are required for the entire duration of the flight.
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A patient with leukemia in the United States has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant. The donor was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS.
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