GUINEA-BISSAU STOPS VACCINE STUDY FUNDED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. (PHOTO).

Image
 Guinea-Bissau stops vaccine study funded by Trump administration Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, including any links to autism. The West African country, one of the region's poorest, has high rates of hepatitis B, and the prospective study had drawn an outcry from scientists and international health bodies because only half the newborns in the trial would get the vaccine at birth. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said it was not ethical. Guinea-Bissau last month suspended the trial pending an ethical review. Critics had said it was being used to test theories linking vaccines to autism, long promoted by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr but contradicted by scientific evidence. Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira said in an interview on Tuesday that the study had been closed, citing concer...

S. A: BANK MANAGER AND TWO TELLERS IN COURT FOR R3.9 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT IN MPUMALANGA. (PHOTO).


 Bank Manager and Two Tellers in Court for R3.9 Million Embezzlement in Mpumalanga


What initially appeared to be a good year in August 2016 turned into a nightmare for clients after a bank manager and two tellers allegedly embezzled R3,950,941 through unauthorised transactions from customers’ accounts.


A year later, in 2017, the Hawks’ Nelspruit-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit closed in on the trio, who were subsequently arrested for fraud, theft, and contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. They were later released on bail pending further investigations.


On Monday, 04 September 2025, one of the accused, teller Bonginkosi Praise Khoza, pleaded guilty to all charges and was found guilty. He is expected to be sentenced on 13 November 2025. Meanwhile, alleged bank manager Selby Khoza and teller Winny Mashaba have maintained their innocence. Their bail has been extended, and they are expected to appear alongside Khoza during his sentencing.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

INNOSON GIVES OUT BRAND NEW IVM G5 AND SALARY FOR LIFE TO THE MAN WHO PROPHESIED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN 1979.(PHOTO).

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

TINUBU ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL OF 4 U.S ATTACK HELICOPTERS. (PHOTO).