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The long-running battle between the SA Revenue Service and Cape Town swimwear model Candice-Jean van der Merwe over a $15.3 million gift from an unnamed ...

The “donation” was not subjected to tax. The amount payable was R44 175 675. She also declared a receipt of R142 901 673 as a “gift from her companion abroad”.

In an article on 2 February 2022 headlined, Public Protector defends appointment of former SARS man Luther Lebelo, News24 referred to Lebelo's description ...

The Deputy Press Ombud dismissed Lebelo’s complaints regarding contravention of clauses 1.1, 1.8, and 3.3 of the Press Code. Deputy Press Ombud Tyrone August found that this was in breach of Clause 1.2 of the Press Code: "While the word 'hitman' was indeed used at the Nugent Commission, the article did not disclose that the only person who did so was the complainant, nor did it provide the context in which it was used – both material omissions". The context in which Lebelo was described as a "hitman" at SARS should have referred to the original source describing him as such by Jacques Pauw in his book The President’s Keepers – Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison, based on a source at SARS.

Low vitamin D status is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with acute respiratory diseases, such as influenza and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- ...

The researchers also evaluated the effects of vitamin D supplementation following SARS-CoV-2 infection in Golden Syrian hamsters. SARS-CoV-2 infection and the effects of vitamin D supplementation were assessed in mice expressing the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, which is the receptor utilized by SARS-CoV-2 to gain entry into cells. The researchers in the current study sought to further evaluate the lung response of vitamin D supplementation in treating both H1N1 and SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo. E) Representative histology of the lung of D+ WT (score = 3), D+ Cyp KO (score = 4), D- WT (score = 5.5) and D- Cyp KO (score = 6) at d14 post-infection. This lack of effect in hamsters may be due to the inability of commercially available chow to raise 25D levels. In addition to symptom resolution, vitamin D supplementation provided the greatest benefit to WT mice in terms of their survival, as well as lung pathologies. Furthermore, expression of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) gene did not differ amongst D+ and D- lungs or colon. Meanwhile, vitamin D supplementation did not appear to impact survival rates following SARS-CoV-2 infection. D+ and D- WT and D+ and D- Cyp KO littermates were infected with H1N1 influenza (n=13-18 per group). A) Serum 25D, B)respiratory distress symptoms and C) survival of D+ WT (n=18), D+ Cyp KO (n=13), D- WT (n=13) and D- Cyp KO (n=12) mice at d14 post-infection. Lung epithelial cells express the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and are regulated by 1,25D supplementation. As a result, high-dose vitamin D supplementation has been recommended to reduce the severity of these infections. For example, vitamin D, as well as its analogs, appear to induce the production of cathelicidin, which is an antimicrobial peptide that is released in response to viral infections.

Sars faded from the news soon afterwards. But many patients continued to suffer from fatigue, headaches, and respiratory and cognitive difficulties, for months ...

Few people want the return of legal restrictions, and it was never feasible to impose them in perpetuity. Boris Johnson said in February that the UK was ‘moving from government restrictions to personal responsibility’, and other countries have since followed suit. After making drastic and unprecedented interventions in the name of public health in the early phase of the pandemic, governments have now largely abdicated responsibility. But there is a clear set of similar symptoms in patients across the world, and the numbers are staggering. All this would be concerning even if Covid were – as we once hoped – a one-time shock of disease, a cresting wave that would crash and then recede for ever as immunity took hold. Scientific studies have shown long-term damage to the heart, kidneys and lungs after serious Covid infections, and changes in brain structure even in mild cases.

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) auto-assessment is coming with a new twist this tax season.

The auto-assessment will not be issued to everyone, neither will it be issued to companies or trusts. If you become aware of an aggrievance within the assessment after the 40 business days to decline the assessment have lapsed, your only avenue of relief would be to lodge an objection against the assessment. If you agreed with all the income and deductions raised, and the subsequent tax debt or refund on the auto assessment, “accepting” the return would mean that you would not be obligated to submit another tax return to SARS for the tax year.

The South African Revenue Service's (SARS) tax filing season kicked off on 1 July. EB Inglis recently received an SMS and email from SARS saying that an ...

There’s a slight change to the revenue collector's auto assessment this year. There’s a slight change to the revenue collector's auto assessment this year. What you need to know about SARS' tax auto assessment

Sars says it has identified a large segment of non-provisional taxpayers who are typically in formal employment and have deductions such as retirement annuity ...

They will have to file a return before the 23 January deadline. Sait’s understanding of the process is that the tax debt owed to Sars will only be payable on 31 January next year. If there is a refund due, Sars has undertaken to pay it within 72 hours after the notification was sent. However, they must be able to proof that they paid the expenses. Once the taxpayer has submitted an edited return, Sars will issue a revised assessment. However, if the taxpayer disagrees, he has 40 business days to file an edited return or ask for another 40 days in which to amend it.

An antibody test for SARS-CoV-2 that doesn't require a blood test has been developed, as it uses microneedles and a paper-based immnuoassay instead.

This novel detection device has great potential for the rapid screening of COVID-19 and many other infectious diseases that is safe and acceptable to patients. This is painful and increases the risk of infection or cross-contamination, and the used kit components present a potential biohazard risk. After demonstrating that ISF could be suitable for antibody detection, the researchers developed an innovative approach to both sample and test the ISF. “First, we developed biodegradable porous microneedles made of polylactic acid that draws up the ISF from human skin,” explains Beomjoon Kim, senior author. An alternative and complementary method for the confirmation of COVID-19 infection involves the detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies. The ineffective identification of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals has severely limited the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the high rate of asymptomatic infections (16%–38%) has exacerbated this situation. Now, investigators from Japan have developed a new antibody-based method for the rapid and reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2 that does not require a blood sample.

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 have been widely used in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we review the ...

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