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BULLETIN 21 November 2 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# The Tshwane University of Technology’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Development was one of the winners at the National Presidential Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise and Cooperative Awards. It won the Ministerial Award as an Innovative Solution for Small Businesses. The centre has empowered more than 750 small and medium-sized enterprises. The university’s Patrick Ebewo says the centre promotes the economic participation and inclusion of women, youth and people with disabilities, through access to entrepreneurial education, business development and support.

# The City of Tshwane and the University of Pretoria are aiming to bridge the gap between academia and public policy to help address some of the city’s most pressing challenges. Mayor Cilliers Brink says they want to work with the university to leverage their intellectual resources to solve burning issues. These include getting the streets cleaned, coping without landfills, improving transport mobility, and simplifying the process of finding and providing dwellings for people in the metro.

# City of Cape Town’s Energy Training Centre in Brackenfell has welcomed the next group of External Artisans in Training. Some 50 learners have already received their qualifications this year, and by the end of the year, more than 269 learners will be in various stages of the artisan training programme. Mayoral committee member for Energy, Beverley van Reenen, says the internal artisans in training are currently being trained to work on city infrastructure:

# Fund-nation is gearing up to help organisations in raising funds on Giving Tuesday next week. The day serves as an opportunity to promote philanthropy and celebrate generosity on a worldwide scale. Using digital technology and systems, Fund-nation assists organisations in running effective donation campaigns on this global day of giving. Having processed over 200-million-rand in donations for various causes, it is encouraging organisations seeking to diversify their charitable earnings to participate in this initiative.

# And finally: South African Bone Marrow Registry ambassador Christine Roos has conquered the gruelling 33-kilometer False Bay crossing, dubbed the Everest of Cape Swims. Yesterday she braved the icy waters between Millers Point and Rooi Els and pushed through jellyfish stings, exhaustion and pain to complete the swim. Roos did this to raise at least 50-thousand-rand towards the registry’s Patient Assistance Programme. She says this swim was nothing compared to what patients and their families have to endure to find a matching donor as a result of a life-threatening blood disorder.

Stay tuned for more news………….