Good News

BULLETIN 21 May

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# The District Six Museum in Cape Town unveiled an immersive virtual reality experience for visitors, as part of its 30th anniversary. Created in collaboration with Loud Rabbits Agency and the Alumni of Friends of Design, the experience seeks to emphasise the importance of adapting to the digital era. The project also aims to attract a younger audience while preserving the history of the district. The museum is open Monday to Friday between nine in the morning and four in the afternoon.

# The Fogarty International Centre at the US National Institutes of Health has awarded a Stellenbosch University professor a 28-milion-rand grant over five years. The grant is for the multidisciplinary, international, and intercontinental African HIV training programme known as Next Generation Training in HIV Research. Professor Clive Gray will initiate a training programme, to understand the immune systems of HIV-positive mothers and their newborns in Africa. Gray says they expect to collectively train 45 students at Stellenbosch University and its African partners.

# Western Cape MEC for Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie, says over 80 businesses have partnered with the provincial government in its Getting YOU to Work initiative. This offers jobseekers free travel to interviews using Golden Arrow Bus Services. Partner employers can offer free travel vouchers to interview candidates during the recruitment process, greatly improving access to job opportunities. Mackenzie says they are doing everything to grow the provincial economy, create jobs and tackle unemployment.

# The Mogale Christian Foundation has organised a winter charity drive to gather essential winter clothing and non-perishable food for the needy in Soshanguve, Pretoria. Children at the Luvuyo Day Care and Orphanage will be the beneficiary of this drive. The foundation says its mission is focused on enriching young lives with educational tutoring programmes and providing steadfast support to orphanages.

# And finally: The Litterboom Project, known for its innovative approach to managing environmental plastic waste, says it is committed to helping schools raise funds through recycling while promoting eco-friendly habits. Slangspruit Primary and Linpark High School in KwaZulu-Natal recently had recycling stations installed to kickstart the recycling power in action initiative. This seeks to teach learners the value of waste, with 40-percent of revenue from recycled materials going back to the schools. The Litterboom Project has also launched a plastic-neutral campaign to further combat plastic waste.

Stay tuned for more news………….