Good News

BULLETIN 26 July 2 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# Princess Diana’s letters to her family’s former housekeeper, Violet Collison, nicknamed Collie, will be auctioned off by Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, on Tuesday. Most of the letters are thank-you notes for birthday and Christmas presents given to William and Harry. One letter, dated July 8, 1981, three weeks before her wedding to Prince Charles, was handwritten by Diana on Buckingham Palace stationary, telling Collison about the pre-wedding preparations. Collison died at the age of 89 in 2013.

# The 17th edition of Art Joburg is set to return to the Sandton Convention Centre from the sixth to the eighth of September. The event showcases contemporary African art and culture, through installations such as the gallery HUB. Organisers say Art Joburg plays an integral role in nurturing and sustaining a commercial cultural ecosystem that centres around practitioners based on the continent and in the diaspora.

# Eight Walter Sisulu University students have been selected to represent the institution in the Intervarsity Studentpreneurship regional rounds in September. The competition fosters innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurial skills among university students. It provides a platform for the students to showcase their inventive ideas. WSU’s Khanyisile Blaai says the competition is more than just a contest, it is a celebration of ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit.

# The North-West University’s Faculty of Law says its Clothing Project has become a vital initiative, providing essential clothing to those in need. The project, which started five years ago, assists people in difficult situations by distributing donated clothing to various social service centres and non-profit organisations. Beneficiaries include the Tharimpepe Feeding Scheme in Mahikeng, the In Need Indeed drop-in dCentre in Lokaleng, and Welfare Fochville. The university’s Simon Rasikhalela says they are proud of the impact the Clothing Project is having on communities.

# And finally, a shipment of champagne found in a wreck off the coast of Sweden is suspected to have been destined for a Russian tsar. The wreck of the 19th Century sailing ship was located in the Baltic Sea recently, with divers counting over 100 bottles of bubbly inside. Leader of Polish diving group Baltitech, Tomasz Stachura, told the BBC the find was a treasure. The clay bottles with the brand name of German company Selters helped the group to date the wreck to between 1850 and ’67.

Stay tuned for more news………….