Good News

BULLETIN 9 May 

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# Miss SA 2010 Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala has been appointed the new national director of Miss Supranational South Africa. She says joining the organisation is a full-circle moment for her. The pageant is scheduled to take place in Poland next month. Montjane-Tshabalala says the organisation has built a strong and inspiring track record in the country, producing women who represent not only beauty and grace, but purpose, strength and vision:

# The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate on professor Christina Landman, who was the first South African woman to become a professor of Theology at a university in the country. The institution says Landman is one of the most open-minded leaders in the field of theology, making a significant impact on Christian thinking and practice. Landman says this honorary doctorate is an acknowledgement of what women can achieve now in academia, the church and community work:

# The organisers of the National Arts Festival have revealed this year’s curated programme, which is a blend of local and international works. After a hiatus from directing, Cape Town’s Rehane Abrahams will premiere her new work The Fugue of Tjebolang. Much-loved acapella group, The Soil, will make a welcome return to the event with their energising vocal harmony. UK company Action Hero brings the acclaimed experimental theatre work The Talent to this year’s festival. The event will be held in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape between 26 June and 6 July.

# Breadline Africa has provided a fully equipped, prefabricated kitchen to Diepsloot Primary School in Gauteng. The donation seeks to ensure that over two-thousand learners receive daily nutritious meals. The new kitchen replaces a cramped, outdated space and is already making a meaningful impact. Principal Johannes Makhafola praised the project, saying it shows how non-governmental organisations and businesses can successfully collaborate to support education and uplift under-resourced communities.

# And finally: The South African Red Cross’s Air Mercy Service has received a donation of two-thousand teddy bears, collected through a soft toy drive spearheaded by Gordon’s Bay Tourism in the Western Cape. The teddy bears will be distributed to AMS operational bases in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal for further distribution to hospitals and clinics. Gordon’s Bay Tourism’s Tamaryn Kvalsvig says many of the teddy bears will reach children battling long-term illness, and others recovering from emergency events:

Stay tuned for more news………….