Good News

BULLETIN 22 September 

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# The 7th annual Tshwane Varsity Hackathon gets underway at Tshwane University of Technology’s Ga-Rankuwa Campus Multi-Purpose Hall today. The Hackathon will gather some of the brightest and most creative minds from across the metro for an intense 48-hour competition focused on innovation and problem-solving. A total of 150 students from TUT, University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa and Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University will be participating. Tshwane mayor, Nasiphi Moya, says the Hackathon is a fantastic opportunity for students:

# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed CapeNature’s 11th annual Access Week, which is granting free entry to selected provincial reserves until Friday. CapeNature reserves, including Bird Island, Hottentots Holland, Outeniqua, and Assegaaibosch, are participating in Access Week. The DA’s Dave Bryant says in addition to scenic landscapes, these reserves safeguard some of South Africa’s most endangered species and fragile ecosystems:

# Swimming: Team SA Paralympian Christian Sadie won silver in the men’s S13 200-metres Individual Medley on the opening day of the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore. The 27-year-old lowered the African record to two-minutes-04.03-seconds in the final. Inaki Basiloff of Argentina won gold, and Aleksei Ganiuk, a Neutral Paralympic Athlete, took bronze. Another South African, Nathan Hendricks, finished seventh in the men’s S13 100-metres butterfly final. However, he powered his way to an African record of 58.46-seconds in the heats.

# Athletics: South Africa secured a bronze medal in the men’s 4×400-metres relay on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Botswana took gold, becoming the first African winners of the event. Team SA of Lythe Pillay, Udeme Okon, Wayde van Niekerk and Zakithi Nene finished behind the USA. Meanwhile, the USA’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became only the second female sprinter after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to complete the sprint treble. She won the 100 and 200-metres, and she was part of the victorious women’s 4×100-metres team.

# And finally: Japanese juggernaut, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, continued its dominance in the North American box office, maintaining its number one position. The film is the first in a trilogy about a boy who becomes a demon slayer to avenge his family and find a cure for his sister, who has turned into a demon. Him, from Universal and Peele’s Monkeypaw, is second with New Line’s The Conjuring: The Last Rites in third. Lionsgate’s The Long Walk and Focus’ Downton Abbey: The Finale round out the top five.

Stay tuned for more news………….