# Sixty-four-year-old Tania Morkel has surpassed her 64-thousand-rand fundraising goal after completing 38 of 64 planned Table Mountain climbs. The challenge honours the Wilderness Search And Rescue team who saved her life following a near-fatal fall in 2023. Despite setbacks, including illness and personal strain, Morkel says her determination remains strong. She aims to continue […]
# The Western Cape Government has begun presenting its New Provincial Roads Delivery Model to district municipalities. The model offers a shift toward better governance, financial accountability, and excellent service delivery. Infrastructure MEC Tertuis Simmers started engagements in the Garden Route District Municipality on Tuesday. The MEC says with this new delivery model, financial oversight […]
# US biologist Camille Parmesan has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change for revealing how climate change is displacing species. Her pioneering research has been able to establish that rising temperatures have left a globally coherent fingerprint on biodiversity. The Climate Change and Environmental Sciences committee says Parmesan’s work has […]
# The public has until May 7th to comment on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s draft document for a proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The fund will support firms that are majority owned and controlled by black people as defined in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act. The National Empowerment Fund’s acting CEO, Mziwabantu […]
# The 45th Southern Africa Telecommunications Association Annual Conference is set to get underway at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg today. Hosted by Openserve, the conference’s theme is, ICT Connectivity and Service Delivery for the Benefit of All: Transforming Our Society Through Broadband and ICT Development. The Southern Africa Telecommunication Association’s secretary general, Jacob […]
# Learners with Autism in under-resourced South African schools are benefiting from iSchoolAfrica’s Disability Inclusion iPad Learning Programme. Launched at Via Nova School in Pretoria, the initiative seeks to provide learners with adaptive tools that support communication, learning, and social development. Built-in iPad features and curated apps have helped learners overcome barriers without the need […]
# Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking has won three prestigious awards at the 2025 Global Banking and Markets: Africa Awards. The accolades are Local Currency Loan Deal of the Year for financing Cape Town’s infrastructure, ESG Bond Deal of the Year for its 2.1-billion-rand Sustainability Tier 2 Bond supporting women’s empowerment, and Real Estate Finance […]
# The DA has criticised the planned 0.5-percent value-added tax increase, labelling it as an anti-growth, anti-jobs, and anti-poor strategy. The Western Cape High Court is today hearing the party’s urgent application to interdict the pending VAT hike. Speaking outside the court, the DA’s, Mark Burke, says they oppose a blind and blundering budget that […]
# Invasive Kariba weed has taken over dams in Johannesburg’s Lonehill and Witkoppen Spruit Parks. The Salvinia Molesta, more commonly known as Kariba weed, is clogging up waterways and harming aquatic life. Johannesburg City Parks says the fast-growing weed thrives in polluted, nutrient-rich water made worse by sewage leaks. It adds that the metro, through […]
