# The Astrovo FTC Team 17955 from Cape Town will represent South Africa at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships in Houston this April. As national champions, the team is raising funds to cover registration, travel, accommodation, and equipment costs. Since 2019, Astrovo has promoted science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, reaching over four-thousand-600 students […]
# UNISA water expert, Anja du Plessis, says jailing municipal managers will not fix South Africa’s water pollution crisis. A clause in the National Water Amendment Bill provides that municipal managers and corporate directors may be convicted, and potentially sent to prison, for water pollution offences committed by the entities they represent. A third of […]
# India’s Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Law. The partnership aims to promote legal excellence, research innovation, and cross-cultural understanding between the two globally recognised institutions. The MoU provides a framework for a variety of academic and cultural activities, including student […]
# The City of Cape Town has expressed concern about the ongoing delays around the issuing of new driving licences. The metro has processed nearly 60-thousand applications for new driving licences and Public Driving Permits since the beginning of the year. However, to date, not a single card has been received for these applications from […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says they will be meeting with the DA and the Freedom Front Plus this weekend to iron out their differences in the government of national unity. This comes after the DA and FF Plus voted against the budget fiscal framework last week, which includes a proposed value-added tax hike. Mbalula says […]
# Financial firms are warning that climate change poses escalating risks to the global economy. A report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research estimates that by 2049, climate-related disasters could cost approximately 703-trillion-rand annually. Insurers caution that rising risks are making some regions uninsurable, potentially destabilising financial systems and leading to properties that […]
# BankservAfrica’s Economic Transactions Index has recorded a slight increase last month, reaching 137.1 points. This is a 0.3-percent rise from February. This uptick suggests a favourable retail environment, supported by low headline inflation at 3.2-percent and a 75-basis point lower prime rate compared to the previous year. The data also indicates a growing weakness […]
# Zimbabwe has initiated compensation payments to former farm owners under the Global Compensation Deed signed in 2020. To date, 740 farms have been approved for compensation, with the government disbursing approximately 59.3-million-rand for the first batch of 378 processed farms. Zimbabwe’s Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, the compensation is part of Zimbabwe’s Arrears Clearance and […]
# Greenpeace Africa says forest protection cannot be treated as a secondary concern, it must be at the forefront of climate action. Kenya’s overall forest cover has been shrinking with over 12-thousand hectares of forest lost every year. In Cameroon, illegal logging is rampant in vast areas of the rainforest, with an area larger than Paris […]
