# ʼn Fisikus aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, professor Andrew Forbes, en ‘n pediatriese neurosjirurg aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad, professor Anthony Figaji, het die Harry Oppenheimer-genootskapstoekenning van 2,5-miljoen-rand ontvang. Die prys vereer geleerdes wat betrokke is by baanbrekende, internasionaal-erkende navorsing. Forbes se navorsing kan die lewensvatbaarheid van kwantum-rekenaarwetenskap ontsluit terwyl Figaji s’n Suid-Afrika […]
# Suid-Afrika set grootste konsertinisiatief, Concerts SA, sê 50 musiektoere gaan gesubsidieer word as deel van die sogenaamde Festival Enterprise Catalyst-program. Die suksesvolle aansoekers sal befondsing ontvang om van Julie tot Oktober deur die land en na lidlande van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap te toer. Die projek het van 2013 tot 2023 meer as drieduisend-800 konserte […]
# Walter Sisulu University’s Student Chapter of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management has launched a donation drive to support families affected by the recent deadly Eastern Cape floods. A total of 103 people died and thousands were displaced in the June floods, with the OR Tambo and Amathole districts being the […]
# University of the Witwatersrand physicist professor, Andrew Forbes, and University of Cape Town paediatric neurosurgeon professor, Anthony Figaji, are the recipients of the 2.5-million-rand Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award. The prize rewards high-calibre scholars who are engaged in cutting-edge and internationally significant research. Research by Forbes could unlock the viability of quantum computing, while Figaji’s […]
# Fearless extreme sportsman, Felix Baumgartner, has died at the age of 56. The Austrian, famously known for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, died in a paragliding accident in central Italy yesterday. Reports suggest he may have suffered a sudden medical issue mid-air, before falling on the ground near the swimming […]
# Spanne van City Power sal vandag as deel van die Nelson Mandela-insameling vir liefdadigheid komberse skenk en help om bejaardes van die Itlhokomeleng-tehuis te versorg. Dit is deel van die internasionale herdenking van Nelson Mandela-dag. City Power se woordvoerder, Isaac Mangena, sê hulle is daartoe verbind om ‘n positiewe verskil te maak en op […]
# ʼn ActionSA-lid van die Gautengse wetgewer, Emma More, lei vandag op Internasionale Mandela-dag partylede en aktiviste om Mandela-dag in Cosmo City te vier. Hulle gaan ʼn huishouding met ʼn kind aan die hoof se huis opknap. Die sewe sibbe wat onlangs hul ouers verloor het, het finansiële probleme. ActionSA sê hulle gaan die huis […]
# Met Nelson Mandela-dag wat vandag wêreldwyd herdenk word, vra die vise-kanselier van die Universiteit van Pretoria, professor Francis Petersen, almal om by Tuks aan te sluit in sy stryd teen studente-hongersnood en finansiële uitsluiting. Die tema vanjaar is dat elkeen steeds by magte is om armoede en ongelykheid te bestry. Petersen sê hy glo […]
# Die Zip Zap-sirkus se jongste vertoning, Chasing Dreams, is die naweek by die Dome in Kaapstad se middestad te sien. Dit handel oor The Dreamer, wat wakker word maar onseker is of sy nog droom. Sy gaan op ʼn reis deur die tonele waar sy haar drome najaag en uitdagings oorkom. Tamryn Escalante van […]
