# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joined the Gugulethu community yesterday, in celebration of a new monument marking three pivotal moments in local struggle history. The Gugulethu Memorial Monument memorialises three historical events: the establishment of a Permit Gate in 1960, the gathering of 700 local men to join Phillip Kgosana’s seminal protest march, and […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, will lead a historic and powerful reunion of ex-political prisoners at the Robben Island Museum in the Western Cape next weekend. This will be held under the theme, Reuniting with Robben Island as the Stronghold that Fortified Our Resistance to Achieve Our Freedom. The department’s spokesperson, […]
# Batman No. 1, by writer Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jiménez, has sold over 500-thousand copies, making it the top-selling comic of the year so far. The comic book is a heartfelt, self-contained story that highlights both Batman’s detective skills as well as his empathy and humanity for others. Batman No. 1 has sold out with […]
# Die Sweedse tennislegende Björn Borg het onderneem om sy gesondheidsuitdaging soos ‘n Wimbledon-eindstryd te benader. Hy het vyf Wimbledon- en ses Franse Ope-titels gewen voor hy in 1983 op 27 onverwags uitgetree het. Borg onthul in sy outobiografie, Heartbeats, dat hy teen uiters aggressiewe prostaatkanker veg. Hoewel dit in remissie is na ‘n operasie, […]
# Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg promised to fight his health scare like it’s a Wimbledon final. He won five Wimbledon and six French Open titles before abruptly retiring in 1983 at the age of 27. Borg reveals in his autobiography, Heartbeats, that he was battling extremely aggressive prostate cancer. Although it is in remission […]
# ʼn Koningin van die Zoeloe-nasie, ʼn raadslid van eThekwini en ʼn ekonoom wat al haweloos was is onder die een-duisend-521 studente wat vandag grade ontvang op die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal se lente-gradeplegtigheid. Die vierde vrou van wyle koning Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, koningin Thandekile MaNdlovu Zulu, ontvang ʼn doktorsgraad in Sake-administrasie vir haar studie oor […]
# Die Stad Tshwane, in samewerking met Mettus Limited, het onlangs splinternuwe skootrekenaars aan Nong Primary School in Mabopane oorhandig. Die onderburgemeester en burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Finansies, Eugene Modise, sê koestering van onderwys is koestering van die toekoms. Hy sê wanneer die metro in jongmense belê, plant hy saadjies van kennis, hoop en geleentheid en kweek […]
# Die sesde Nampo Kaap-ekspo het verlede week ‘n rekordgetal van 49-duisend-326 besoekers na Bredasdorp in die Wes-Kaap gelok. Die geleentheid bring produsente, landbou-ondernemings, beleidmakers en die breër gemeenskap bymekaar in ‘n atmosfeer wat sowel vernuwing en tradisie vier. Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het die ekspo besoek, waar hy gevra het vir samewerking in landbou, voedselsekerheid […]
# A queen of the Zulu nation, an eThekwini councillor, and an economist who once experienced homelessness, are among the one-thousand-521 graduands being capped at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Spring Graduation ceremony today. Queen Thandekile MaNdlovu, Zulu, the fourth wife of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, will be awarded a Doctor of Business Administration […]
