# The top ten schools selected to move into the next phase of the 2025 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition have been revealed. This competition challenges Grade 10 and 11 learners from underserved communities to identify real-world problems and solve them using science, technology, engineering, and maths. The Free State is represented by three schools in […]
# Die burgemeester van die George-munisipaliteit, Jackie von Brandis, het nasionale erkenning van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Plaaslike Regering vir uitnemende leierskap ontvang. Slegs nege vroulike burgemeesters landswyd het dit ontvang. Die woordvoerder van die munisipaliteit, Debra Sauer, sê die toekenning vereer buitengewone vroue in leierskapsposisies wat met goeie bestuur en skoon ouditering in hul […]
# Electricity and Energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, unveiled new science laboratories in four schools in Atteridgeville, outside Pretoria, yesterday. This is part of a public-private partnership where companies such as the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Chinese tech giant Huawei have donated equipment and technology. Ramokgopa says the goal of this initiative is […]
# George Municipality mayor, Jackie von Brandis, has received national recognition from the South African Local Government Association for Excellence in Leadership. This award was conferred on only nine female mayors across the country. The municipality’s spokesperson, Debra Sauer, says the award honours exceptional women in leadership who have demonstrated sound governance and achieved clean […]
# Suid-Afrika se Grammy-bekroonde superster, Tyla, het twee benoemings ontvang vir die MTV Videomusiek-toekennings. Die 23-jarige sangeres se enkelsnit, Push 2 Start, is benoem in die kategorieë vir beste choreografie en beste Afrobeats. Die lied is meer as 100-miljoen keer op platforms gekyk en het wêreldwyd ‘n dans-gier aangewakker. Lady Gaga loop voor met 12 […]
# The University of the Free State’s Enactus Qwaqwa’s groundbreaking project, Root Rescue, will compete at the Enactus World Cup in Thailand in September. The project recently won the Enactus 2025 Early-Stage National Exposition. The university says Root Rescue emerged from a pressing need to address critical challenges in agriculture. These include over-reliance on chemical […]
# The University of Pretoria has received a donation of 18-million-rand from Google to support the African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. AfriDSAI is an institute at the university that brings researchers, technologists and communities together to reimagine how data science and artificial intelligence can work for Africa. The continent currently contributes only […]
# South Africa’s Grammy-award winning superstar Tyla has been nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards. The 23-year-old singer is nominated in the categories of Best Choreography and Best Afrobeats for her chart-topping single Push 2 Start. The song has garnered over 100-million views across platforms and sparked a viral dance trend globally. Lady Gaga leads […]
# Die tuinboukundige, Richard Arm, het kamelia-liefhebbers aangemoedig om die Vergelegen-wynlandgoed in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, te besoek en sy internasionaal-erkende kamelia-tuin te vier. Dit volg na ‘n onlangse suksesvolle geleentheid waar meer as ‘n duisend struike tentoongestel is. Arm sê die landgoed bevat Afrika se enigste “Internasionale Tuin van Uitnemendheid”. Hy het beklemtoon dat die tuin […]
