# Applications for the curated programme of the 52nd National Arts Festival in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, next year, are open. The programme assembles some of the country’s most exciting award-winning talent alongside global works and edgy genre-bending experiences. This year’s curated programme included Cape Ballet Africa’s triple bill SALT, the UK’s Action Hero’s theatre work The Talent, […]
# Die negentigjarige Caspar Greeff het sy BCom-graad in Rekeningkunde aan die Universiteit van Johannesburg verwerf. Greeff, wat eers ‘n aktuaris was, het aanlyn studeer en die tegnologiese uitdagings met behulp van dosente en sy dogter oorbrug. Hy is nou ‘n simbool van deursettingsvermoë en bewys dit is nooit te laat om te leer nie. […]
# MasterChef is terug op TV-skerms met ‘n nuwe reeks wat verfilm is voor die aanbieders, Gregg Wallace en John Torode, afgedank is weens bewerings teen hulle. Die BBC het besluit om steeds vanjaar die amateurreeks uit te saai, maar dit het kritiek ontlok by sommige wat sê slegte gedrag behoort nie met hooftyd-dekking beloon […]
# Dele van Australië se Groot Koraalrif toon die grootste jaarlikse afname in koraalbedekking sedert rekords byna 40-jaar gelede begin het. Volgens ‘n verslag deur die land se Instituut vir Marienewetenskap toon die noordelike en suidelike dele van die uitgestrekte rif albei hul ergste koraalbleiking ooit. Bleiking vind plaas wanneer koraal onder druk geplaas en […]
# Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40-years ago. According to a new report by the country’s Institute of Marine Science, the northern and southern branches of the sprawling reef both suffered their most widespread coral bleaching. Bleaching happens when coral gets […]
# Ninety-year-old Caspar Greeff has earned his Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from the University of Johannesburg. Once an actuary, Greeff embraced online learning, overcoming tech challenges with help from lecturers and his daughter. He’s now a symbol of perseverance and lifelong education showing it’s never too late to learn. UJ says his achievement highlights […]
# MasterChef has returned to TV screens with the launch of a new series that was filmed before hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode were sacked over allegations against them. The BBC decided to still show this year’s amateur series, but it faced backlash from some groups saying bad behaviour should not be rewarded with […]
# China se wetgewers het amptenare opdrag gegee om minder vergaderings te hou en om korter toesprake te hou in ‘n poging om “nuttelose formaliteite” uit te roei. Staatsmedia berig die stroomlyning van vergaderings en die beperking van dokumente tot vyf-duisend woorde is in ’n gedetailleerde regeringskennisgewing vervat. Minder vergaderings en minder papierwerk sal beteken […]
# China’s top lawmakers are telling officials across the country to hold fewer meetings and give shorter speeches in a bid to root out “pointless formalities”. State media report streamlining meetings and capping documents at five-thousand words were among suggestions in a detailed government notice issued to free officials from bureaucratism and pointless formalities. Fewer […]
