# Die Amerikaanse akteur Tom Cruise is vyf minute lank staande toegejuig na die eerste vertoning van Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning op die Cannes-rolprentfees in Frankryk. Die regisseur was Christopher McQuarrie, en die rolverdeling sluit bekendes in die reeks flieks in soos Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames en Hayley Atwell, asook Vanessa Kirby en Angela […]
# The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate to award-winning poet, short story writer, and editor, professor Makhosazana Xaba. This is in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature, feminist thought and cultural activism in South Africa. Her poetry and short stories have been translated into six languages and are widely anthologised and […]
# Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town have made the New York Times’ list of the Top 10 Gardens in the World. Set against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, the gardens showcase South Africa’s unique flora, including the fynbos biome and ancient cycads. The garden is ranked ninth, just behind The High Line in […]
# Tom Cruise received a five-minute standing ovation after premiering Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the cast includes franchise stalwarts like Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames and Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett. Sixty-two-year-old Cruise, who did his own stunts in the movie, […]
# Standard Bank is ‘n voorloper in bekostigbare behuising, met vroue wat tans 55-persent van sy nuwe verbandkliënte is. Die hoof van Huislenings, Toni Anderson, sê die verskuiwing beklemtoon vroue se toenemende invloed in eiendomsbesit. Lenings aan vroue in 2024 het altesaam 2,67-miljard-rand beloop. Anderson sê die bank bied tot 108-persent finansiering en ondersteuningsdienste, en […]
# Standard Bank is leading the charge in affordable housing, with women now accounting for 55-percent of its new mortgage customers. Head of Home Loans, Toni Anderson, says this shift highlights women’s growing influence in property ownership. In 2024 alone, loans to women totaled 2.67-billion-rand. Anderson says the bank offers up to 108-percent financing and […]
# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Sisisi Tolashe, lei die herdenking van Internasionale Gesinsdag as deel van Kinderbeskermingsmaand in Kaapstad. Die geleentheid sal die rol van die gesin as voorste linie van beskerming vir kinders beklemtoon. Tolashe sal ook die Hersiene Witskrif oor Gesinne en die Families Matter-program bekend stel. Die departement se woordvoerder, Lumka […]
# Social Development minister Sisisi Tolashe will mark the International Day for Families as part of Child Protection Month in Cape Town. The event will highlight the family’s role as a frontline protector of children. Tolashe will launch the Revised White Paper on Families and the Families Matter Programme. Spokesperson Lumka Oliphant emphasises sustainable development […]
# Vandag is Wêreld-toegangsbewusmakingsdag, wat daarop fokus om bewusmaking rondom digitale toegang te verhoog vir die meer as een-miljard mense wêreldwyd wat met gestremdhede leef. Die uitvoerende hoof van LiveABLE Universal Access consultancy in Kaapstad, Tarryn Tomlinson, neem leiding om digitale ruimtes meer inklusief te maak vir mense met visuele, gehoor- en ander gestremdhede. Tomlinson […]
