# The 12th South African International Ballet Competition, supported by the National Lotteries Commission, gets underway at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town this week. The competition has three age groups: 9 to 12, 13 to 16, and 17 to 22, in both classical ballet and contemporary categories. This year’s jury members are from South […]
# Marvel‘s latest comic book adaptation, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, topped the North American box office on its debut weekend. The film stars Pedro Pascal as scientific genius Reed Richards, who leads a space expedition with his wife, Sue Storm, played by Vanessa Kirby, and her brother, Johnny Storm, played by Joseph Quinn. Superman […]
# Grammy-winning South African star, Tyla, is set to perform at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival on Central Park’s Great Lawn in New York in September. The festival will be headlined by The Weeknd and Shakira. Nigeria’s Ayra Starr and Mariah the Scientist are also featured on the lineup. This year’s edition will spotlight African […]
# Johnny Mahlangu van Wits-universiteit is deel van ‘n wêreldwye span agter deurbraak-geen-terapie vir hemofilie A. Die ontwikkeling van hierdie behandeling is ‘n belangrike mylpaal in internasionale geen-terapie-navorsing. ‘n Fase 1-toets in Indië het getoon dat pasiënte vir meer as 27 maande bloedingvry bly nadat hulle met hierdie gemodifiseerde virus ingespuit is. Indien dit deur […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parke het fase twee van hul Nuweland-woudrehabilitasieprojek in Kaapstad bekendgestel, met die plant van 100 Kaapse Beuke-saailinge om basafskilfering te bestry en die ekosisteem te herstel. Die Kaapse Navorsingsentrum en Biodiversiteitspan het die projek gelei, na ‘n vroeëre aanplanting van 50 saailinge in Junie, wat floreer. In ‘n verklaring sê SANParke dat […]
# The South African National Parks has launched phase two of its Newlands Forest rehabilitation project in Cape Town, planting 100 Cape Beech seedlings to combat bark stripping and restore the ecosystem. The Cape Research Centre and Biodiversity team led the effort, following an earlier planting of 50 seedlings in June, which are thriving. In […]
# Wits University’s Johnny Mahlangu is part of a global team behind a breakthrough gene therapy for haemophilia A. The development of this treatment marks a major milestone in international gene therapy research. A Phase 1 trial in India showed patients remained bleed-free for over 27 months after having been injected with this modified virus. […]
# Die Grammy-bekroonde Amerikaanse jazz-musikant Chuck Mangione is op 84-jarige ouderdom dood by sy huis in Rochester, New York. Hy was bekend vir sy treffer van 1978, Feels so Good. Die flugelhorn- en trompetspeler het twee Grammys gewen tydens sy loopbaan, waartydens hy 30 albums opgeneem het. Hy was ook bekend vir sy rol in […]
# Grammy-winning jazz musician, Chuck Mangione, has died at the age of 84. Known for his 1978 hit Feels So Good, Mangione passed away in his sleep at home in Rochester, New York. The flugelhorn and trumpet player won two Grammys across a career spanning 30 albums. He was also known for his role on […]
