# Ten teens from Lamontville Swimming Academy in KwaZulu-Natal are making waves as they gear up for the 2025 Oceans 8 Charity Swim. Sponsored by the Balwin Foundation, these six boys and four girls are rewriting their community’s story through sport. Training hard and aiming high, they’ll compete at the two-day Durban’s Vetch’s Beach event […]
# Water wat agter ‘n massa gletserpuin vasgevang was het hierdie week ‘n dorp en ‘n rivier in die suide van Switserland verswelg. Dit het gelei tot waarskuwings oor moontlike verdere ontruimings te midde van ‘n gevaar van oorstromings in die Alpynse vallei. Miljoene kubieke meter ys, modder en rotse het Woensdag teen ‘n berg […]
# Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland, has sparked warnings that further evacuations may be needed amid the risk of flooding in the Alpine valley. A deluge of millions of cubic meters of ice, mud and rock crashed down a […]
# Die 13-jarige Faizan Zaki het agt ander ervare spellers uitgestof en die 2025 Scripps Nasionale Spelkompetisie in Washington, Amerika, gewen. Faizan van Allen, Texas, was verlede jaar die naaswenner nadat hy in ʼn blits-uitklopronde verloor het. Sy wen-woord was éclaircissement. Buiten Faizan, wie se ouers uit die suide van Indië geïmmigreer het, is 30 […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, het een van die Universiteit van Pretoria se jongste gegradueerdes ooit, Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli, gelukgewens. Sy het die graad in Aktuariële Wetenskap op die ouderdom van 17 voltooi. Die departement se woordvoerder, Camagwini Mavovana, sê Ntuli is ‘n sprekende voorbeeld van akademiese uitnemendheid, volharding en die hervormende […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Nobuhle Nkabane, has congratulated one of the University of Pretoria’s youngest-ever graduates, Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli. She obtained a degree in Actuarial Science, which she completed at the age of 17. The department’s spokesperson, Camagwini Mavovana, says Ntuli is a shining example of academic excellence, resilience, and the transformative power […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse kuns het nog ‘n rekord laat spat toe Vladimir Tretchikoff se 1955-skildery, Lady from the Orient, op ‘n veiling in Johannesburg verkoop is. Die meesterstuk het bieërs met 89 vinnige aanbiedinge betower en plaaslik geskiedenis gemaak. Internasionaal het Marlene Dumas se 1997-skildery, Miss January, ook ‘n nuwe wêreldrekord vir ‘n lewende vroulike kunstenaar […]
# Thirteen-year-old, Faizan Zaki, outlasted eight other accomplished spellers to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, US. From Allen, Texas, he finished as the runner-up last year after losing in a lightning-round tiebreaker. His winning word was éclaircissement. Including Faizan, whose parents emigrated from southern India, 30 of the past 36 champions have […]
# South African art has broken yet another record with Vladimir Tretchikoff’s 1955 portrait Lady from the Orient selling for 31.9-million-rand at a Johannesburg auction. The masterpiece captivated bidders with 89 rapid bids, making local history. Internationally, Marlene Dumas’s 1997 painting Miss January also set a new world record for a living female artist, selling for 251.6-million-rand in New […]
