# Learners with disabilities from Paarl School for the Neural Disabled captivated audiences at Cape Town’s 15th Shakespeare Schools Festival. The group showcased an adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the District Six Homecoming Centre. The group of 24 learners, many in wheelchairs, stunned the audience and received a standing ovation. The festival, which runs […]
# Die Kay Mason-stigting het onlangs op ‘n bekendstellingsbal in Londen 12,5-miljoen-rand ingesamel. Die geld sal aan minderbevoorregte kinders in Suid-Afrika toegang bied tot onderwys, mentorskap en leierskapsontwikkeling. Die uitvoerende hoof, Noëline die Goede, sê hulle wil die kloof tussen gehalte-onderwys en minderbevoorregte gemeenskappe oorbrug deur leerders vir uitsonderlike geleenthede te bemagtig:
# Indian writer, lawyer and activist, Banu Mushtaq, says winning the International Booker Prize for fiction is an affirmation that the global community can thrive when it embraces diversity. She won for her short story anthology, Heart Lamp, a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more than 30-years. It is the first […]
# The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate on one of South Africa’s greatest living artists, Diane Victor. She has received multiple awards, and her work is part of several important collections, including at the Javett Art Centre at UP and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. One of her recent shows, was titled Folly, […]
# Kay Mason Foundation has raised 12.5-million-rand at its recent inaugural Hummingbird Ball hosted in London. The funds will help young underprivileged South African children gain life-changing access to education, mentorship, and leadership development. The foundation’s CEO, Noëline de Goede, says they work to bridge the quality education opportunity gap by empowering young scholars from underserved […]
# Vandag is Internasionale Teedag, wat in 2019 deur die Verenigde Nasies erken is om die kulturele, ekonomiese en sosiale betekenis van tee wêreldwyd te vereer. Tee is een van die wêreld se oudste drankies en word naas water die meeste gedrink. Daar word beraam dat drie-miljard koppies tee wêreldwyd per dag gedrink word. Sri […]
# Johannesburg het Kaapstad verbygesteek as Suid-Afrika se beste plek om nuwe ondernemings te begin. Volgens StartupBlink se 2025-aanwyser vir nuwe ekostelsels wêreldwyd het Johannesburg 17 plekke geklim tot nommer 122 met ʼn groeikoers van meer as 42-persent, terwyl Kaapstad gedaal het tot die 138ste plek met groei van 13-persent. Suid-Afrika is wêreldwyd 52ste, maar […]
# Johannesburg has overtaken Cape Town as South Africa’s top start-up hub. According to StartupBlink’s 2025 Global Start-up Ecosystem Index, Johannesburg climbed 17 spots globally to rank 122nd, with a growth rate of over 42-percent, while Cape Town fell to 138th place with 13-percent growth. South Africa remains 52nd globally and leads Africa’s start-up scene. […]
# Today is International Tea Day, recognised by the United Nations in 2019 to honour the cultural, economic, and social significance of tea worldwide. Tea is one of the world’s oldest beverages and is the most consumed drink in the world, after water. It is estimated that three-billion cups of tea are consumed globally per […]
