# Learners from three Western Cape schools have completed an Unmanned Aerial Systems Course, gaining hands-on drone piloting and aviation technology skills. The programme forms part of the province’s Growth for Jobs Strategy. Western Cape Education Department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says MEC David Maynier commends the initiative as a pathway into high-growth sectors, equipping young […]
# Honderde unieke Cederbergse plekname gaan nou onthou word danksy die werk van die veteraan-kartograaf Peter Slingsby. Hy het pas sy boek bekendgestel: Cederberg – The Book, met sowat 500 name wat eers net in die omgangstaal bewaar is. Dit sluit name in soos Slangbosfontein, Vogelgesang en Jakkalskop. Slingsby sê name is noodsaaklik vir kulturele […]
# Nuwe laboratoriumnavorsing van die Universiteit Stellenbosch dui daarop dat rooibos die beweging van estrogeen in borskankerselle kan teenwerk. Estrogeen word dikwels beskryf as ‘n versneller van die groei van borskanker omdat baie borskankergewasse ontvangers het wat daarop reageer. ‘n Senior dosent in biochemie, Nicky Verhoog, sê omdat so baie vorms van borskankers sensitief is […]
# Hundreds of unique vernacular place names from the Cederberg have been saved from obscurity, thanks to veteran cartographer Peter Slingsby. In his newly launched book, Cederberg – The Book, Slingsby documents nearly 500 names once preserved only through oral tradition, including Slangbosfontein, Vogelgesang, and Jakkalskop. He says place names are vital to cultural heritage […]
# New laboratory research from Stellenbosch University suggests Rooibos may counteract the activity of estrogen in breast cancer cells. Estrogen is often described as a kind of driver of breast cancer growth, because many breast cancer tumours carry receptors that respond to it. A senior lecturer in biochemistry at Stellenbosch University, Nicky Verhoog, says because […]
# Die Namakwa Nasionale Park, het deur korporatiewe maatskaplike beleggingsfondse, vier sopkombuise in Soebatsfontein in die Wes-Kaap en omliggende dorpe heropen. Die sopkombuise is gesluit weens ʼn gebrek aan fondse en hulpbronne. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê hulle het geld bekom om noodsaaklike infrastruktuur en hulpbronne te kry om hierdie fasiliteite te heropen. Hy […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het die wenners van die stad se Women in Business-toekennings gelukgewens en sê hulle sal voortgaan om die merkwaardige prestasies van sakeondernemings in vrouebesit te vier en te ondersteun. Die toekennings gee erkenning aan ondernemings onder vroue se leierskap wat uitnemendheid, veerkragtigheid en vernuwing toon terwyl dit ʼn merkbare uitwerking het […]
# The Namaqua National Park, through the Corporate Social Investment funding, has reopened four soup kitchens in Soebatsfontein and surrounding towns in the Western Cape. The soup kitchens had been closed due to insufficient funds and a lack of resources. SANParks spokesperson, JP Louw, says funding for the essential infrastructure and resources needed to restart […]
# Die Universiteit van Fort Hare gaan ‘n Eredoktorsgraad in Handel aan een van Suid-Afrika se mees gerespekteerde regsgeleerdes en gerekende sakeleier, advokaat Thandi Orleyn, toeken. Sy word erken vir haar uitnemende bydraes tot handel, die regte en maatskaplike geregtigheid. Sy was die eerste swart vrou om beide die Onafhanklike Bemiddelingsdiens van Suid-Afrika en die […]
