# CapeNature’s 2025 State of Conservation Report shows major strides in biodiversity protection across the Western Cape. Over 13-thousand hectares were added to the province’s conservation estate, bringing the total to more than one-million hectares. The report highlights the impact of climate change, the need for resilience, and the vital role of partnerships with landowners […]
# eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba says a total of 25 designers will showcase their ‘Marvels of Mzansi’ collections on the main stage at the Durban July horse race on Saturday. This forms part of the Durban July Fashion Experience, which is a collaboration between eThekwini and the Hollywood Foundation. Xaba says the fashion programme includes […]
# Cape Town’s first blind tourist guide, Winston Fani, is championing inclusive tourism through his company, Out of Sight Tours. Fani led Dinner in the Dark at the One-and-Only Cape Town luxury hotel, hosted in partnership with Cape Town Tourism. The guests including mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, dined in total darkness to experience the world without […]
# The Tshwane University of Technology’s Directorate of Cooperative Education and the Advancement and Partnerships Office have formalised a collaborative partnership through a newly signed Service Level Agreement. The agreement marks a strategic shift towards breaking down institutional silos by aligning efforts across the three departments. This alignment is aimed at optimising output, reducing duplication and […]
# The Devil Wears Prada Two is one step closer to the big screen, and it’s coming during a huge shift in the fashion industry that inspired it. 20th Century Studios announced the sequel is currently in production, and dovetails with the news that Anna Wintour is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Vogue after almost […]
# Professore Gerhard Steenkamp en Adrian Tordiffe van die Universiteit van Pretoria se Fakulteit Veeartsenykunde in Onderstepoort het na Kambodja in Asië gereis om ‘n tandtrek-prosedure op ‘n olifant uit te voer. Steenkamp sê die reis wat tot dié reusetaak gelei het, het bykans 18 maande gelede begin toe dokter Navaneetha Roopan die Kulen-olifantwoud besoek […]
# Professor Gerhard Steenkamp and professor Adrian Tordiffe from the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science at Onderstepoort, have travelled to Cambodia in Asia, to perform a tusk extraction procedure on an elephant. Steenkamp says the journey leading up to this huge undertaking began about 18 months ago, when doctor Navaneetha Roopan visited the […]
# Die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap se roeiklub het ʼn baken van hervorming en gelykheid geword in ʼn sportkode wat tradisioneel deur mans oorheers is. Gugulakhe Mthembu sê sy het nooit aan watersport gedink toe sy as jong meisie in die strate van Soweto in Johannesburg agter ʼn sokkerbal aangehardloop het nie. Sy is vandag kaptein […]
# The University of the Western Cape’s rowing has become a beacon of transformation and equity in a traditionally male-dominated, exclusive sporting code. Gugulakhe Mthembu says watersports was never something she imagined doing while running around as a young girl on the streets of Soweto in Johannesburg, chasing opponents to wrestle control of a soccer ball. […]
