# Die Alexforbes Battle Boards nasionale aanlyn skaaktoernooi was ʼn reusesukses met Curro Durbanville Hoërskool in die Wes-Kaap wat as nasionale kampioene gekroon is. Sestien skole het vanjaar na die nasionale ronde deurgedring met 224 aanlyn kragmetings die laaste naweek. Paarl Boys High in die Wes-Kaap was tweede en Queens College Boys High School in die Oos-Kaap derde. Alexforbes […]
# Two Walter Sisulu University affiliates, a graduate and a current student, have secured 25-thousand-rand after qualifying as one of the top 15 finalists in the MTN ENACTUS Digital Innovation Challenge. IT graduate Philasande Mathafeni and his business partner, third-year Human Resource Management student Thulisiwe Matyobeni, have created Fair-Trade Blockchain Marketplace. This mobile application helps smallholder […]
# The Alexforbes Battle Boards national online chess tournament was a huge success, with Curro Durbanville High School in the Western Cape crowned national champions. This year, 16 schools advanced to the national rounds, culminating in 224 online games during the finals weekend. Western Cape’s Paarl Boys High School secured second place, and Queens College Boys High School in […]
# Navorsers aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch het ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse weergawe van ‘n aanvullende en alternatiewe kommunikasiehulpmiddel vir Afrikaanssprekende kinders met spraakprobleme ontwikkel. Dit sluit prente of simbole in waarna die kinders kan wys. Die span, in samewerking met Tobii Dynavox, het simbole en woorde aangepas om plaaslike realiteite te weerspieël. Die projekleier, Juan Bornman, sê […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse regisseur Ryan Kruger se uitdagende wetenskapfiksie-rillerkomedie Street Trash wys nou in plaaslike teaters. Dis ‘n ongebonde opvolg van die 1987-kultusrolprent met dieselfde titel. Dit speel in 2050 in Kaapstad af waar hawelose wanaangepastes ‘n sameswering onthul om armes in ‘n geheimsinnige chemikalie bekend as “V” op te los. Die rolprent het gehore […]
# Die Transplant Education for Living Legacies, TELL, het die Orgamites Mighty Education-program in Gautengse skole bekendgestel as deel van Orgaanskenkingsmaand. TELL se besturende direkteur, Stella de Kock, sê Orgamites, wat wêreldwyd in meer as drie-duisend-200 skole bedrywig is, gebruik prettige karakters wat deur organe geïnspireer is om kinders van vyf tot elf te leer van […]
# Researchers from Stellenbosch University have developed a South African version of an augmentative and alternative communication tool for Afrikaans-speaking children with speech challenges. It includes pictures or symbols that children can point to. Partnering with Tobii Dynavox, the team adapted symbols and words to reflect local realities. Project leader Juan Bornman says it’s about giving […]
# South African director Ryan Kruger’s outrageous sci-fi horror comedy Street Trash is now in local cinemas. A loose sequel to the 1987 cult classic by the same name, the movie is set in dystopian Cape Town, 2050, where homeless misfits uncover a plot to liquify the poor with a mysterious chemical known only as “V.” The film […]
# The Transplant Education for Living Legacies, TELL, has launched the Orgamites Mighty Education Programme in Gauteng schools. This is part of Organ Donor Awareness Month. There are over eight-thousand South Africans currently waiting for life-saving transplants, including 40 children. TELL’s managing director, Stella de Kock, says Orgamites, which is active in over three-thousand-200 schools worldwide, […]