# Actress and director Campbell Meas from Johannesburg is the winner of the 2025 National Playwright Competition with her play Vakavigwa (Burials/They were buried). The competition, facilitated by the National Arts Festival, is designed to amplify the voices of emerging playwrights countrywide. In summarising their selection, the judges said, that Vakavigwa is a gripping and ambitious work that exemplifies […]
# ‘n Derdejaar student in Geïntegreerde Kommunikasie-ontwerp by die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie, Mufaro Ncube, het die ROTOCON wynetiket-ontwerpkompetisie vir 2025 gewen. Die kompetisie daag studente uit om innoverende en gevorderde wynetikette te ontwerp. Ncube se wenontwerp word The Point genoem en dit is geïnspireer deur ‘n topografiese kaart van Kaapstad wat op die ontwerp […]
# Comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on September 14th. In 2024, he was the highest-earning stand-up comedian, having sold 1.2-million tickets. Bargatze has released six stand-up specials to date, with the most recent being Your Friend, Nate Bargatze on Netflix. Bargatze says it is […]
# The Groote Schuur Hospital Trust has launched an Emergency Surgery Project to boost resources and improve trauma care. The Trust aims to add 70 emergency theatre slots annually, targeting weekends and public holidays to manage peak trauma cases. If successful, around 200 extra emergency surgeries could be performed. The Trust has already raised just […]
# Tshwane University of Technology’s third-year Integrated Communication Design student, Mufaro Ncube, has won ROTOCON Wine Label Design competition for 2025. The competition challenges students to develop innovative, cutting-edge wine label designs. Ncube’s winning design is called The Point, and is influenced by the topographical map of Cape Town, which is highlighted by the die-cut on the design. The 21-year-old […]
# TIME Magazine het sy jaarlikse lys van 100 mees invloedryke mense vir 2025 vrygestel, wat fokus op die uitwerking, innovasie en prestasie van die wêreld se mees invloedrykes. Hierdie uitgawe het wêreldwyd vyf voorblaaie met aktrise Demi Moore, tennislegende Serena Williams, rapper en entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, musikant Ed Sheeran en Google DeepMind-stigter Demis Hassabis […]
# TIME Magazine has released its annual list of 100 most influential people for 2025, spotlighting the impact, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. This issue has five global covers featuring actress Demi Moore, tennis legend Serena Williams, rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, musician Ed Sheeran and Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis. Others […]
# Die Cape Leopard Trust het ‘n kamera-opname in die Piketberg- en Olifanstsrivierberge afgehandel en 31 wilde soogdierspesies opgespoor. Dit sluit in Kaapse jakkalse, swartrug-jakkalse en die Afrika-slangmuishond. Die opname het ook sku luiperds by 54 van 74 plekke aangemeld. Die opname wat meer as 154-duisend foto’s geneem het, bied lewensbelangrike insigte in die voorkoms […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, sê Suid-Afrika Toerisme se jaarlikse prestasieverslag vir 2024 beklemtoon die sterk herstel van die bedryf in die provinsie. Dit toon ‘n toename van 6,8 persent in internasionale toeriste-aankomste in die provinsie. Meyer sê die verslag toon ook dat die Wes-Kaap uitstekend vaar om […]
