# The University of the Witwatersrand’s Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit and the Synthetic Organic Chemistry Unit have received one of six international innovation awards under the GIZ SAVax programme. The award is for pioneering a biodegradable, Africa-sourced ingredient that could transform the future of vaccine production. Their project, Local large-scale production of ionisable lipids, has […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the MyCiTi south-east expansion is the biggest financial investment in public transport by any metro to date. Over six-billion-rand has been allocated in the current three-year budget cycle. Construction along Imam Haron Road and Stanhope Bridge on the major MyCiTi route expansion from Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain has […]
# The Tshwane Municipality has announced plans to revive the Wonderboom Airport through a public-private partnership. Despite years of financial losses, Mayoral committee member for Finance, Eugene Modise, says the metro would not cut ties with the airport, citing its potential as a cargo hub. Part of Tshwane’s budget for the 2025/2026 financial year, funds […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê hy het hierdie week met ʼn reeks openbaredeelname-vergaderings begin as deel van die metro se proses om insette te kry oor die konsepverordening oor Informele Handel en Township-ekonomie. Die metro vra inwoners en sakeondernemings se kommentaar oor die beste manier om informele handel moontlik te maak en te reguleer, en […]
# Die gewilde Swingin’ Las Vegas keer van vandag tot 25 Mei op aanvraag terug na die Teatro, Montecasino in Johannesburg vir slegs agt vertonings. Die Johannesburgse Big Band van agtien lede, tesame met die sangers Craig Urbani, Timothy Moloi, Harry Sideropoulos en Nádine, sal gehore op ’n musikale reis van betowerende herinneringe deur die […]
# Die Franschhoekse Letterkundefees, beskryf as ‘n viering van boeke en die gesprekke wat dit aanwakker, begin vandag in die Wes-Kaap. Vanjaar se driedaagse program beloof prikkelende gesprekke, inspirerende slypskole en kragtige storievertellings wat die kulturele polsslag van Suid-Afrika en verder weerspieël. Van die gassprekers is die self-uitgewer-kenner en skrywer Vanessa Wilson, die bekroonde misdaadskrywer […]
# Twaalf minderjariges van Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, is by onwettige inisiasieskole tussen Klipgat en Mabopane noord van Pretoria gered. Die polisie en plaaslike owerhede het gereageer op berigte van onwettige inisiasiepraktyke. Die kinders waarvan party slegs 13 jaar oud is, is uit haglike omstandighede gered. Die minderjariges se ouers het aan News24 gesê die kinders is ontvoer […]
# The Western Cape High Court has declared parts of the Refugees Act unconstitutional, offering reprieve to some asylum seekers. The judgment follows a two-year legal challenge by the Scalabrini Centre, which argued that deporting people without considering asylum claims violates constitutional rights. The court found that barring applications based on unlawful entry contradicts the […]
# Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina and her deputy, David Mahlobo, will conduct project inspections of the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment works and Klipdrift Package Plant in Hammanskraal today. Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya will also be present. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says the purpose of the visit is to assess progress on the […]
