# ‘n Navorsingspan van die Universiteit van Johannesburg het ‘n watersekerheidprojek in Buysdorp, Limpopo, begin. Dit beoog om die manier te hervorm waarop gemeenskappe dink aan hul waardevolste hulpbron, dit te toets en bewaar. Buysdorp is ‘n erfenis-nedersetting wat voortdurend waterskaarste ondervind. Die navorser Lee-Ann Sade Modley sê afgesien van die toets van water, bepaal […]
# Ruby Davies van die Nelson Mandela-universiteit is een van sewe meestersgraadstudente landwyd wat die Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue in Wetenskap-toekenning se DSTI–Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri-beurs ontvang het. Die beurs vier uitsonderlike vroulike wetenskaplikes wat wetenskap, tegnologie, ingenieurswese en wiskunde in Suid-Afrika en buite sy grense bevorder. Davies se navorsing ondersoek hoe nektar-roof ‘n invloed het op bestuiwersgedrag, […]
# The National Treasury says its two-billion-rand smart-meter programme could help tackle Eskom’s ballooning municipal arrear debt, which has topped 100-billion-rand. Over 67-thousand smart meters were installed across eight municipalities last year, with a further 77-thousand-780 to be rolled out in eleven more municipalities this year. Treasury is aiming to install approximately 250-thousand smart meters […]
# Die DA-raadslid October Haarvoor is verkies tot nuwe onderburgemeester van Beaufort-Wes. Die posisie was vakant sedert die vorige waarnemende onderburgemeester, Gina Duimpies, tot burgemeester verkies is. Die leier van die DA in die Wes-Kaap, Tertuis Simmers, sê Haarvoor is verlede jaar as raadslid vir Wyk 1 verkies en het sy gemeenskap met trots gedien:
# eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba and KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma have urged the taxi leadership to call off the planned strike and resume services in Clermont and KwaDabeka. Durban taxi operators halted services today, as they embark on a two-day shutdown. This follows weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with the municipality over operational disputes. The […]
# Athletics: The University of the Free State says it is proud to celebrate the inclusion of several Kovsie athletes and alumni in South Africa’s final team for the World Athletics Championships in Japan. Among those selected is Mthi Mthimkulu, a current UFS student. Representing the Kovsie Athletics Club alongside him are Miné de Klerk […]
# The award-winning South African feature film Carissa will now be released in cinemas nationwide. The film, directed by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. It tells the story of a young woman, played by Gretchen Ramsden, and her community in the heart of the Western Cape’s […]
# The City of Cape Town Water and Sanitation Directorate says it is providing grant funding to community-based organisations. This is part of its effort to build meaningful partnerships in communities. The Ummati Community Upliftment Project is one of the metro’s grant recipients working to improve the quality of waterways in communities across Cape Town. Mayoral […]
# Stellenbosch Business School’s 2024 Small Business Academy student of the year, Rucien Petersen, says his business is growing from strength to strength. He founded Spottmedia Limited during his postgraduate research in 2017. Petersen says Spottmedia was born to help small businesses identify marketing gaps and adopt strategies that look beyond short-term fixes. He adds […]
