# The University of the Witwatersrand has made available 22-million-rand in emergency funding to immediately support postgraduate students and key research staff in the Faculty of Health Sciences. This is in response to the sudden termination of major international health research funding from the US government. Wits says this emergency funding will assist approximately 75 postgraduate […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisie het die naweek 48 mense vir dronkbestuur in Soshanguve en Centurion vasgetrek. Tydens die operasie is 108 Aarto-boetes vir verskeie verkeersoortredings uitgereik. Die departement sê hy is vasbeslote om lewens te red deur roekelose en nalatige bestuur weens dronkbestuur te bekamp. Hy sê padveiligheid is almal se verantwoordelikheid.
# University of Pretoria vice-chancellor and principal, professor Francis Petersen, says South Africa’s persistently high unemployment rate is a challenge that demands urgent attention from all sectors of society. In 2024, the country recorded the highest unemployment rate 32-percent among all G20 countries. The country recorded a lower unemployment rate for university graduates 8.7-percent in the […]
# Golf: Five-time major champion, Rory McIlroy, has become the first player to automatically earn a spot in captain Luke Donald’s Team Europe for the Ryder Cup. The Northern Irishman locked up his spot as a result of securing four wins since the European points list began last August. McIlroy will make his eighth consecutive Ryder […]
# Gauteng se LUR vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Faith Mazibuko, het kinder- en jeugsentrums in die provinsie se werk geloof. Daar is 150 geakkrediteerde sentrums waarvan 141 deur organisasies sonder winsbejag en nege deur die regering bedryf word en sorg en emosionele ondersteuning bied. Sy loof die sentrums se rol om kwesbare kinders wat aan mishandeling, […]
# The City of Cape Town says the number of libraries taking part in this year’s round of chess tournaments has more than doubled, with 66 already signed up, compared to last year’s 32. The annual event is known as chess@libraries, with mini-tournaments leading up to the finals taking place in October. Mayoral committee member […]
# The most anticipated sports action blockbuster, F1 The Movie, had its premiere at Times Square in New York City. The film tells the story of a former F1 driver, Sonny Hayes, played by Brad Pitt, as he makes a comeback to partner rookie teammate Joshua Pearce, played by Damson Idris. The movie hits theatres […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê die voortslepende wateronderbrekings wat Soshanguve en die omliggende gebiede raak, wat water ontvang van die Kruisfontein-reservoir, bly ‘n dringende prioriteit. Die ontwrigting is die gevolg van ‘n gebarste asbespyp wat noodsaaklik is vir die voorsiening van water aan ‘n groot deel van Soshanguve. Die metro se woordvoerder, Lindela Mashigo, sê […]
# Die etioloog en bewaringskundige, Jane Goodall, se sjimpansee-bewaringsprojek in Tanzanië ondervind ‘n groot finansiële terugslag nadat die Amerikaanse Agentskap vir Internasionale Ontwikkeling sy beloofde befondsing van 548-miljoen-rand onttrek het. Die Hoop deur Aksie-projek is in 2023 gestig om bedreigde sjimpansees te beskerm deur die aanplanting van woude en gemeenskapsgeleide metodiek. Die algehele sjimpansee-bevolking het […]
