# Die Stad Kaapstad sê die getal biblioteke wat aan vanjaar se skaaktoernooie deelneem, het meer as verdubbel met 66 wat reeds ingeskryf het teenoor verlede jaar se 32. Die jaarlikse geleentheid staan bekend as chess@libraries met mini-toernooie in aanloop tot die eindronde in Oktober. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Gemeenskapsdienste en Gesondheid, Francine Higham, sê die […]
# Die lang-verwagte sport-aksiefliek, F1 The Movie, het sy debuut op Times Square in New York gemaak. Die fliek vertel die storie van die gewese F1-renjaer Sonny Hayes, vertolk deur Brad Pitt, wat ʼn terugkeer maak om te jaag saam met sy nuweling-spanmaat, Joshua Pearce, gespeel deur Damson Idris. Dit begin die 27ste in teaters […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê ‘n nuwe hoofstuk het aangebreek in samewerkende waterbestuur. Dit volg op die bekendstelling van die Bestuursforum vir die Vygekraal-opvangsgebied wat onder leiding van die gemeenskap praktiese oplossings wil vind vir uitdagings met watergehalte wat dié noodsaaklike stedelike rivierstelsel raak. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Water en Sanitasie, Zahid Badroodien, sê die forum […]
# The leaders of the G7 nations have affirmed their unified support for Israel and have called for a de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East. This comes as Israel and Iran are trading strikes on a fifth day of conflict. In Iran, at least 224 people have been killed since hostilities began, while in Israel, […]
# Cape Town students and residents have taken part in the 2025 City Nature Challenge. The initiative is aimed at documenting more than three-thousand-500 species across urban and marine spaces. From kelp forests to city gardens, the participants contributed 36-thousand observations, placing the metro 12th globally. The citizen-science event promotes environmental awareness and supports conservation […]
# 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 […]
