Good News

BULLETIN 19 March 

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# The Western Cape Government will spend over 558-million-rand on food provision programmes across its departments over the next three financial years. This is contained in the Western Cape Appropriation Bill for 2024/25. A total of 166.615-million-rand has been allocated over the 2024 medium-term expenditure period to the Department of Social Development, for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods initiatives. The DA’s Deidré Baartman says most of this funding is for the provision of food relief to the most vulnerable residents:

# The University of the Western Cape’s Department of Physical Science has started with a pilot project to help prepare learners to excel in Physics at Soneike High School in Kuils River. As part of Project 2026, learners in Grade eleven with Physical Science are given access to UWC lab facilities to expose them to a real-life lab experience. UWC’s Ian Schroeder says they want learners to thrive in their first year at university and not just try and survive:

# Hundreds of Grade eleven and 12 learners attended the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Open Day. The faculty’s dean, professor Barend Erasmus, says the impact of science extends far beyond the confines of classrooms and textbooks, it has the power to transform lives, uplift communities, and shape nations’ destinies:

# The University of the Free State says the Siyaphumelela Network, funded by the Kresge Foundation, has empowered the institution to harness data analytics to promote student success. The university has been a beneficiary of the project since 2014. Vice-Chancellor professor Francois Strydom, says the network has also enabled the implementation of innovative initiatives, ranging from academic support in the form of tutorial programmes, writing and language support, to providing for students’ most basic needs through the No Student Hungry bursary programme.

# And finally: The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, says it is overwhelmed by the support it received from the sixth Paws on the Promenade. A total of 614 people and 335 dogs took part in the fundraising event held in Sea Point, which raised more than 45-thousand-rand for the clinic. The clinic serves up to one-thousand-500 animals per month and also runs a mobile clinic and a shelter. The clinic says its priority is on community empowerment and education to ensure people become responsible pet owners.

Stay tuned for more news………….