Good News

BULLETIN 23 August 2 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# One of London’s most lauded Michelin star restaurants will be turning the clock back on its prices by 30 years. Between 9 and 27 September the cooking specialists at St John, in Smithfield, will charge diners what they would have paid for the same dishes when the eatery first opened its doors in 1994. A portion of Welsh rarebit will be available at 3-pounds-50, around 83-rand, while roast bone marrow and parsley salad will set you back 4-pounds-20, around 99-rand. St John is one of London’s foremost proponents of nose-to-tail cooking.

# The largest Scottish freshwater pearl found in living memory, the Abernethy Pearl, will stay in the country after it was auctioned for the world record price of almost 2.2-million-rand. The pearl was discovered in 1967 and named after its finder, William Abernethy, known as the nation’s last pearl fisherman. The pearl must have been quietly growing in its mussel for more than 80 years before Abernethy found it, meaning it was created during the reign of Queen Victoria. Only one in every five-thousand mussels found in Scottish rivers contains a pearl.

# University of Fort Hare student, Christopher Bomali, won the Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Annual Lecture inaugural essay competition. Students were required to write an essay advising the Eastern Cape premier on strategies to overcome the technical recession in the province. Bomali delved into the province’s economic performance over recent years in his essay, identifying critical factors leading to the technical recession. He won two-thousand-rand while Tapiwa Mabhandi and Nontanda Bongoza, who came in second and third, won one-thousand-500 and one-thousand-rand respectively.

# The Tshwane University of Technology says its Girls in Tech initiative aims to empower young women pursuing careers in technology. This is by providing them with the tools, resources and mentorship necessary to succeed in this dynamic field. The university recently hosted a panel discussion at the Soshanguve South Campus to celebrate Women’s Month and empower women in technology. The institution says as the tech industry continues to evolve, initiatives like Girls in Tech will play an essential role in shaping a more inclusive and diverse future.

# And finally, the Robin Hood Foundation South Africa has given baby hampers to over 70 new moms who delivered their babies at the RK Khan Hospital in Chatsworth, Durban. The hampers were filled with knitted items, blankets, baby clothes, teddies, toiletries and sanitary ware. The foundation says many of the moms are so grateful as they don’t have anything for their babies to go home in. It adds this is all possible through its Love the Babies project.

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