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BULLETIN 15 January 2 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# The Government Communication and Information System is set to launch a 13-episode Advertiser Funded Programme called Citizens Connect this week. This is a social reality programme featuring government content, re-enactments and discussions on matters relating to gender-based violence and femicide, anti-corruption and the government’s Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Plan. GCIS says the government is committed to reaching a diverse audience and delivering impactful content.

# The City of Tshwane has identified 49 sinkholes as priority for repairs. This could cost more than 20-million-rand each to repair and take up to nine months to close. The city says that over half of the sinkholes are attributed to water and sewer leakages. It adds that it is working on prioritising and addressing these sinkholes to mitigate potential hazards, infrastructure damage, business loss and crime spikes caused by their presence.

# ActionSA in the Western Cape has welcomed the City of Cape Town’s long-overdue commitment to introduce treatment processes to the marine outfalls. The city has continuously denied that it has been pumping more sewage into the ocean at Hout Bay than is allowed. The permit for the release of sewage through the Hout Bay marine outfall was granted in 2019. ActionSA’s Michelle Wasserman says the city has released over one billion litres of sewage through the Hout Bay outfall:

# Some South African parents are exploring an unconventional form of education called unschooling, where children are not confined to traditional classrooms, subjects, school terms, or assessments. The Reimagined Learning Community advocates for a more flexible and child-centric approach to education. Founder, Chevanni Davids, told Newzroom Afrika that parents are increasingly drawn to unschooling educational models to meet their children’s unique learning needs:

# And blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer continued to rake in the accolades across multiple award categories. The World War Two-set drama Oppenheimer won eight awards at the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Junior, and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. Barbie received six awards, including Best Comedy. In the television categories, Hulu’s fan-favourite series The Bear and Netflix’s road-rage-inspired limited series Beef scored four awards while HBO’s comedy-drama Succession won three. Harrison Ford was honoured with the Career Achievement Award.

Stay tuned for more news………….