Good News

BULLETIN 22 October 

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# Africa’s biggest boating exhibition, Boatica Cape Town, returns to the V&A Waterfront this weekend. This year’s event will feature globally sought-after South African-made boats, the latest boating gear, water sports equipment, and cutting-edge marine technology. Mayoral committee member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says Boatica is a highlight for the industry because it is a display of the breadth and variety of innovation, talent and skill of boat-builders:

# The Charity Begins With Me children’s Christmas book drive has kicked off to a great start. Author Reinette Lombard has donated boxes from her Tippie book series, about an elephant character that helps children learn to read with engaging illustrations in their home languages. The organisation says this contribution will not only ensure underprivileged kids have gifts to open on Christmas, but also support their literacy journeys. People can still donate until the 30th of November, and books can be dropped off in Fairlands, Johannesburg.

# The Buffalo City Municipality in the Eastern Cape is calling on young people in the metro to take advantage of the Mayoral Bursary Fund, as applications for 2025 are now open. The fund offers financial assistance to students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds and covers registration fees, tuition, prescribed books, study material, meals, and accommodation. The metro’s spokesperson, Samkelo Ngwenya, says since the inception of the fund in 2008, 113 beneficiaries have graduated.

# The City of Tshwane, in partnership with the Tshwane University of Technology, hosted a successful three-day Varsity Hackathon. The sixth annual edition of this event was aimed at fostering collaboration, creativity and problem-solving among students and young professionals. The metro’s Zintle Mahlati says the winners of the hackathon will present their solutions at an award ceremony next week Friday:

# And finally: Entertainment greats including Steven Spielberg, Missy Elliott, Spike Lee, and Queen Latifah were honoured by American president Joe Biden at the White House. The president honoured the 2022 and ’23 National Medal of Arts and Humanities recipients. The Arts Medal, the highest award given to artists, recognises exemplary individuals and organisations that have advanced the arts in America. Honourees in the humanities category include educators Robin Harris, Robert Martin and Ruth J Simmons.

Stay tuned for more news………….