Good News

BULLETIN 15 January

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# Time Out has announced that Cape Town has topped the annual list of the Best Cities in the World. Time Out is a global brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city through Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says scoring highly across the board for its beauty, overall happiness and top-notch food scene, Cape Town has climbed one place since last year when it ranked second:

# Stellenbosch University has honoured the legendary physicist and mathematics teacher Walter Hazell Parry, by naming one of its two new residences on the North Campus after him. This follows approval from the university’s Rectorate. Parry made significant contributions to physics education and assisted the early development of the Physics Department at the institution. He died in 1966. The other new residence is called Khayalethu Residence, a Xhosa/Zulu term meaning our home. The university says the name highlights its commitment to inclusion.

# The inaugural Hout Bay and Llandudno Art Fair is set to showcase over 100 local artists, including Grace Cross, Imraan Christian, and Schalk van der Merwe. The event, which will be held at the Ghuba Gallery on the 30th of this month, will also feature a variety of artworks, from paintings to ceramics, with pieces available for purchase. The proceeds this year will benefit Lalela, an organisation that provides educational arts for youth from under-resourced communities to spark creative thinking and awaken the entrepreneurial spirit.

# South Africa’s multiple award-winning comedy ventriloquist Conrad Koch and his razor-sharp puppet Chester Missing will be ending their successful tour in Cape Town in February. Despicable Hehe will be at the Theatre on the Bay from the 10th to the 15th of next month. Kock describes the show as a mix of light-hearted social commentary and family-friendly humour designed for everyone 12 and up. He adds that South Africans love to laugh, and this show delivers exactly that.

# And finally: Former Miss South Africa and Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Tebow and her husband former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow are expecting their first child together. The couple got married in Franschhoek, Western Cape, in January 2020. Demi-Leigh was crowned Miss South Africa in 2017 and went on to win both Miss Universe and Miss World titles that same year. The couple told People Magazine that they are ready to bring what they’ve learned from the last five years of their marriage into parenthood.

Stay tuned for more news………….