Good News

BULLETIN 27 May 

Good afternoon, here is your Good News:

# The Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital in North West has successfully performed its first heart operation in its new cardiothoracic theatre. A 39-year-old woman from Jouberton with a leaking heart valve and congenital aneurysm was the beneficiary. Health MEC Madoda Sambatha says the partnership with Gauteng’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital made the successful operation a historic milestone, showcasing the benefits of national health insurance:

# The Tshwane University of Technology and Intel have taken a significant step forward in preparing students for the future of work. They have joined forces in establishing the TUT-Intel Artificial Intelligence Career Tech Centre, a first of its kind in the world. The university says the centre will ensure that all students across all campuses learn the language of A-I. The centre will offer the unique Intel A-I for Future Workforce programme, which will entail over 200 hours of the latest teaching-learning content incorporating new A-I trends.

# The University of Pretoria congratulates twelve staff members announced as finalists in this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards, popularly known as the Science Oscars of South Africa. The National Science and Technology Forum Awards celebrates outstanding contributions to science, engineering and technology, and innovation. An adjudication panel, together with a panel of experts, is responsible for shortlisting the finalists and making the final selection of winners. The awards ceremony takes place on 11 July.

# The City of Cape Town is inviting people to visit the Woodhead Dam Museum. The museum located across the Hely Hutchinson Dam on Table Mountain, serves as a visual record of the city’s water heritage and highlights the urgency of water conservation. The dam has been in operation since 1972. The city says the museum provides a rich history of the dam with displays of specialised equipment such as the steam train, hand tools, instruments, and flow measuring devices used during the dam’s construction.

# And finally: South Africa’s premier comedy variety show, the Cape Town Funny Festival, returns to the Baxter theatre for its 25th-anniversary edition next month. The likes of Canada’s super puppeteers, Cabaret Decadanse, Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Graeme Mathews, and local comics including Cape Town’s own Carl Weber, and Ismail Moses, will be part of the festival. One of the unique selling points of the festival is its use of an extraordinarily different variety of acts, and this year, three such acts are on the bill.

Stay tuned for more news………….