# Die regering het die onlangse bevindings van Intelpoint-navorsing verwelkom wat Suid-Afrika as die tweede mees geletterde land in Afrika gradeer, met ’n volwasse geletterdheidsyfer van 95-persent. Die Seychelle is boaan die lys met ’n geletterdheidsyfer van 95,9-persent. Die navorsing is gegrond op die persentasie van die bevolking van 15 jaar en ouer wat kan […]
# Die aktrise en regisseur Campbell Meas van Johannesburg is die wenner van die 2025 Nasionale Dramaturgkompetisie met haar drama Vakavigwa (Burials/They were buried). Die kompetisie wat deur die Nasionale Kunstefees aangebied word, wil hê opkomende dramaturge landwyd se stemme moet gehoor word. Die beoordelaars sê Vakavigwa is ʼn aangrypende en ambisieuse werk wat die ontwikkeling van die […]
# Die komediant Nate Bargatze is aangewys as seremoniemeester vir die 77ste Emmy-toekennings in die Peacock-teater in Los Angels op 14 September. Hy het verlede jaar die meeste geld as komediant verdien en 1,2-miljoen kaartjies verkoop. Bargatze het tot nou ses spesiale vertonings vrygestel met die onlangse Your Friend, Nate Bargatze op Netflix. Hy sê […]
# Die Groote Schuur-hopsitaaltrust het ‘n noodoperasieprojek van stapel gestuur om hulpbronne te versterk en traumabehandeling te verbeter. Die trust wil 70 noodteaterbesprekings oor naweke en openbare vakansiedae byvoeg om verhoogde traumagevalle te bestuur. Indien dit slaag, sal sowat 200 bykomende operasies uitgevoer kan word. Die trust het reeds meer as 300-duisend-rand deur skenkings ingesamel […]
# Actress and director Campbell Meas from Johannesburg is the winner of the 2025 National Playwright Competition with her play Vakavigwa (Burials/They were buried). The competition, facilitated by the National Arts Festival, is designed to amplify the voices of emerging playwrights countrywide. In summarising their selection, the judges said, that Vakavigwa is a gripping and ambitious work that exemplifies […]
# ‘n Derdejaar student in Geïntegreerde Kommunikasie-ontwerp by die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie, Mufaro Ncube, het die ROTOCON wynetiket-ontwerpkompetisie vir 2025 gewen. Die kompetisie daag studente uit om innoverende en gevorderde wynetikette te ontwerp. Ncube se wenontwerp word The Point genoem en dit is geïnspireer deur ‘n topografiese kaart van Kaapstad wat op die ontwerp […]
# Comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on September 14th. In 2024, he was the highest-earning stand-up comedian, having sold 1.2-million tickets. Bargatze has released six stand-up specials to date, with the most recent being Your Friend, Nate Bargatze on Netflix. Bargatze says it is […]
# The Groote Schuur Hospital Trust has launched an Emergency Surgery Project to boost resources and improve trauma care. The Trust aims to add 70 emergency theatre slots annually, targeting weekends and public holidays to manage peak trauma cases. If successful, around 200 extra emergency surgeries could be performed. The Trust has already raised just […]
# Tshwane University of Technology’s third-year Integrated Communication Design student, Mufaro Ncube, has won ROTOCON Wine Label Design competition for 2025. The competition challenges students to develop innovative, cutting-edge wine label designs. Ncube’s winning design is called The Point, and is influenced by the topographical map of Cape Town, which is highlighted by the die-cut on the design. The 21-year-old […]
