# World-renowned engineer, artificial intelligence researcher and higher education leader, professor Tshilidzi Marwala, has been awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering by the University of Pretoria. This is in recognition of his exceptional contributions in South Africa and globally. Marwala is currently serving as Rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. He says University […]
# Two South African restaurants have made the coveted World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants list for 2025. Stellenbosch’s VUUR, which is ranked 87, has also been named Africa’s Best Steak Restaurant, while Johannesburg’s The Blockman is ranked 97th. Argentina’s Don Julio Parrilla, located in the heart of Buenos Aires’ ever-vibrant Palermo district, tops the list. […]
# ʼn Oudstudent in joernalistiek aan die Tshwane Universiteit vir Tegnologie, Ananias Ndlovu, is onlangs vereer as een van Suid-Afrika se invloedrykste mans. Die projek is deel van die groter National Influential Men and Artes-toekennings. As uitgewer van Naledi News en stigter van die Noordwes-mediatoekennings het hy erkenning ontvang vir sy bydrae tot die ontwikkeling […]
# Tshwane University of Technology’s journalism alumnus, Ananias Ndlovu, was recently honoured as one of South Africa’s top 100 influential men, an initiative of the broader National Influential Men and Artes Awards. As the publisher of Naledi News and founder of the North West Media Awards, he was recognised for his long-standing contribution to the development […]
# Vandag is Wêreldskemerkelkiedag, ‘n geesdriftige saluut vir die kuns van mengeldrankies en die wêreldskemerkelkie-kultuur. Die eerste bekende definisie van die woord skemerkelkie het in 1806 in die Amerikaanse koerant, The Balance And Columbian Repository, verskyn. Dit het ‘n skemerkelkie gedefinieer as ‘n stimulerende drankie, saamgestel uit spiritualieë van enige aard, suiker, water en bitters. […]
# Today is World Cocktail Day, a spirited nod to the craft of mixology and global cocktail cultures. It was in 1806 that the first known definition of the word cocktail appeared in the American newspaper, The Balance And Columbian Repository. It defined a cocktail as a stimulating liquor beverage, composed of spirits of any […]
# Reik na ʼn Droom het meer as 800 verpleegkundiges van hospitale reg oor Suid-Afrika vereer, wat help om die drome van kinders met lewensbedreigende siektes te verwesenlik. Gister was Internasionale Verpleegkundige-sdag. Die organisasie sê die verpleegkundiges het ‘n sertifikaat van waardering, ‘n heerlike oliebol en ‘n sorgpakket ontvang. Reik na ʼn Droom se uitvoerende […]
# Dokter Louisa Dlamini het geskiedenis gemaak deur die eerste swart student te word wat aan die Universiteit van Pretoria gegradueer het met ‘n Meestersgraad in Stralingsonkologie. Sy het in Mabopane grootgeword, ‘n township in Tshwane, onder moeilike maatskaplik-ekonomiese toestande, en is geïnspireer deur haar oom, Mandla Mdawe, die eerste dokter in haar familie. Dlamini […]
# Marvel Studios se superheldfliek, Thunderbolts, was die tweede naweek ná sy vrystelling die gewildste by Noord-Amerikaanse kaartjiekantore. Regisseur Jake Schreier se film bring ʼn bende wanfunksionele buitestaanders en minder bekende strokieskarakters bymekaar wat hul potensiaal ontdek om helde te wees wanneer hulle saamwerk. Ryan Coogler se riller Sinners was tweede in sy vierde naweek. […]
