# The University of the Free State’s Enactus Qwaqwa’s groundbreaking project, Root Rescue, will compete at the Enactus World Cup in Thailand in September. The project recently won the Enactus 2025 Early-Stage National Exposition. The university says Root Rescue emerged from a pressing need to address critical challenges in agriculture. These include over-reliance on chemical […]
# The University of Pretoria has received a donation of 18-million-rand from Google to support the African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. AfriDSAI is an institute at the university that brings researchers, technologists and communities together to reimagine how data science and artificial intelligence can work for Africa. The continent currently contributes only […]
# South Africa’s Grammy-award winning superstar Tyla has been nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards. The 23-year-old singer is nominated in the categories of Best Choreography and Best Afrobeats for her chart-topping single Push 2 Start. The song has garnered over 100-million views across platforms and sparked a viral dance trend globally. Lady Gaga leads […]
# Die tuinboukundige, Richard Arm, het kamelia-liefhebbers aangemoedig om die Vergelegen-wynlandgoed in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, te besoek en sy internasionaal-erkende kamelia-tuin te vier. Dit volg na ‘n onlangse suksesvolle geleentheid waar meer as ‘n duisend struike tentoongestel is. Arm sê die landgoed bevat Afrika se enigste “Internasionale Tuin van Uitnemendheid”. Hy het beklemtoon dat die tuin […]
# Sportnuus: Die Olimpiese swemkampioen Tatjana Smith, die naelloper Akani Simbine en die naelloop- en verspring-ster Mpumelelo Mhlongo ding mee om aangewys te word as Suid-Afrika se sportster van die jaar vir 2024. Atlete is in 16 afdelings benoem vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Sporttoekennings wat die 24ste aangekondig word. Die Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur […]
# Horticulturist Richard Arm has urged Camellia lovers to visit Vergelegen wine estate in Somerset West, Cape Town, to celebrate its internationally acclaimed camellia garden. This follows a successful event recently that showcased over one-thousand shrubs, Arm says the estate holds Africa’s only International Camellia Garden of Excellence. He emphasised that the garden remains a […]
# Sports news: Olympic swimming champion Tatjana Smith, sprinter Akani Simbine and sprint and long jump star Mpumelelo Mhlongo are competing to be named South Africa’s sport star of the year for 2024. Athletes have been nominated in 16 categories for the South African Sport Awards, being announced on the 24th. The Department of Sport, […]
# ‘n Dosent aan die Universiteit van Fort Hare, Ntokozo Happy Msiza, is aangewys op Sunday World se jaarlikse lys van Onbesonge Helde in die Akademie en Onderwys. Die erkenning eer Suid-Afrikaners wat waardevolle bydraes in hul onderskeie vakrigtings maak. Msiza het ‘n geregistreerde raadgewende landboumaatskappy, PhahlaLwendlu Farming, gestig. Sy is ook ‘n kampvegter vir […]
# University of Fort Hare lecturer, Ntokozo Happy Msiza, was recently named among Sunday World’s 2025 Unsung Heroes in Academia and Education. The recognition honours South Africans making impactful contributions in their respective spaces. Msiza founded PhahlaLwendlu Farming, a registered agricultural consultation company. She also champions representation and gender equity in science. The university says […]
