# Die Kirstenbosch Nasionale Botaniese Tuine in Kaapstad het die New York Times se lys van die tien beste tuine ter wêreld gehaal. Die tuin teen die oostelike hange van Tafelberg vertoon Suid-Afrika se unieke plantegroei, insluitend die fynbos-bioom en eeuoue broodbome. Die tuin is negende, net ná The High Line in New York, terwyl […]
# Die Amerikaanse akteur Tom Cruise is vyf minute lank staande toegejuig na die eerste vertoning van Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning op die Cannes-rolprentfees in Frankryk. Die regisseur was Christopher McQuarrie, en die rolverdeling sluit bekendes in die reeks flieks in soos Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames en Hayley Atwell, asook Vanessa Kirby en Angela […]
# The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate to award-winning poet, short story writer, and editor, professor Makhosazana Xaba. This is in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature, feminist thought and cultural activism in South Africa. Her poetry and short stories have been translated into six languages and are widely anthologised and […]
# Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town have made the New York Times’ list of the Top 10 Gardens in the World. Set against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, the gardens showcase South Africa’s unique flora, including the fynbos biome and ancient cycads. The garden is ranked ninth, just behind The High Line in […]
# Tom Cruise received a five-minute standing ovation after premiering Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the cast includes franchise stalwarts like Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames and Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett. Sixty-two-year-old Cruise, who did his own stunts in the movie, […]
# Standard Bank is ‘n voorloper in bekostigbare behuising, met vroue wat tans 55-persent van sy nuwe verbandkliënte is. Die hoof van Huislenings, Toni Anderson, sê die verskuiwing beklemtoon vroue se toenemende invloed in eiendomsbesit. Lenings aan vroue in 2024 het altesaam 2,67-miljard-rand beloop. Anderson sê die bank bied tot 108-persent finansiering en ondersteuningsdienste, en […]
# Standard Bank is leading the charge in affordable housing, with women now accounting for 55-percent of its new mortgage customers. Head of Home Loans, Toni Anderson, says this shift highlights women’s growing influence in property ownership. In 2024 alone, loans to women totaled 2.67-billion-rand. Anderson says the bank offers up to 108-percent financing and […]
# ‘n Alumna van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, Lisa Msiza, gaan Suid-Afrika in Oktober verteenwoordig op die Mej en Mn Dowe Heelal-kompetisie in Georgia, Amerika, verteenwoordig. Sy is verlede jaar as Mej Dowe Suid-Afrika gekroon. Msiza het in 2023 ‘n BA-graad in Taalkundige en Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal aan die universiteit verwerf. Sy sê dis betekenisvol […]
# Motorsport: Die beroemde Formule Een-uitsaaier en gewese renjaer, Martin Brundle, het die Orde van die Britse Ryk ontvang. Die 65-jarige Brundle wat vereer is vir sy diens aan motorwedrenne en sportuitsendings, het die toekenning by Windsor-kasteel van prins William ontvang. Die Britse veteraan van 158 Grand Prix-wedrenne was deel van Sky Sports se F1-uitsendings […]
