# Today is International Harry Potter Day, a celebration of author J.K. Rowling’s beloved wizarding world. Rowling’s literary series holds the Guinness World Record as the highest-selling series by a single author at over 500 million copies sold. All seven of the original Harry Potter series of books were made into eight films, which were […]
# Boks: Suid-Afrika se Kevin Lerena het sy Wêreldboksraad-superligswaargewigtitel behou deur Serhiy Radchenko van Oekraïne in die derde van 12 rondes in die SunBet Arena in Pretoria te klop. Dit is die eerste WBR-wêreldtitelgeveg in Suid-Afrika. Die superligswaargewig-afdeling is tussen die kruisgewig- en swaargewigafdelings om kleiner swaargewigboksers te akkommodeer. Lerena sê hy is verheug oor […]
# Oscar winner George Clooney has earned his first-ever Tony nomination for his debut Broadway performance in Good Night, and Good Luck. The awards reward excellence in Broadway theatre over the past year. Audra McDonald received her 11th nomination, for her role in Gypsy, making her the most nominated performer in history. Buena Vista Social […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Library and Information Services is once again hosting a writing competition for children aged between 9 and 13-year-old. In 2024, the competition, which focused on environmental awareness, garnered entries from 100 young people. The theme this year focuses on a mysterious box. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and […]
# Boxing: South Africa’s Kevin Lerena has retained his World Boxing Council Bridgerweight title by beating Ukraine’s Serhiy Radchenko in the third of 12 rounds at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria. This is the first time a WBC world title has been defended on South African soil. The bridgerweight class is between the cruiserweight and […]
# MultiChoice South Africa en die Universiteit van Pretoria het hul MultiChoice-leerstoel in Masjienleer vir nog vyf jaar verleng. Die inisiatief wat in 2018 bekendgestel is, wil wêreldwye vaardigheidstekorte in kunsmatige intelligensie en masjienleer aanspreek. Studente werk aan werklike projekte soos inhoudontleding en diensleweringvooruitskattings. Talle gegradueerdes het poste by MultiChoice bekom wat die vennootskap se […]
# Vier Unisa-studente is op pad na Chicago vir die finale ronde van die Spencer-RIMS-risikobestuursuitdaging. Millicent Mathoho, Kgothatso Phetla, Letta Tsholofelo Matlakala en Nombuso Fortunate Sibeko is onder die top-agt universiteitspanne van reg oor die wêreld. Hulle gaan volgende week by die toonaangewende RISKWORLD-konferensie hul navorsing oor klimaatsgevare voorlê. Unisa se hoof en visekanselier, Puleng […]
# MultiChoice South Africa and the University of Pretoria have renewed their MultiChoice Chair in Machine Learning partnership for another five years. First launched in 2018, the initiative seeks to address global skills shortages in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Students work on real-world projects, including content analysis, scene skipping, and service delivery forecasting. Several […]
# Vanjaar se sterbelaaide konsert word vandag by die Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi gehou om Internasionale Jazz-dag te vier. Die dag vereer onder meer jazz-musiek se mag om mense byeen te bring. Dit vier jazz ook as ʼn kragtige instrument vir onderwys, kommunikasie en maatskaplike verandering. Van die sterre wat optree, sluit in die […]
