# The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture is calling for nominations for the National Arts and Culture Awards. The NACAs comprise seven categories and 30 awards including visual arts and crafts, literary works, and design and creative services. Minister Gayton McKenzie says these awards play a vital role in the creative industry by recognising excellence, […]
# Stars ascended the steps of the Metropolitan Museum in New York for the biggest night in fashion, the Met Gala. This year’s theme is Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. Some of the notable celebrities included Rihanna, who wore a Marc Jacobs dress, Simone Biles’ blue Harbison Studio dress, a nod to the impact of indigo […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria het ‘n eredoktorsgraad in Handel toegeken aan ‘n voormalige ouditeur-generaal van Suid-Afrika, Terence Nombembe. Dit is vir sy bydraes tot rekeningkunde en die ouditberoep. Hy het van 2006 tot 2013 as ouditeur-generaal gedien en was die eerste swart Suid-Afrikaner wat hierdie posisie in die organisasie se eeu lange geskiedenis beklee […]
# The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary Doctorate of Commerce on former Auditor-General of South Africa Terence Nombembe. This is for his contributions to accounting and the auditing profession. He served as Auditor-General from 2006 to 2013, and was the first black South African to hold this position in the organisation’s century-long history. Nombembe says […]
# Die eerste Concorde supersoniese passasiersvliegtuig is in ’n geskiedkundige gedenkteken omskep. Die eerste van 20 vliegtuie wat gebou is, Concorde 001, wat in 1969 sy eerste toetsvlug onderneem het, word nou gehuisves in die Aeroscopia-museum buite Toulouse in Frankryk. Die Concorde is in 1976 kommersieel in diens geneem en het reisigers in net meer […]
# The first Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft has been named as a historical monument. Concorde 001, the first of the 20 aircraft to be built which took to the skies in a test flight in 1969, is now housed in the Aeroscopia museum outside Toulouse in France. The Concorde entered into commercial service in 1976, […]
# Kaapstad se Sentrale Stadsverbeteringsdistrik bied gratis eerstehulp en wondsorg aan hawelose mense. ‘n Veldwerker, Chuma Dyasoni, het ná sy opleiding ‘n weeklikse sorgtafel by die Service Dining Rooms in Canterburystraat opgestel waar kwesbare inwoners kos en mediese sorg kan ontvang. Dyasoni wil daarmee hawelose mense bemagtig. Hy het lof ontvang vir sy toewyding aan […]
# The Cape Town Central City Improvement District is offering free First Aid and wound care to homeless individuals. After completing training, peer field worker Chuma Dyasoni set up a weekly care table at the Service Dining Rooms in Canterbury Street, where vulnerable residents receive both meals and medical support. The initiative is aimed at […]
# Die veertienmalige Grammy-wenner, Lady Gaga, se konsert in Brasilië het die rekord oortref vir die konsert met die hoogste bywoning deur ‘n vroulike kunstenaar ooit. Saterdag se gratis konsert op Copacabana-strand in Rio de Janeiro het ‘n skare van 2,5 miljoen mense gelok, wat Madonna se vorige rekord van 1,6-miljoen van verlede jaar oortref […]
