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The 2025 edition of the annual Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge (AGEC) is now open for entries for schools and learners across Southern Africa – and this year the legendary business competition offers even more action-packed games, prizes and opportunities for high school learners to pursue their business dreams. “As the Challenge enters its ninth year in 2025, the […]

The Safari Guide of the Year Awards (SGOTY) has announced its top five finalists for 2025, showcasing Southern Africa’s most exceptional field guides. This prestigious recognition, founded in 2011 by Mike Karantonis, an independent Safari Guide, in partnership with Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA), celebrates the expertise, dedication, and passion of field guides across Southern Africa. “For too

By Tshidiso Masopha This past December, Mall of Africa turned gift-wrapping into gift-giving on a whole new level. Thanks to the generous chaos of holiday shoppers and the mall’s festive wrapping station, sufficient funds were raised to build a brand-new assembly area for Dr Mathole Motshekga Primary School in Rabie Ridge. *The school is a

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Location: Mvuu Private Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger Many communities border the Kruger Park, most of whose residents have never accessed the park, this disconnection from nature – a key driver of wildlife crime – needs to be addressed. Between 2012 and 2022, the KNP lost 78% of its rhino population to poaching, with other species

Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres are frequently underestimated as simple drop-off points for working parents. But for the 1.7 million children attending them, these facilities are the first line of defence in protecting their rights. Facts: In 2021, a total of 42,420 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres were recorded in South Africa. These centres provide education, care, and well-being

Dr Katye Altieri, Associate Professor of Oceanography at the University of Cape Town and winner of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust’s New Frontiers Research Award for 2025 An atmospheric chemist by training, Dr Katye Altieri is an Associate Professor of Oceanography at the University of Cape Town She has devoted much of her career to date

        South African primary schools turn trash into treasure in The Glass Recycling Company’s national eco-challenge The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC) is proud to reveal the ‘glass acts of greatness’ that have emerged from its flagship environmental education initiative – the 2024 TGRC Annual Schools Recycling Competition. From bottles to bragging rights,

Madibaz biokineticist Brandon Gill is joined by children from the Hope4Kids charity in the final stages of his 27-hour endurance run at the Madibaz Stadium last Friday and Saturday Biokineticist Brandon Gill was forced to overcome some of the darkest moments of his life when he ran 27 consecutive hours for charity on his 27th

Image: The Conversation Hermann Pretorius of the Institute of Race Relations divulges the results of a recent poll on the policy preferences of registered voters, which I will try and summarise into 864 words. The full report is downloadable here. ANC Policy vs Voter Preference Essentially he considered the recent spate of policies signed into