Events

Southern Oil, a leading producer in the agricultural sector, reaffirms its commitment to community well-being through its unwavering support of the Canola Development Trust that heads up two educational systems that are the first of its kind in South Africa. The CanoLees programme, cleverly named to merge “canola” with “lees” (meaning “reading” in Afrikaans), promotes […]

University of Cape Town particle physicist James Keaveney received the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust’s (OMT) inaugural New Frontiers Research Award on 15 May 2024. “The annual New Frontiers Research Award aims to give exceptionally talented early- to mid-career researchers the freedom and flexibility to pursue bold ideas and push the boundaries of knowledge in their fields

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), pollinators are responsible for 35% of crop production globally.  This increases the outputs of 87 important, staple crops worldwide like potatoes, cabbage, onions, coffee, watermelon, cotton, apples, avos etc. Cue Bongi Bees; founded in 2017, the Pretoria-based, Black women-owned bee enterprise safeguards these

By Yolanda Wessels Vesper on Wheels started in 2014 when Judy Jooste fostered and adopted a disabled mini dachshund, Vesper. It was a struggle to get wheels or information on disabled pets, hence starting the group to enable owners to give their disabled pets a good quality of life. “I had to learn very quickly

By Lwazi Shwala At the end of March, I had the chance to be part of the Umphakathi Holiday Training programme. It’s an initiative that offers learners from technical high schools diverse and practical workplace experience and skills development opportunities. Initially, when our teacher said we’d be going to Umphakathi for the holidays, I wasn’t

The South African recipe website is ranked fifth globally, according to SimilarWeb’s recent stats. International websites may have dominated recipe traffic in the past, but TASTE.co.za is now officially ranked fifth in the world in the cooking and recipes category, according to SimilarWeb’s latest stats on South African users (February to April 2024). This proves that Woolworths

By Steuart Pennington Ever noticed in England their traffic lights go from Green to Amber to Red and then back to Amber before Green? Our robots don’t, they go Green, Amber, Red, Green! Having just read John Endres (Institute of Race Relations) article “South Africa’s Third Age: What lies ahead?” it occurred to me that

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Approximately four million children in South Africa are being raised by grandmothers, also known as Gogos. This means that a considerable number of households are surviving on a single SASSA older persons or childcare grant, which at just over R2,000 per month respectively, cannot realistically meet the needs of a household. This, according to Jane

The Otto Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Otto Foundation Children’s Book Award. Nominations for the award open on 17 May and, following a selection process that will kick off on 31 July, the Foundation will award two book prizes: one for a picture book targeted at learners aged 5 to