Month: April 2025
News24 | Meet Khayelitsha’s first Airbnb experience hosts: Township tourism pioneers changing the narrative
For a decade, Khayelitsha-based travel agency ABCD Concepts has provided local and international visitors with immersive township experiences.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Husband-and-wife team saved over 2 000 animals in one year at the Owl Rescue Centre
From getting terrified otters to swim to convincing farmers to spare leopards, this husband-wife team are transforming wildlife rescue in South Africa. Their sanctuary is now also the world's largest owl haven - and their stories will make your heart soar.
Continue ReadingNews24 | After losing her sister, aunt’s sacrifice helps niece achieve graduation dream
Having never completed school herself, Goodness Mntambo's greatest dream was for her children to get a good education. And after her death in 2021, just weeks before her youngest was scheduled to start college, her sister, Celiwe Mntambo, beat all odds to make sure that...
Continue ReadingNews24 | From safety to solidarity: How women-led walks are transforming communities
What started as an innocent social media question at the height of the pandemic ended with a heartbreaking realisation for many when someone asked a hypothetical question to find out what women would do if men disappeared from Earth for 24 hours.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mbeki, Mabandla apply to address ‘damaging’ claims against them in apartheid prosecutions case
Former president Thabo Mbeki and former justice minister Brigitte Mabandla want to give evidence that disputes "serious and damaging" claims that they interfered in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.
Continue ReadingNews24 | From kneading dough to kneading hearts: Mama Mirriam’s daily recipe for uplifting Paarl’s Mbekweni
Mama Mirriam Toni's life in Paarl is filled with giving; from frying vetkoeks, baking bread and cakes for the community to providing school lunches for children in her community, she works to change lives through skills development by teaching children in Mbekweni to cook and...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Adriaan Basson | Here’s the good news, South Africa
It is easy to fall into depression and despair if you only read about what is wrong with our country and the world, but what is right is also part of the South African story, writes Adriaan Basson.
Continue ReadingNews24 | LISTEN | Audiobook of the month: Mpoomy Ledwaba’s journey of healing in How Did We Get Here?
Listen to Mpoomy Ledwaba's bestseller How Did We Get Here? A Girl's Guide to Finding Herself.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We all know … it’s America first’: SA execs met with US politicians as ‘Liberation Day’ looms
A group of South African business and labour leaders met with US officials in Washington, DC last week to assess how fraught the relationship has become and what a reset might require.
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