Month: August 2025
News24 | For Prof Rachel Jewkes, blending research with activism is at the heart of her life’s work
Professor Rachel Jewkes’ colourful office on the first floor of the Gauteng branch of the South African Medical Research Unit (SAMRC) pays homage to the three main roles she has had over the years, activist, researcher, and as the coffee cup next to her proclaims:...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Monday’s weather: Fog patches in parts but partly cloudy, fine, warm to hot for most of SA
The South African Weather Service has forecast fog in some parts of the country, particularly in the morning, but later temperatures will heat up becoming fine, and warm to hot in most parts. Isolated showers can be expected along some parts of the coast in...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Greta Thunberg joins Gaza aid flotilla aiming to ‘break illegal siege’
A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona on Sunday vowing to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Should you diversify across managers with different investment styles?
Diversifying across asset managers with different ideas is now more important than diversifying across the investment styles of growth or value, local managers argued at a recent Sanlam Collective Investments conference held in Cape Town.
Continue ReadingNews24 | LOOK | There’s something in the water. Khayelitsha’s kids want you to see it
When a group of learners headed out with their cameras to document infectious disease in the time of climate change, many came back with what they see every day. Dangerous, dirty, stagnant pools of water.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Soweto woman sees gap, turns waste into a business that now employs 12
Soweto’s Nokuthula Tshabalala can recall the moment that inspired her to start her own business: she realised how much waste was being dumped in landfills while many people in her community struggled to make a living.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘He lived a full life’: Jazz legend Stompie Manana dies at 89
Jazz musician Stompie Manana died on Friday, 29 August, at the age of 89, surrounded by his family.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ruben Amorim: ‘It is hard to be a Manchester United goalkeeper’
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim admitted the weight of pressure is affecting the entire squad.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Springboks recall De Klerk for titanic All Black showdown
The Springboks have turned to experience as they prepare for a testing two-week tour of New Zealand in the Rugby Championship, with seasoned scrumhalf Faf de Klerk drafted into the squad as additional cover in a crucial position.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Book about Joshlin Smith sparks outrage among Saldanha residents
Saldanha Bay residents want to prevent a book about the disappearance of 6-year-old Joshlin Smith from hitting the shelves.
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