The month of August, or “Orgust”, is Internationally celebrated as Organ Donation Awareness Month. During this month, various initiatives are driven to shed light on the importance of organ donation and education around it. By telling your family you want to be an organ donor one day, you have the power to save multiple lives and leave a lasting legacy of hope.
El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cool phases of a recurring climate pattern across the tropical Pacific – the ENSO.
Hopes to positively affect others through simple conversations, actions
Throughout the competition Joubert was a firm favourite amongst the crowd.
The much anticipated inter-schools musical celebration and extravaganza showcase High School Jam (HSJ) will be returning to the GrandWest Grand Arena today, after a three-year hiatus as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. High School Jam is a full one-day showcase of high-school performances, music, dance, vocalists and bands promoting the development of the performing arts among South African youth.
On Thursday, 12 026 staff members (21. 5%) were also absent and 48 schools were closed (3. 1%).
It is a romantic comedy ballet featuring the passionate young lovers, townspeople, toreadors, gipsies and so much more that will capture audiences.
Cape Town: Frustrated residents from Witsand in Atlantis are threatening to take to the streets if the City of Cape Town does not make a plan to clean up their streets. According to angry residents, waste and refuse have been piling up since the end of June after the city terminated the contract of a local cleaning company.
Cape Town: In what can be seen as one of the biggest counterfeit busts in the country's history, truckloads of counterfeit goods were transported from a shopping complex in Bellville. The value of the July 28 seizure is estimated to be more than R100 million. Four people have been arrested, and more arrests are expected.
Cape Town: When George resident Jolindy Dreyer came across a video on YouTube about the female owner of a factory that makes sanitary pads owner and restructured the operations to turn sanitary pads into masks, she knew it could be the start of something great. Dreyer thought that if pads could be turned into masks, then the reverse was true too –masks could be turned into padsAnd that was how #maskstopads, a GoDiva-initiative, was born.
In light of recent Netball fever the Western Cape MEC of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, hosted the players from the Proteas Netball team who won silver at the Netball World Championships in Birmingham, England in 1995.
Cape Town - Singer-songwriter Marc Hendricks, who is lovingly known as South Africa's singing doctor, is capturing hearts with his latest release, SAY – a song celebrating living your truth. According to Hendricks, the idea of living one’s truth is universally powerful, irrespective of how you choose to identify.
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Following the death of 36-year-old actor, Bradley Olivier, fans will continue to see him on screens until the storyline changes. His best friend and family spokesperson Solomon Cupido said Olivier’s death, at Life Flora Hospital, west of Johannesburg, had been peaceful. “Although Bradley’s life ended before his time, the time that he spent in our lives was memorable and filled with joy.
When Mandy Mpatlanyane, a medical doctor, and Khabonina Matsebula, a clinical associate, started working in the public health sector as young healthcare professionals, they identified a massive gap in adolescent health. The pair co-founded, Ubusha Bami, and was later joined by Vanessa Mpatlanyane, a sociologist.
Mark van der Heever, spokesperson for the Department of Health and Wellness, said data from their HECTIS system, which collates data from 34 facilities, has recorded 10 010 cases of varying burn injuries.
Save7 has partnered with the Organ Donor Foundation of South Africa to allow users to register as organ donors in less than a minute.
The three tertiary hospitals – Tygerberg Hospital, Groote Schuur Hospital, and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital – joined hands in showcasing surgical excellence at their hospitals
Community members have called for urgent intervention from SAPS and residents following a spate of incidents including break-ins and vandalism at local community facilities such as libraries, schools and churches. In a parliamentary question asked by the DA, it has been revealed that in the past five years, libraries in the Western Cape have suffered R27 636 475.
Part of Fit 4 Rhinos #rememberthemilk campaign, aims to aid rhinos
Two Stellenbosch University students have developed Drip Markets, a successful app with more than 3 000 users looking to buy and sell pre-loved clothing.
Child Abuse in the Western Cape has recently come under the spotlight after a four-year-old boy from Langa had boiling water thrown on him.
Provincial traffic services have been told to be vigilant at the province’s weighbridges, truck stops and resting areas along major routes.
Sopranos Brittany Smith and Alida Scheepers share the stage with tenor Lukhanyo Moyake and baritone Conroy Scott, accompanied by José Dias on piano.
A culpable homicide case was registered following the accident on the N1 highway towards Cape Town, between Brackenfell Blvd and the R300, on Sunday at about 11. 30pm
