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South Africa

Billy Macleod Will Be SA’s First Heart Transplant Recipient To Race The KAP Sani2c Trail Race

Today at 11:23 AM, via iAfrica

From 23 – 25 April 2024, Billy Macleod will attempt something that has never been done before – to become the first South African heart transplant recipient to complete the three-day “KAP sani2c Trail” mountain bike (MTB) stage race! Billy, a high-achieving pre-transplant athlete and cyclist, who previously completed four sani2c races, is on a… Read More »Billy Macleod Will Be...

South Africa

W Cape receives record number of Grade 1 and 8 applications for 2025

Today at 09:44 AM, via SAnews

W Cape receives record number of Grade 1 and 8 applications for 2025

The Western Cape provincial government has announced that it has received 102 680 applications for Grade 1 and 8 for 2025.

This is an increase of 5 936 on last year’s on-time window, during which applications for 96 744 Grade 1 and 8 learners were received. 

The admissions window closed on Friday, 12 April 2024, at...

South Africa

IEC issues 14 889 certificates to candidates contesting elections

Today at 09:33 AM, via SAnews

IEC issues 14 889 certificates to candidates contesting elections

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has issued certificates to the 14 889 candidates, who will contest 887 seats in the forthcoming elections.

“Nominations of candidates closed on 8 March 2024 and following processes of verification and objections, 70 political parties, and 11 independent candidates were published as...

Sport

Scotland make four changes for trip to Italy

Today at 11:22 AM, via BBC News

Rhona Lloyd will win her 50th Scotland cap against Italy as fellow winger Francesca McGhie returns to the Six Nations starting line-up.

Education

Sure Start could have changed everything for my family. Labour must be brave – and revitalise it | Terri White

Today at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision

Sure Start did change the lives of children, a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) told us last week. It not only improved educational outcomes for children, particularly kids from deprived areas, but also reduced later need for education, health and care plans...

Science/Tech

Small Pet Foods Business Maneli Pets Gets A Power Boost From Shoprite Next Capital

Today at 11:07 AM, via Tech Financials

“Our business would not survive another 12 months with constant rolling blackouts. We had to find an alternative solution,” said Harvard-trained entrepreneur, Nhlanhla Dlamini, who founded Maneli Pets in 2016. The small, Johannesburg-based pet foods manufacturer uses refrigeration and dehydration machines that run on 24 to 48-hour cycles. During stage 5 and 6 loadshedding, the […]

Health

Taking Account of Rising Health Care Costs

Today at 09:00 AM, via New York Times

Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation.