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Taung Agricultural College gets cash injection
Taung Agricultural College’s efforts to develop the country’s agricultural industry and fight poverty have received a major boost thanks to a US $1 million (about R 10 million) donation.
Equipping rural youth for success
New hope and opportunities are coming to the country’s rural landscape, with the National Rural Youth Service Corps (Narysec) set to speed up the development path of these areas by fighting unemployment.
Hard work pays off for Baby Proteas
South Africa’s under-19 cricket team has earned the praise of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula and pocketed R200 000 for winning the ICC Junior World Cup in Dubai recently.
Lights, camera, action in Diepsloot
Aspiring filmmakers in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, now have a real shot at making their movie dreams come true, as the first film studio opened its doors in the township recently.
First ever MeerKAT rises from the desert
The first of the 64 antennas of the MeerKAT telescope, the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, and a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has been completed outside Carnarvon, in the Karoo.
President Zuma’s Angola visit productive
President Jacob Zuma has described the mini summit of the Inte r national Conference of the African Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), which he attended in Angola recently, as a positive and constructive engagement.
SA’s top teachers applauded
The country’s top teachers were rewarded for their hard work and dedication by the Department of Basic Education at the National Teaching Award s recently.
President Jacob Zuma was among the first to congratulate the winners, saying education was a priority and teachers had an important role to play in the lives of learners.