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  • Youth and finance are priorities at World Forestry Congress

    Financing was a priority topic at the World Forestry Congress in Durban this week. Another was the youth and their vital role in planning and managing forestry and agriculture. The overarching theme, investing in a sustainable future, was debated by delegates from around the world.

  • A Joburg factory hits a milestone

    A factory in Johannesburg that produces set-top boxes, has hit the 70 000 mark. And its products are being delivered across South Africa. The manufacturing centre has also helped with several community initiatives to improve employees' quality of life.

  • SABC, Government pledge support for South African music industry

    At the opening of the 12th Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition this week, the national broadcaster and Department of Arts and Culture assured delegates of their continued support in developing and curating South African music: past, present and future.

  • Biko: first liberate the mind

    It's been 38 years since 12 September 1977, when Bantu Stephen Biko died in police detention at the age of 30 – leaving behind him a fundamentally altered political landscape and a liberating mirror for the black men and women of South Africa.

  • New human related species found at Maropeng

    A new branch of hominin known as homo naledi was unveiled at Maropeng in South Africa's Cradle of Humankind this morning. It suggests that they too had a sophisticated understanding of death. Found in the Dinaledi Chamber, the remains opens up more mysteries about our past.

  • South African film chosen to air in the US

    The locally produced South African film, Ayanda and the Mechanic, has been chosen to be the focus of a well-known US African-American film festival movement. The film will air in the US November.

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