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September 2020
Heritage Day – what are we celebrating?
By: Steuart Pennington
There is so much ‘stuff’ going on at the moment in this the country of our birth, which we call home, where we have our roots, where we have our heritage – to the point where we question the very essence and meaning of ‘heritage day’; is it just another public holiday?; a somewhat superficial ‘braai day’?; a time to lament what could have been?; or a real time to celebrate?
I took time out to reflect…………..
What makes us…..us? In the context of our heritage, our complex history, our ’94 transition, our heritage ……I thought about it……. and jotted the following:
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by Steuart Pennington
On Saturday 12 September about 200 Nottingham Road volunteers (a small village in KZN, South Africa), ranging from volunteers living in the eSthendeni informal settlement to those living in the upmarket Gowrie gated Estate, responded to this invitation and gathered outside the Farmer’s Hall, armed themselves with heavy duty plastic bags provided by Nottingham Road Fuel and Gas and set off to pick up rubbish.
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Curro Online learner wins major African news award
Johannesburg, 11 September 2020: It is not often that at age 11, you can already boast about winning a prestigious digital award because of your innovative robot graphics.
However, Jan Louwrens, a grade five learner at Curro Online, Curro Holdings’ first fully online school, seems to take this in his stride.
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September Blogs:
By Niki Moore
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to severe economic consequences across the globe, and freelance professionals are falling somewhat behind when it comes to government relief efforts.
As such, a large number of freelancers are experiencing a major loss of income as their regular opportunities quickly evaporate with the economic downturn.
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By Justin Foxton
As we brace ourselves to crest the Covid-19 wave, another crisis is taking deep root in our country. This crisis will far out-live the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact will be devastating.
Thus far our rightful focus has been on frontline workers and frontline issues; health, public safety, policing, nutrition and aid.
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The fifth annual SA Bartending Accolades Recognition (BAR) Awards honours the fallen and surviving heroes of the local South Africa bar industry as the country emerges from lockdown and bars start reopening this month.
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Can you imagine cycling 180 kilometres? What about doing that distance on a water bike on the ocean over 24 hours? That is precisely what Her Serene Highness (HSH) Princess Charlene of Monaco is training for every single night and day!
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I know what you did last Summer: In 2018, September recorded 82,876 South African births, 5% higher than the average monthly birth rate throughout the year.
March was the only other month with a higher birth rate. 1.8% more males were born in September, compared to females. Who doesn’t love the festive season?
(https://bit.ly/35M5V5b, https://bit.ly/3hOhuLS)
University Rankings: There are 25000 Universities in the world. SA has 10 ranked in the Top 1000 (and none in the bottom 12500!)
UCT (198), Wits (400), Stellies (427), UJ (501), Tukkies (551), UWC (601), NWU (620), Rhodes (801), UKZN (820), UNISA (821).
There are four serious ranking agencies globally, and the rankings differ. Most of the ranking criteria have to do with academic measurements, research published etc. Others are more arbitrary like numerical size, number of faculties offered.
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