This week is Smile Week which sees eighteen children get life-changing surgery and the backlog from lockdown reduced in a big way! Cape Town, South Africa (11 November 2020)…
Injection much more effective than daily pills in preventing infection in women. Wits researchers have announced a “breakthrough” in HIV prevention in women An injection every eight weeks was…
I’d give all the snow and sleigh bells, all the Christmas lights. I’d give all the cold and mistletoe, all the cosy nights. I’d give all the love this time of year…
This is the incredible moment a former prima ballerina suffering with Alzheimer’s is transformed when she hears the music from Swan Lake. Valenica, Spain (10 November 2020) – A…
These “positive lessons” show us just how resilient we are as South Africans. A nation that hasn’t let the challenges and curveballs 2020 has thrown our way get the better…
Philani Simamane has earned himself a scholarship to attend university in the United States of America so his friend Andrew launched a fund to cover expenses. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa…
Since its launch in 1997, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet has enabled South Africans to make a tangible difference and contribution to the improvement of tens of thousands of lives, and the…
Drones, 3D printing, robotics and artificial intelligence, these are just a few of the things students at Goodwood College will have access to at new science lab. Cape Town,…
Meet South African Thomas van Tonder – a guy who is planning to climb 90-metres up a rope as an official Guinness World Record! Johannesburg, South Africa (10 November 2020)…
Free Press Unlimited commended GroundUp’s reporter, for “his tenacity in reporting from areas where government accountability is lacking”. Cape Town, South Africa (10 November 2020) – Cape Town-based Investigative journalist…
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"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." - Rainer Maria Rilke
