News Bulletin of 13 October 2025, 1pm

The University of Pretoria recently marked International Students Day with a vibrant celebration of its cultural diversity.
The day featured diplomatic engagements, colourful cultural exhibitions, and lively student competitions under the purple jacaranda blooms.
Students from over 100 countries showcased traditional attire, performances, and poetry, with top honours going to Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and IsiXhosa groups.
The event highlighted UP’s commitment to fostering an inclusive community where diversity is celebrated and students are inspired to become socially responsible global leaders.

Trade leaders meeting in Gqeberha have placed global trade reform at the top of the agenda. The discussions form part of the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting, the final round before the leaders’ summit next month.
Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau said South Africa’s G20 presidency offers a moment to look at how the global trading system has evolved over the past 30 years.
Delegates highlighted the need to modernise the World Trade Organisation to better handle new global challenges.
The gathering is also seen as a chance for South Africa to showcase its role in shaping fairer and more inclusive international trade.

In the Green Kalahari in the Northern Cape, 92-year-old Katrina Esau, the last first-language speaker of the ancient N|uu language, is on a mission to preserve her mother tongue.
She teaches her great-grandchildren and works with her granddaughter, Claudia Snyman, through a school, a children’s book, a dictionary, and a language app.
Once suppressed under colonial rule, N|uu is part of the Tuu language family and is now critically endangered. Esau, honoured as a “living human treasure” and recipient of an honorary doctorate from UCT, hopes government support will help sustain the language for future generation.