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Wits Arts Precinct to Revitalise Johannesburg
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Wits Vice-Chancellor Professor Zeblon Vilakazi says the university can help renew Johannesburg by opening its doors to the public and using the arts to bring people together.
The university is investing R341 million in a cultural precinct in Braamfontein, designed to connect students’ teaching and creative work with artists and the wider community.
The five-year project will include expanded theatre, music, fine arts and digital arts facilities, alongside public exhibition and performance spaces.
Wits University’s Director of Development, Peter Bezuidenhoudt, explains:
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The university is investing R341 million in a cultural precinct in Braamfontein, designed to connect students’ teaching and creative work with artists and the wider community.
The five-year project will include expanded theatre, music, fine arts and digital arts facilities, alongside public exhibition and performance spaces.
Wits University’s Director of Development, Peter Bezuidenhoudt, explains:
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Limpopo Entrepreneur Develops WhatsApp AI Tutor
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Limpopo entrepreneur Tshaamano Mabuba has developed BuddyAI, a WhatsApp-based artificial intelligence tutor aimed at making quality learning support more accessible to schoolchildren.
The platform offers curriculum-aligned tutoring to learners from Grade One to Twelve, including multilingual assistance, exam preparation, practice quizzes and instant feedback.
BuddyAI received third prize in the S-A-B Foundation’s 2026 Social Innovation Awards, recognising its potential to help address educational inequality.
Mabuba developed the platform after identifying the need for affordable tutoring, particularly for learners who cannot afford private lessons or struggle to access academic support in their home languages.
The platform offers curriculum-aligned tutoring to learners from Grade One to Twelve, including multilingual assistance, exam preparation, practice quizzes and instant feedback.
BuddyAI received third prize in the S-A-B Foundation’s 2026 Social Innovation Awards, recognising its potential to help address educational inequality.
Mabuba developed the platform after identifying the need for affordable tutoring, particularly for learners who cannot afford private lessons or struggle to access academic support in their home languages.
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Dainfern Teen Wins African Motocross Championship
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Sixteen-year-old Trent Valsecchi from Dainfern has won the one-twenty-five C-C title at the 2026 FIM Africa Motocross of African Nations Championship in Namibia.
The victory has earned him senior South African motocross colours and a Protea blazer, following his participation in the Junior World Championship in the Czech Republic.
He now hopes to secure the overall South African National Championship title before pursuing more opportunities to compete internationally.
The victory has earned him senior South African motocross colours and a Protea blazer, following his participation in the Junior World Championship in the Czech Republic.
He now hopes to secure the overall South African National Championship title before pursuing more opportunities to compete internationally.
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The Rand is trading at 0.00 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 0.00 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 81,380.00.
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