News Bulletin of 5 June 2025, 12pm

The City of Johannesburg Libraries' Africa Day celebrations wrapped up with a powerful event at the Paterson Park Library in Norwood.

The event aimed to engage communities by spotlighting African identity, culture, and heritage, as part of the Africa Month series.

A diverse range of speakers delved into themes such as creativity, storytelling, post-colonial literature, and human rights.

The Director of Library and Information Services, Nobuntu Mpendulo, highlighted how the initiative aligns with the Presidential Working Group on the G20's Workstream, which promotes cultural and heritage tourism across Africa.

The Eastern Cape Government says it is ramping up efforts to ensure sustainable and quality education for learners from foundation phase to matric level.

The province hosted a stakeholder management workshop in East London yesterday,
to address issues that hinder progress in achieving its goals, which include obtaining an 85% pass rate for the matric class of 2025.

A 55-year-old Nepali man has broken his own world record for climbing Mount Everest, summiting the Earth’s highest mountain for the 31st time.

Kami Rita, a Sherpa climbing guide known as “Everest Man”, has reached the mountain’s 8,849-metre peak on Tuesday, 31 years after he first reached the summit.

Officials said Kami Rita Sherpa is not just a national climbing hero, but a global symbol of Everest itself.
More than 8,000 people have reached the peak of Mount Everest since it was first summited by Edmund Hillary in 1953.