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Team South Africa secured fourth place at the World Spelling Bee Championship in Shanghai, China, with 13-year-old North West learner Mbulelo Tolom finishing sixth overall.
The University of Limpopo (UL) has trained teachers to recognise early signs of vision problems among learners and refer them for professional eye examinations before untreated conditions begin to affect their classroom performance.
Learners from seven schools in the Cederberg will take part in a scientific experiment examining how exposure to space affects the germination and growth of rooibos seeds.
Urology specialists and trainees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) helped treat 74 patients during a five-day surgical marathon aimed at reducing elective surgery waiting lists in the public healthcare system.
South Africa Under-19 claimed a hard-fought 45-run victory over England Under-19 in the opening youth cricket Test at the County Ground in Beckenham, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
South Africa’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ended on Sunday after Bantwana suffered a 3-1 defeat by Kenya in the second leg of their final qualifying tie at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi.
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) will confer honorary doctorates on three South African trailblazers in business, medicine and mathematics during its Winter Graduation ceremonies this week.
Nearly 36 000 Grade 12 learners in the North West are receiving additional tuition and examination preparation through the provincial education department’s winter camp programme ahead of the 2026 National Senior Certificate examinations.
University of KwaZulu-Natal alumnus Dr Sizwe Zungu will run a 161km ultra-marathon in the Eastern Cape to raise R100,000 for financially challenged medical students.