Manamela congratulates UCT on global university ranking. Additional details were not included in the source data received by Planet Briefing.
Illustrative image: The launch gantry, surrounding the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 OCO-2 satellite onboard, is seen at Space Launch Complex 2, Sunday, June 29, 2014, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. — NASA/NASA Image and Video Library, NASA Media Usage Guidelines
The South African government will hold an event in Mpumalanga to honor former Mozambican President Samora Machel and 34 others who died in the 1986 Mbuzini plane crash. The event marks the tragedy’s 40th anniversary and will include educational programmes, dialogues, and public engagements.
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport met scholar transport operators at Boekenhoutkloof Traffic College in Tshwane through LTEAP. The programme focuses on regulatory compliance, operator responsibilities and learner-transport safety.
Deputy Minister Kenny Morolong handed Rainbow FM new broadcasting studio equipment valued at R2.15 million. The station serves communities across the West Rand.
President Cyril Ramaphosa inaugurated Vedanta Zinc International’s Gamsberg Phase II concentrator plant at Aggeneys in the Northern Cape. The expansion is expected to double annual ore capacity to eight million tonnes, increase annual zinc-in-concentrate capacity to about 500,000 tonnes, and sustain up to 1,000 jobs.
PRASA reported completing rail infrastructure work in Gauteng as part of efforts to restore passenger services, with 4,619 jobs created. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy assessed progress on the Mabopane rail line.
The article reflects on South Africa’s social development efforts, noting progress alongside persistent poverty, inequality and vulnerability. It calls for coordinated action on social protection, services and gender-based violence.
