In the stand-up world, the situation is no less gender-skewed. Last year, all 10 of the highest-paid comedians — collectively netting a cool $173-million — were guys. By our count, of the 683 people big enough to warrant inclusion on Wiki’s list of “American Stand-up Comedians,” just 92 are women. That equates to a not-so-funny 13%,” according to a HuffPost blog, ‘Why the Gender Gap in Comedy Isn’t That Funny’.

Jan-Bart Gewald (1963) is the new director of the African Studies Centre Leiden. He was born in the Netherlands but was raised in Zimbabwe, Congo, Botswana and Namibia. He did a BA in African Political Studies and African History at Rhodes University (South Africa), he did his MA in History at Leiden University and his PhD at Leiden University under the supervision of Prof. Henk Wesseling and Prof. Robert Ross.

The Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) has appointed the new Dean of Faculty of Humanities, Prof. Nosisi Nellie Feza with effect from 1 October 2017.

A trained lawyer and an experienced chartered marketer, Ogilvy SA chairman Moss Mashishi says Mokoena brings to the agency a “deep passion for client-centricity”.His illustrious career includes a stint at SAB, Unilever, Tiger Brands, Mondelez and Absa, where he was head of marketing for the Retail & Business Bank, among others.

Rhodes University graduate Golda Schultz is making her Metropolitan Opera debut under the baton of esteemed conductor James Levine on September 27th as Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.

Former Rhodes University journalism student Brendon Peel is now a fulltime “magician mentalist” after he honed his skills at seven successive National Arts Festivals. Those skills resulted in a mind blowing show at the Alexander Bar, which is one of the many venues for the Cape Town Fringe Festival

Stacey Brewer, SPARK’s Co-Founder and CEO is a true innovator who has actively disrupted the norm. Dedicated to making a difference and solving South Africa’s education challenges, Stacey launched the SPARK school network in 2012 and has been intricately involved in its evolution and growth ever since.

Edgar “Chappie” Chaplin has seen the world and swum in lakes and seas across the globe. He remembers the days they had to travel by ox-wagon. He drove his own car until the age of 99 years. And now, at the age of 100, he has a clear and fond memory of “an amazing century to have lived through.”