ODIFENTSE Lehasa (23) from Naturena is one of the finalists of Miss Commonwealth SA to be held at Summer Place in Boksburg on Thursday, November 24. Miss Commonwealth South Africa runs and produces the Miss Commonwealth South Africa pageant annually. The nation-wide pageant runs over a seven-month period in search of the winners across South Africa. The pageant focuses on charity, empowering young South African women to become change agents in their communities and bring about sustainable development in the country.

One of the latest recruits at The World Bank is an Alumna of Rhodes University and the Environmental Science Department. Mercedes Stickler (2008) has just joined the Bank and Shafick Hoosein (2001) has been assigned as her mentor in the Environmental and Natural Resources Global Practice. What a pleasant surprise for Shafick to have a fellow Rhodes graduate at the Bank and moreover in the same Global Practice.

Rhodes University honoured some of its illustrious alumni who were presented with the 2016 Distinguished and Emerging Old Rhodian Award at a luncheon that was hosted at the University on Saturday, 27 August 2016 in Grahamstown.

JOHANNESBURG – In the run-up to its comical debut at the International Arts Festival, comic Tyson Ngubeni has set out to give audiences a preview of his show The Dark Ages later this month with the aim of raising over R20,000 for the Tsebo Bursary Fund. Directed by Donovan Goliath, The Dark Ages is an almost autobiographical telling of

Tribeca Public Relations has appointed Sumaya Ismail to its content development team, expanding the agency’s capacity to create original content that opens doors, starts conversations and builds relationships for its clients.

Catherine Townshend firmly believes the best way to grow economies and create jobs is to support and develop high-growth businesses. However, having worked with many high-impact entrepreneurs over the past decade, she is acutely aware of the challenges they face during the growth lifecycle of their businesses. This is why joining Endeavor SA in 2012 was such a natural move for her. It would allow her to work with some of the country’s most innovative entrepreneurs in assisting them to realise their

Monde Tabata has been appointed as Executive Council member. The body which reports to the General Council (made up of representatives of the 14 provincial unions) – was constituted at the beginning of 2011 as a consequence of the merging of the old amateur and professional arms of SA Rugby. Tabata is a graduate of Rhodes University and holds an honorary degree from Australia’s

Cape Town - International advertising agency network M&C Saatchi has acquired local digital agency Creative Spark. Creative Spark is a the five-year-old digital agency founded by Matthew Buckland. It has over 40 employees with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg and annual revenues of approximately R20m, according to technology news website Memeburn.