·25 May 2026
The collapse of South Africa’s economic capital, Johannesburg, is something the country and businesses simply cannot afford—and it’s not something the dysfunctional government that got it there can gloss over.
This is according to Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) chief executive, Busi Mavuso, who raised deep concerns about the city’s massive debt to power utility Eskom, among other failures.
Eskom last week (19 May) threatened the city with power cuts and…
Biodiversity Hotspots: South Africa is home to several biodiversity hotspots,
including the Cape Floristic Region and the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany region.
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Fundi – expert or teacher [foon-di] A term derived from the Nguni tribe, used to describe someone who is an expert at something.Example: “He’s a fundi at that!”
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do incredible work.