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The world s richest are $5 trillion richer than they were one year ago, according to Forbes.
Executives like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Bernard Arnault all saw massive gains amid the pandemic.
All five of South Africa s dollar billionaires also saw their wealth grow in 2020.
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2020 was a great year for the world s billionaires.
That s according to Forbes, which released its annual billionaires list on Tuesday. Forbes found that the world s wealthiest people, many of whom are recognisable as the top names in the business world, are $5 trillion richer than they were one year ago. In South Africa, all five of the local billionaires saw their wealth grow.
The Uyinene Mrwetyana Commemorative Lecture was launched on Monday, 29 March 2021.
Taking place at her alma mater Kingswood College, the lecture was held a few weeks before she would have turned 21.
Future lectures will also take place close to her birthday on 20 April.
The inaugural lecture took place as a live broadcast from Kingswood College, Mrwetyana’s high school in Makhanda, in partnership with the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation. It took place less than a month before what would have been her 21st birthday on 20 April 2021, and future lectures will continue to take place close to this date.
UCT alumnus and Human Sciences Research Council chief research specialist Dr Alude Mahali delivered the keynote address, joining the live broadcast virtually from Johannesburg. Dr Mahali obtained her PhD from UCT, co-authored Studying While Black: Race, education and emancipation in South African universities with UCT adjunct Associate Professor Sharlene Swartz and serves on the adv
Dr Tshepo Motsepe undertook her engagement at the launch of the 2020 South African Child Gauge in her capacity as patron of the South African Civil Society for Women’s, Adolescents and Children s Health. Photo: GovernmentZA
Dr Tshepo Motsepe, a medical doctor and South Africa s first lady delivered the keynote address during the online launch of the South African Child Gauge 2020: Food and nutrition security on Thursday, 18 February 2021.
Dr Motsepe s keynote address focused on malnutrition, which casts a long shadow on children and their future, robbing them of health and well-being, condemning them to continued ill health while undermining their chances to learn, earn and escape poverty.
A family portrait photographed inside former District Six resident Nomvuyo Ngcelwane s room in the District Six Museum. Photo: Lerato Maduna/ Supplied
Memories of District Six are as varied and diverse as the community that inhabited the inner-city area before being forcibly removed by the apartheid government.
Some of these memories are about the rich politics of District Six, others about its cultural contributions.
The 55th anniversary of the declaration of District Six as a whites-only area on 11 February 2021 offers a moment to reflect on what it means to so many.
Some remember District Six as a veritable melting pot while others have chosen to remember the area through a racialised apartheid lens. But even with this contested history of District Six, there are many lessons to be learnt, particularly when confronting issues of gentrification, homelessness, diversity and identity.
Lala ngoxolo, Zwide ka Langa! 21 December 2020 Lucky Nxumalo Daily Sun Photographer.
THE exuberant spirit of our colleague and brother Lucky Nxumalo is no more. Anyone who met and was touched by his life and his work will remember his can-do personality that was a unique characteristic.
Ever so jovial and kind-hearted, Lucky, who was affectionately referred to by his praise name Zwide, brought the sun with him every time he entered a room.
He gave his all as a photographer and to journalism in the three decades he served Mzansi though his lens.
Lucky will be solely missed in the