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School Holiday fun in this South African coastal town
If you are in Durban and the surrounding areas, there are heaps of activities to keep your children entertained and experience holiday fun over the spring break, which commenced on 3 October. Learners return to school on 13 October. If swimming...

Globe40 2025/26 Stage 2 Start
by Sirius Events 2 Oct 11:43 PDT 2 October 2025 On the way to Reunion Island, after leaving Cape Verde at 2:00 p.m. in magnificent conditions, it is difficult for the GLOBE40 competitors not to compare this stage with the famous trail race on the...

Regis Le Bris makes honest Man Utd admission ahead of Sunderland's Amad reunion
Regis Le Bris has had his say on Man United and Amad Diallo ahead of Sunderland's trip to Old Trafford this weekend. Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris believes his side has enough in their ranks to cause Manchester United problems this weekend...
Kendall Jenner Is All Business During Paris Fashion Week, Plus Julia Roberts, Jonathan Bailey, “Community” and More
Celebrities have been everywhere this week. In Paris for Fashion Week, Kendall Jenner goes glam in a matching outfit, and Jonathan Bailey reps Dior. Meanwhile, Julia Roberts suits up for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in New York City, and...

It’s an ‘Oceans 11′ reunion (of sorts) at this year’s New York Film Festival
There are also screenings of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme D’Or and Grand Prix winners, “It was Just an Accident” and “Sentimental Value,” respectively, plus the unforgettable sight of actor Alexander Skarsgård in full-on leather daddy gear in...
A hopeful dystopia, simple recipe, and ‘circuitous reunion’
Recommendations from Harvard faculty Paulina Alberto is a Professor of African and African American Studies and of History. I’m not usually a fan of sci-fi, but this dystopian show about an alien invasion set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, transcends...

Van Gogh Museum runs portrait reunion exhibition
The Van Gogh Museum is bringing a scattered family back together this fall to honor a postal worker, his wife and their children who sat as models for Dutch master painter Vincent van Gogh at a time when he was struggling to make friends in a...

2025 Career Fair and Business Expo still taking registrations for Wednesday, Oct 8 event
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UK to scrap refugee family reunion scheme in immigration overhaul
LONDON: Britain’s government will announce plans on Thursday to end a scheme allowing family members to join refugees already in the country. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to outline plans to scrap the family reunion scheme at an EU leaders’...

Media Moves: Jacaranda FM boasts new brand positioning, Mervyn Naidu the new commercial manager at Time Out South Africa, Halo and Second Rodeo chosen as Pick n Pay’s new advertising partner
The Media Online’s weekly round up of people, account and business moves in media. This week’s BIG move: Jacaranda FM launches bold new brand positioning The new positioning formalises the station’s long-standing promise to deliver content that...

UK to end automatic family reunion rights for refugees
The UK government intends to end automatic family reunion rights for those already granted asylum in the country, as it tries to curb immigration levels under pressure from the populist right. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said there will be no...

UK to scrap refugee family reunion immigration route
Britain’s government will announce plans to end a scheme which allowed family members to join refugees already in the country, as it tries to curb immigration levels under pressure from the far-right. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to outline...

UK to scrap refugee family reunion route
UK to scrap refugee family reunion route LONDON, Oct 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's government Thursday will announce plans to end a scheme which allowed family members to join refugees already in the country, as it tries to curb immigration levels...

Garden Day turns 10: South Africa in bloom
On Sunday, 12 October 2025, Garden Day celebrates its 10th anniversary. What started as a simple idea to encourage South Africans to pause, step outside, and enjoy their gardens has now grown into a nationwide tradition. From flower crowns to...
Robben Island Ceremony: A Stage for Gayton, Not Africa
Sipho Singiswa|Published 41 minutes ago 4min I have just returned from Russia, where history is still treated with weight and reverence. From there, I turned on my television to watch what was meant to be a historic Robben Island reunion of...
‘One Battle After Another’ Editor, UC Santa Barbara Alum Andy Jurgensen, to Discuss the Political Thriller on Campus
This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. f all the Hollywood clichés, perhaps the oldest is “What I really want to do is direct.” You hear it from actors, writers, cinematographers, even interns in the mailroom. Andy...

Stan Lee's United Martial Arts to celebrate 30 years in business
Since opening his school in 1995, Stan Lee said he's taught about 4,000 students. An anniversary event, with an alumni reunion and a free bully proof class, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4. Thirty years ago, Stan Lee ran into a former student...

“One Battle After Another” editor, alum Andy Jurgensen, to discuss the political thriller on campus
That seems true of Jurgensen. “I remember an editing class taught by Kwame Braun where they gave all of us the same raw footage of a short film, and everyone had to edit the movie in their own way,” he recalled. “Doing that, I realized this is how...
A postman, his family, and a chair: Van Gogh museum’s surprising reunion exhibition
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh museum is bringing a scattered family back together this fall to honor a postal worker, his wife and their children who sat as models for the Dutch master at at time when he was struggling to make friends in a French...

Poetry Africa Festival to flag social justice
The 2025 instalment of the Poetry Africa Festival hopes to achieve social justice through the power of words. The 29th Poetry Africa Festival, hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) from 6-11 October, takes on the theme: Poetry: an...