Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain will
officially be inaugurated as one of the New7wonders of Nature this December, and the City of Cape Town is going all out to celebrate the occasion! Expect a free concert for the public affair followed by a Table Mountain float joining a procession through the city. A big thanks must be made to SANParks for taking such good care of the South African ecological treasure!
On trend with going green, the SA Post Office plans on
procuring 90 electric scooters by 2015 in order to reduce it's CO
2 emissions. But they're not stopping there... By 2020 it plans on being carbon neutral - now here's a sustainability goal we can all aspire to!
Wouldn't it be awesome if you could volunteer at a NPO you're passionate about,
AND get paid to do it - I bet a lot more people would get to some serious do-gooding if that were the case...
cue the Vodacom Change the World programme. Vodacom will pay you a monthly salary if you dedicate your time, energy and skills to a local NPO for a year. It's as easy as approaching a NPO, gaining their support, agreeing on an action plan and submitting your application.
Finally, gather your friends and family and head down to the
annual AFDA Film Festival student showcase this weekend in Joburg, Cape Town, and Durban. More than 50 films will be screening, produced by the school's third and fourth year students. They're also going online this year, so go forth and interact.
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Life Talk, an NGO focused on creating awareness about life's challenges, staged a surprise flashmob of around 100 youth from various communities around Cape Town that entertained the crowd at the Flagpole Terrace with five minutes of choreographed dance and music. (video) 
Greenpop recently hosted the Sustain our Africa Youth Summit at the V&A Waterfront at which 187 pupils from four of Greenpop's top performing beneficiary schools came out for the day of green learning. 
Associates from food company Mars Africa spent the day at Marconi Beam Primary School, Milnerton, Cape Town, as part of their Mars Volunteer Programme, which continues the IT education and training of staff, and ensures that facilities such as the library are properly run. 
The SABC's news-on-phone service Newsbreak 082 152 has launched its popular annual Matric Results Service. 
The Irish-based Digital Marketing Institute announced a new partnership with Vega School of Brand Leadership to train over 3000 students in digital marketing in South Africa next year. The Institute forecasts that the South African market will generate revenues in excess of €3 million for the company by 2015. 
A target has been set to have four million students at further education and training colleges (FET) by 2030, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Wednesday (14 November). 
