Tom Cruise proves he’s still Top Gun
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In the mid-80s, every teenager (and the parents) wanted to be a fighter pilot, and we had Maverick and Goose to thank for it. Maverick was Tom Cruise’s hotshot, cocky character in the high-octane blockbuster Top Gun. Many have been wondering if there would ever be a Top Gun II … and now it has been confirmed. The 1986 movie was such a huge commercial success that it was re-released in Imax 3D in 2013,
This year for Mandela Day the Girl Guides of the Western Cape came together to make over a 1000 Mugs of Love! When asked how this idea came about, Tanya Prinsloo, Communications and Marketing Chairperson, explained “I was sitting with a friend in her kitchen and she pulled out this old mug from the back of her cupboard to show me the logo. This made me suddenly think of all the mugs in the back
HERI AT UCT IS DRIVING A NEW GENERATION OF FEMALE SCIENTISTS The story of human evolution has long been told with fossils from South Africa – discovered by a privileged few. The Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) aims to change that with a new generation of female scientists. “We have an incredible record of human evolution in South Africa, but the entire narrative of palaeoanthropology has been dominated
The Minister of Police with the backing of the President has agreed to deploy the SANDF to the townships to deal with the violence that has risen from the drug trade in Cape Town. There are so many challenges with this solution and the silence of the public in challenging this is worrying. Charity Monareng who is the Parliamentary and Policy Research Officer at TB HIV Care and is actively engaged on high level advocacy
Universal released the movie trailer for Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the broadway musical Cats, featuring Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, James Corden, Jason Derulo, Sir Ian McKellen, Rebel Wilson, and Judi Dench transformed into cats, complete with “digital fur”. However, a lot of social media users have commented that that the CGI cats look a little weird with someone Tweeting that they look “nude” (well, they are animals after all). Others commented on the small size of
