Suraya Williams, a gifted seamstress from Cape Town, South Africa, transformed her mourning after her mother’s death into an opportunity to inspire and empower young women in her community. In 2018, she founded the Design26 Foundation to provide skills, jobs, and a more positive outlook on life for young women in Mitchell’s Plain, an area with a high youth unemployment rate of 43.4% in South Africa.
South Africa and Singapore enhance economic cooperation On May 16th, 2023, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in an official visit to Cape Town. This meeting aimed to strengthen the existing economic partnership between the two countries and explore new opportunities for collaboration.