News Bulletin of 1 April 2026, 3pm

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Toyota Easter Festival underway at Kyalami Park with free family fun
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Kyalami Park Club is hosting the 2026 Toyota Easter Festival, currently running until April 6.
The 10-day event features elite equestrian competitions across dressage, showing, equitation and show jumping, with over 5 000 entries expected.
Families can also enjoy Easter egg hunts, food and market stalls, and children’s entertainment.
The festival continues to support rider development through the KPC Academy and remains free to enter, making it a festive outing for the community.
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HACT launches car competition to support HIV/AIDS care
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The Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust in KwaZulu-Natal is giving supporters a chance to win a brand-new car while raising funds for its life-changing programmes.
The Toyota Win-a-Car Competition helps fund HACT’s 24-bed hospice and palliative care unit, providing comfort, dignity and support to people living with life-limiting illnesses.
Last year’s campaign brought joy to a lucky winner while directly benefiting patients and their families.
Tickets can be purchased via QR code, with the winner to be announced on Comrades Marathon Race Day, 14 June 2026.
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Afrika Tikkun breakfast builds stronger partnerships for disability inclusion
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Johannesburg organisations came together at Afrika Tikkun’s Disability Partnership and Support Breakfast to strengthen collaboration and improve support for people with disabilities.
The event brought NGOs, government departments and community groups together to share resources, coordinate services and reduce duplication, ensuring children and youth receive holistic care from early childhood through school.
Insights from research mapping disability services across Gauteng highlighted the need for cooperation, and partnerships formed at the breakfast will now drive practical, long-term impact for inclusion across communities.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at16.78 to the US Dollar, 22.35 to the British Pound, and19.48 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,755.50 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 103.97 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 68,540.00.
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Artemis II mission set for historic return to crewed Moon travel
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NASA’s Artemis II mission is in its final countdown, with engineers preparing the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule for lift-off.
The four-astronaut crew is set for humanity’s first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years, on an approximately 10-day mission designed to test deep-space systems ahead of future lunar landings.
The spacecraft is expected to travel close to 1.1 million kilometres before splashing down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Nasa administrator Jarred Isaacman says this is just the beginning.
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