News Bulletin of 1 October 2026, 7am

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William Marshall Set For Formula 4 Shootout
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William Marshall will represent South Africa at an international Formula 4 shootout in Spain next week.
The fifteen-year-old Cape Town driver is one of six young drivers selected to compete from the tenth to the fourteenth of October.
Marshall has won the South African Junior Max National Championship and the Junior African Open Championship, and took pole position at last year’s world karting championship in Italy.
The winner of the shootout will receive a fully funded Formula 4 season with MP Motorsport.
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Sphumelele Zondi Wins Art Competition
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Johannesburg-based visual artist Sphumelele Zondi will present a solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum in 2027 after winning this year’s New Signatures Visual Arts Competition.
The 26-year-old won 100-thousand rand for her mixed-media work, The Laundry of a Nation.
Her work was selected from 938 entries submitted at eight collection points across South Africa, with 123 works making the final exhibition.
Zondi’s work explores the social and emotional experiences passed on to young people in South Africa:
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KZN Pupils Develop Solar Water System
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Pupils from Mbongeni Secondary School in KwaZulu-Natal have developed a solar-powered system that can store, purify and supply water when the power or water supply is interrupted.
The system was developed as part of an engineering and coding competition aimed at solving everyday problems.
Other young innovators presented projects focused on water shortages, waste and electricity.
The pupils received prizes and recognition for their water solution.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.42 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,173.48 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 83,347.00.
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Glenrose Xaba Wins Gqeberha SPAR Race
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South African 10-kilometre record holder Glenrose Xaba has won the penultimate SPAR Grand Prix race in Gqeberha.
Xaba finished in thirty-one minutes and seventeen seconds, just five seconds outside her national record.
The win gives her maximum points as she continues her bid to retain the title.
Fifty-four-year-old Janene Carey also made history, becoming the first woman to complete 113 SPAR Women’s Challenge races.
Split analysis
Local: 78 words (35%), National: 66 words (29%), International: 81 words (36%)