News Bulletin of 11 December 2025, 8am

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Volunteers distribute about 33 000 meals
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Volunteers from organisations in Benoni packed and prepared around 33 000 meals for distribution Early Childhood Development centres across Gauteng.
About 100 volunteers gathered at Belvedere School in Benoni last week, filling packets with rice, soy, vegetable and vitamins before sealing, labelling, and boxing them, in just 2-hours.
These meals will supply more than 3 000 children at over 50 Early Childhood Development centres across the province.
Teachers at the centres say the meals will support daily nutrition and learning.
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Afrika Tikkun and the MTN SA open Digital Skills Hub
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Afrika Tikkun and the MTN SA Foundation have opened a Digital Skills Hub in Diepsloot, Johannesburg.
The hub features 55 digital workstations and aims to train township youth in digital literacy, coding, data analytics, digital marketing, and workplace skills.
In the past three months, the programme enrolled over 600 unemployed young people.
Through this initiative, the organisations seek to reduce youth unemployment and equip participants for jobs in South Africa’s evolving digital economy.
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North African countries claim medals at World Under-21 Taekwondo Championship
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Tunisia's Masghouni Wafa has expressed pride in her performance after winning gold in the women's Under-62kg division at the World Under-21 Taekwondo Championships in Kenya.
The 3-day competition held in Nairobi last week, saw strong performances from North African countries, with Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia all claiming medals.
Over 400- participants from 78-countries, took part in the championship.
Here is what Wafa had to say:
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.91 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,207.20 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 90,295.00.
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One Battle After Another secures 9 Golden Globe Awards nominations
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One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, leads the Golden Globe Awards nominations with 9, including best musical/comedy film and acting nods for DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio Del Toro, and Chase Infiniti.
The White Lotus tops series nominations with six, followed by Adolescence with five.
The ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on January 11.
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