News Bulletin of 14 August 2025, 7am

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Deputy President Mashatile Urges Priority on Women's Empowerment
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Deputy President Paul Mashatile says empowering women should be a top priority for economic growth and social equality.
He was addressing the P20 Women’s Parliament of the seventh administration.
Mashatile says true democracy can only flourish when all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and have access to equal opportunities:
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Jozi Prepares To Host SPAR Women's Challenge Jozi
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Johannesburg is preparing to host the 2025 SPAR Women's Challenge Jozi.
The event, scheduled for the 5th of October will take place at Marks Park Sports Club in Emmarentia.
The theme for this year #Twenty20Thrive is a celebration of resilience and women thriving in their journeys, careers, and communities – regardless of life’s challenges.
This year’s event supports Reach For Recovery, Leafline and Komani.
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5
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OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5, its most advanced AI system to date, engineered to deliver expert-level performance across a wide spectrum of tasks.
The new model boasts state-of-the-art capabilities in coding, mathematics, writing, healthcare, visual perception and more.
At the heart of GPT-5’s innovation is a real-time routing system that intelligently directs requests to either a fast-response model or a more powerful “thinking” model, depending on the user’s instructions.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 17.52 to the US Dollar, 23.78 to the British Pound, and 20.50 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 3,349.19 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 65.78 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 122,845.00.
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Babyface Returns To SA
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American singer, songwriter and producer, Babyface, is coming back to the South Africa for what is said to be his most personal and emotional performance to date.
The All White Soul Sessions concert will take place at the SunBet Arena in Time Square, Pretoria, on 12 and 13 December .
BabyFace has composed and produced chart-topping classics like "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men, "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton, and "Exhale by Whitney Houston.
He took to Instagram to share his enthusiasm, stating that he has always felt loved by South Africa.
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