News Bulletin of 15 September 2025, 8am

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E-hailing services officially recognized as public transport
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E-hailing services, like Uber and bolt are now officially recognized as legal forms of public transport.
This after the Transport Department gazetted the National Land Transport Amendment Act on Friday.
E-hailing services are now expected to have operating licenses, the vehicles must be branded to indicate which company they are affiliated with, and they must also have a safety feature like panic buttons.
Under the act e-hailing vehicles will now operate in defined geographic zones.
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Eskom returns 2,835 megawatts of generation capacity to service
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Eskom says it is planning to return a total of two-thousand-835-megawatts of generation capacity to service ahead of this evening peak, and throughout the week.
This is in a bid to further strengthen the country’s electricity grid stability.
Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says the available generation capacity currently stands at 28-thousand-776-megawatts:
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DPSA launches 2025/26 Integrated Public Service Month
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The Public Service and Administration Department is calling on South Africans to join the 2025/26 Integrated Public Service Month, aimed at enhancing service delivery and rebuilding public trust.
This year's theme focuses on professionalizing the public service to restore confidence in government.
The initiative seeks to promote ethical leadership, accountability, and citizen engagement.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 17.39 to the US Dollar, 23.57 to the British Pound, and 20.40 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 3,643.61 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 67.35 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 116,392.00.
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Bank of Botswana honours Olympic sprint champion Letsile Tebogo
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The Bank of Botswana has unveiled a new 50 pula banknote to celebrate its 50th anniversary and honour Olympic sprint champion Letsile Tebogo.
The commemorative note features Tebogo’s portrait alongside the Botswana men’s 4x400m relay team, who won silver at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Tebogo, who claimed gold in the men’s 200m, becomes the first Botswana athlete to be featured on the country’s currency.
President Duma Boko says the note recognizes both the Bank’s milestone and Tebogo’s remarkable achievements.
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