News Bulletin of 16 January 2026, 12pm

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Banyana Banyana Gear Up for WAFCON 2026 in Morocco
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2022 champions South Africa has been drawn in Group B alongside the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Tanzania for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, to take place in Morocco in March and April.
Banyana Banyana fell at the semifinal stage last year.
Defending champions Nigeria is in Group C with Zambia, Egypt and debutants Malawi, while hosts Morocco will play Algeria, Senegal and Kenya in Group A.
The four semifinalists at the tournament will qualify for the 2027 Women’s World Cup.
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World Cup 2026 Sees Record-Breaking 500 Million Ticket Requests
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Over 500-million requests have been received for tickets for this year’s World Cup in North America.
The random selection draw phase started early last month and ended this week.
Successful applicants will now be put into a pool from where everyone has an equal chance of being drawn to earn the chance of buying a ticket.
Unsuccessful applicants still have a chance in subsequent sales phases as additional tickets become available.
The tournament in Canada, the US and Mexico starts on the 11th of June.
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Cape Town residents, visitors join forces for cleaner city
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During the 2025 festive period, residents, visitors, and city staff helped keep Cape Town clean.
Teams collected increased volumes of refuse, patrolled streets, and maintained public spaces across the metro.
Mayoral committee member for Urban Waste Management, Grant Twigg, says waste collection services handled higher demand in several areas:
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.40 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,591.83 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 95,666.00.
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Taylor Swift 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominations
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Taylor Swift is the top nominee for the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
This is the 4th consecutive year Swift heads into the annual award show with the most nominations.
Alex Warren, Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny are tied for second with eight nominations each.
iHeart announced yesterday all four artists compete for Artist of the Year alongside Benson Boone, Chris Brown, Jelly Roll, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae.
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