News Bulletin of 16 July 2025, 6am

To celebrate Mandela Day, South Africans are invited to join a national act of kindness by turning surplus food into nourishment for those in need.
Chefs with Compassion's #67000litres campaign is back for its sixth year aiming to cook 100-thousand litres of soup to feed 400-thousand people.
The initiative encourages everyone to get involved, whether by cooking, donating, or spreading the word.
Since 2020, the campaign has cooked over 450,000 litres of soup serving more than 1.8 million cups to hungry South Africans.
The goal is to not only feed people on Mandela Day but also raise funds to sustain Chefs with Compassion's work throughout the year.

South Africa is hosting a critical G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group meeting at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga.
The gathering brings together global stakeholders and G20 member states to address pressing environmental issues.
Key discussion topics include climate finance, biodiversity conservation, pollution management, and ocean governance.
Forest, Fisheries and Environment Deputy Minister Narend Singh says drought and air quality are also high on the agenda:
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on building massive AI data centers in the US.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg says the first multi-gigawatt center is expected to be operational by 2026.
Meta is heavily investing in developing "super-intelligence" technology that could potentially surpass human intelligence.
Zuckerberg revealed that Meta is constructing multiple large-scale data center clusters, with one potentially scaling up to five gigawatts over time.