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Glenrose Xaba Earns World Athletics Gold Status
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South African distance runner Glenrose Xaba has earned Gold Status on World Athletics’ 2026 road racing list.
Earlier this month, she won the Jozi SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in 32 minutes and 26 seconds, securing her fourth SPAR Grand Prix title. In 2025, she also became the first athlete to win all five races in a single season.
Xaba holds the South African 10km road record and is expected to compete in the Boxer Super Run Durban on Sunday, 18 October, to sharpen her speed for upcoming races.
Earlier this month, she won the Jozi SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in 32 minutes and 26 seconds, securing her fourth SPAR Grand Prix title. In 2025, she also became the first athlete to win all five races in a single season.
Xaba holds the South African 10km road record and is expected to compete in the Boxer Super Run Durban on Sunday, 18 October, to sharpen her speed for upcoming races.
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Drones And Quad Bikes Bring Medication To 49 Rural Eastern Cape Villages
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The Nkosi Minenkulu Joyi Foundation and Baziya Traditional Council are helping bring chronic medication closer to rural residents through a R1.2 million initiative.
The programme uses drones and quad bikes to deliver medication to patients across 49 villages, reducing the need for long journeys to healthcare facilities and helping families save on transport costs.
The deliveries form part of the Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution programme, which helps eligible patients access their repeat medication closer to home.
The programme uses drones and quad bikes to deliver medication to patients across 49 villages, reducing the need for long journeys to healthcare facilities and helping families save on transport costs.
The deliveries form part of the Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution programme, which helps eligible patients access their repeat medication closer to home.
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Round Table Florida 21 Wins Award For Community Service
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Round Table Florida 21, a voluntary organisation that raises funds for community projects, has won the Round Table Southern Africa Impact Award for its work in the West Rand and surrounding areas.
The award was presented at the BMG Tri-Area Conference in Middelburg, where clubs from Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Bushveld gathered to share their community work and achievements.
The Florida 21 club says it has the highest ratio in Gauteng of funds distributed to communities and charitable projects compared with the money it raises.
The award was presented at the BMG Tri-Area Conference in Middelburg, where clubs from Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Bushveld gathered to share their community work and achievements.
The Florida 21 club says it has the highest ratio in Gauteng of funds distributed to communities and charitable projects compared with the money it raises.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:
The Rand is trading at 16.44 to the US Dollar,21.92 to the British Pound, and 18.49 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,167.94 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 105.92 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 81,907.00.
The Rand is trading at 16.44 to the US Dollar,21.92 to the British Pound, and 18.49 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,167.94 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 105.92 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 81,907.00.
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