News Bulletin of 19 January 2026, 6am

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Springbok Women’s Sevens win World Rugby Sevens 3 tournament
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The Springbok Women’s Sevens team has won the inaugural World Rugby Sevens 3 tournament in Dubai.
South Africa beat Argentina 12–5 in the final and finished the tournament unbeaten.
The victory promotes the team to the Sevens 2 series.
Bok Women’s coach Cecil Afrika praised his team’s defence throughout the weekend:
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FlySafair most punctual airline in Middle East and Africa
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FlySafair has been ranked the most punctual airline in the Middle East and Africa.
The latest global report shows the carrier operated 98.9 percent of its scheduled flights, keeping cancellations among the lowest in the region.
Analysts compiled the rankings using more than 25 million data points from over 600 sources.
The benchmark is widely used to track airline reliability worldwide.
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ClemenGold & Breadline Africa launch R14.8m ECD centre project
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ClemenGold Foundation and Breadline Africa have launched a R14.8-million campaign to build a new early childhood development centre in Letsitele, Limpopo.
The partners secured land and completed plans for a facility that will serve up to 150 children under 5.
The project includes constructing classrooms, installing child-sized toilets, planting indigenous trees and adding play equipment to support physical development.
ClemenGold Foundation says the centre will serve as a training centre for creche teachers in the area, other adult training and act as a much-needed community hub.
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Financial Indicators
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.39 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,596.70 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 92,611.00.
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Netflix and Sony Pictures enter new pay-1 deal
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Netflix and Sony Pictures have signed a new global Pay-1 licensing deal.
The agreement will allow Sony’s feature films to stream on Netflix worldwide.
The move expands Netflix’s current rights, which already include the U.S., Germany and parts of Southeast Asia.
Popular titles under the existing deal include Uncharted, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Venom: The Last Dance.
The global rollout of the expanded rights begins later this year.
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