News Bulletin of 20 January 2026, 10am

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Tshepo Makole Youth Empowerment Foundation distributes food parcels in Soweto
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Vulnerable families in Dube have received food parcels from the Tshepo Makole Youth Empowerment Foundation.
The programme targeted households relying on social relief grants or handouts.
Project manager Tshepo Makole says beneficiaries were identified through careful assessments of family circumstances and need.
The foundation plans to continue the initiative and is encouraging the community, private sector, and other stakeholders to get involved.
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Recycling initiative turns plastic waste into income
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A recycling initiative is turning plastic waste into income for families.
Re.Bag.Re.Use transforms clean, soft plastic into crocheted bags and pays women for each completed product.
The initiative, started by Regine le Roux during the COVID-19 lockdown in Hout Bay, began as a small plastic-reuse hobby and is now expanding to more areas, reducing waste while supporting households across the country.
In KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga, Hlezipi Mnguni says she recently used her earnings from making the bags to buy new school shoes and trainers for her son.
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Southern Guards rebrands
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South Africa’s LIV Golf team has rebranded itself to the Southern Guards, just months before the Saudi-backed league tees off on African soil for the first time.
The team, previously known as Stinger Golf Club, had to rebrand due to trademark issues.
The team, captained by Louis Oosthuizen and featuring Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, and Dean Burmester, features a rhino in the new logo.
Southern Guards says that at the heart of the team’s identity is an emphasis on culture, unity, and resilience.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.37 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,667.03 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 90,996.00.
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Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad
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Nasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launchpad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.
The BBC reports that over almost 12 hours, the 98m-tall Space Launch System was carried vertically from the Vehicle Assembly Building on the 6.5km journey to the pad on Saturday.
Now it is in position, the final tests, checks - and a dress rehearsal - will take place, before the go-ahead is given for the 10-day Artemis II mission that will see four astronauts travel around the Moon.
Nasa Space Launch Programme Manager, John Honeycutt says the earliest the rocket can blast off is 6 February, but there are also more launch windows later that month, as well as in March and April:
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