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Hoërskool Randburg tops Johannesburg cycling ranks
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Hoërskool Randburg has been crowned Johannesburg’s top cycling school after a standout performance in the 2025 Cycle Lab Schools Series.
The school qualified both boys’ and girls’ teams for the national competition, while two of its cyclists were selected for the Gauteng provincial team.
Randburg riders held yellow jerseys in the U15 and U19 boys’ categories for most of the season and secured multiple podium finishes against major schools like Menlopark and Monument.
The school attributes its success to structured training, teamwork, and a strong cycling culture built on passion and perseverance.
The school qualified both boys’ and girls’ teams for the national competition, while two of its cyclists were selected for the Gauteng provincial team.
Randburg riders held yellow jerseys in the U15 and U19 boys’ categories for most of the season and secured multiple podium finishes against major schools like Menlopark and Monument.
The school attributes its success to structured training, teamwork, and a strong cycling culture built on passion and perseverance.
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Government plans to make electricity cheaper
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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has unveiled a new Integrated Resource Plan featuring ambitious gas and nuclear targets.
The plan aims to make electricity more affordable while ensuring a stable power grid, critical for South Africa’s economic growth.
Addressing the country’s history of blackouts, the strategy focuses on attracting investment, creating jobs, and strengthening the energy sector to support households and businesses alike.
e programme continues to build futures locally.
The plan aims to make electricity more affordable while ensuring a stable power grid, critical for South Africa’s economic growth.
Addressing the country’s history of blackouts, the strategy focuses on attracting investment, creating jobs, and strengthening the energy sector to support households and businesses alike.
e programme continues to build futures locally.
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Rescued dog guides missing grandmother to safety
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Eeyore, a dog rescued in Florida after being hit by a car in 2019, has returned the favour by saving a life.
The shelter paid for surgery and weeks of recovery to repair his broken femur, helping him walk again.
Last month, he helped an 86-year-old woman who went missing while walking him, guiding deputies across yards and a golf course to where she lay on the sidewalk.
Paramedics transported her to hospital and she is expected to make a full recovery.
The story has captured hearts online, showing how care and compassion can create heroes in unexpected places.
The shelter paid for surgery and weeks of recovery to repair his broken femur, helping him walk again.
Last month, he helped an 86-year-old woman who went missing while walking him, guiding deputies across yards and a golf course to where she lay on the sidewalk.
Paramedics transported her to hospital and she is expected to make a full recovery.
The story has captured hearts online, showing how care and compassion can create heroes in unexpected places.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:
The Rand is trading at17.29 to the US Dollar, 23.21 to the British Pound, and 20.14 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,319.51 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 61.29 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 111,028.00.
The Rand is trading at17.29 to the US Dollar, 23.21 to the British Pound, and 20.14 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,319.51 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 61.29 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 111,028.00.
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