News Bulletin of 22 July 2026, 11am

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My Jozi Walk Tackles Homelessness Together
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The City of Johannesburg is calling on residents to support efforts to address homelessness through this year’s My Jozi Walk, taking place this Sunday.
The initiative encourages participants to use Mi-Change vouchers instead of giving cash directly to people living on the streets.
The digital vouchers provide access to essentials such as food, hygiene products and shelter, while connecting recipients to services including counselling, skills training and employment support.
Organisers say the programme aims to turn public donations into structured support that helps people move towards long-term independence.
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Audiologist Crowned Miss World South Africa
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Clinical audiologist Romanda Hombir has been crowned Miss World South Africa 2026.
The Edenvale Hospital employee returned to work this week, where colleagues celebrated her achievement.
Hombir, from Mpumalanga, will represent South Africa at the Miss World Festival in Vietnam in August.
She is also the founder of the Caring Purpose Foundation, which supports healthcare, education and skills programmes in communities.
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Cape Town Invests R6 Billion In Power
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The City of Cape Town will spend more than six-billion rand over the next three years to upgrade electricity infrastructure and improve power reliability.
The funding will support grid upgrades, clean energy projects, street lighting improvements and efforts to reduce reliance on Eskom.
Mayoral committee member for Energy Xanthea Limberg says the city has limited the average residential electricity tariff increase to 6.64 percent:
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.47 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,047.94 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 65,921.00.
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George Hunter Wins National Bartender Title
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Johannesburg bartender and cocktail bar owner George Hunter has won the World Class South Africa Bartender of the Year title.
Hunter earned the national award after competing in the final held in Rosebank yesterday.
He will represent South Africa at the World Class global finals in Scotland in October, competing against bartenders from 50-countries.
The competition will decide the 2026 Global Bartender of the Year.
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