News Bulletin of 24 November 2025, 11am

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has hailed the G20 Leaders' Summit a success, highlighting its role in showcasing South Africa as a leading emerging economy.
The minister briefed the media after president Cyril Ramaphosa wrapped up the two-day summit in Johannesburg yesterday.
Godongwana says leaders are expected to take the recommendations emerging from the summit into the upcoming meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in April next year:
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Society for Animals in Distress CEO and Mrs South Africa 2025 top 10 finalist, Meg Harvey, is using her national platform to tackle two of South Africa's pressing issues: animal welfare and crime prevention.
Harvey's focus is on humane education, aiming to address the interconnectedness of animal suffering, community violence, and social instability.
Harvey emphasizes that compassion is key to solving South Africa's crime problem, citing research that links cruelty to animals with violence in society.
She advocates for teaching empathy to children, stating, if we want safer communities, we must teach empathy early, consistently, and creatively – starting with our children.

The Great Southern BioBlitz has concluded, with over 200 regions across the Southern Hemisphere participating in the event.
The event brought together communities, naturalists, and scientists to document biodiversity, resulting in over 294,000 observations across Africa, South America, and Oceania,
In Africa alone, 123,632 observations were made, with South Africa’s citizen scientists leading with up 52,387 of that total.
The Western Cape was the top-performing region, recording over 26,000 observations of more than 3,000 species.
The South African National Biodiversity Institute's Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan says the collective effort this year was “outstanding” and reflected Africa’s growing commitment to nature, community science and biodiversity discovery.