News Bulletin of 25 July 2026, 9am

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Mental Health Support Reaches SA Women
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The Golden Delight Foundation has launched a free WhatsApp and USSD mental health support service to help women across South Africa access care.
The service allows women to request confidential support, connect with psycho-social workers and receive counselling or referrals.
The initiative forms part of the Far From Okay campaign, which addresses challenges such as stress, grief, burnout and financial pressure.
The foundation says the goal is to make mental health support easier to access for women in their everyday lives.
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Mobility Buggies Support Children
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The Boikanyo The Dion Herson Foundation, the Rotary Club of Rosebank, Value Logistics, and donor Ruth Stubbs provided special mobility buggies to 89 children with cerebral palsy in Nqutu and Pomeroy, KwaZulu-Natal.
Volunteers fitted the buggies at two local hospitals, giving children improved mobility and seating support.
The project also reduced the physical strain on parents and grandparents who carry children over long distances.
Families from across the district made the journey to receive this life-changing equipment and give their children greater independence and comfort.
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New School Offers Skills Training
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A newly built David Livingstone Secondary School has opened in the Eastern Cape, offering learners vocational subjects alongside the traditional academic curriculum.
The school supports the province's Three-Stream Education Model by teaching practical skills, including beauty therapy.
The programme prepares learners for further education and future employment.
Eastern Cape MEC for Education Fundile Gade elaborates:
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.82 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,028.44 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 63,954.00.
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The Weeknd Sets Paris Stadium Record
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The Weeknd has become the first artist to sell out six shows at Stade de France in Paris during a single tour.
His After Hours Til Dawn tour attracted more than 500,000 fans in France this summer and has sold out 13 stadium shows across the country.
The tour has sold more than 7.5 million tickets across 153 shows worldwide, with the final leg set to take place in Asia later this year.
The Weeknd is also using the tour to support education and hunger relief programmes through partnerships with Global Citizen and the United Nations World Food Programme.
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