News Bulletin of 28 September 2026, 11am

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South African Film Wins Global Recognition
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South African documentary SPOILED has won the Best Film Promoting Sustainability award at the Terres Travel Festival in Spain.
The film was selected from 157 entries from 29 countries and focuses on coastal communities and the protection of South Africa’s oceans.
It has been screened in 20 fishing communities across three provinces, reaching more than 750 people.
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Learners Make Life Orientation More Accessible
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Two Deaf learners at St Vincent School for the Deaf in Johannesburg are developing a South African Sign Language dictionary to help classmates understand Life Orientation terms.
They identified the problem through their own experiences and are using coding skills from the school’s Coding for Inclusion club to build the solution.
The club, launched in 2024, gives about 60 learners access to coding, robotics and technology projects.
The dictionary is still being developed, but the learners are already using technology to make learning more accessible for their peers.
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Boulders Beach Named World’s Most Unique
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Cape Town’s Boulders Beach has been named the world’s “One of a Kind” beach at the 2025 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
The Simon’s Town beach is home to a colony of African penguins, giving visitors the chance to see the birds up close.
More than 500-thousand people visit the beach each year.
Regional General Manager for the Cape Region at SanParks, Bongani Mnisi:
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Financial Indicators
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.28 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,284.91 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 83,006.00.
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LA Students Make Recycling World Record
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Thirteen students from five Los Angeles high schools have set a world record for recycling the most sports balls in 24 hours.
The group spent months collecting unwanted tennis and pickleballs from local courts and clubs.
They gathered more than 22-thousand balls, weighing over 1,200 kilograms, which have been sent for recycling.
The material can be used to make new sports equipment and other products, keeping thousands of balls out of landfills.
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