News Bulletin of 29 October 2026, 6pm

Paarl-born percussionist Kyrah Adams has won three prizes at the UNISA South African Music Scholarship Competition, including the overall title and the South African Music Scholarship.
The second-year Stellenbosch University music student also received the Developing Artist Prize and the South African Composition Prize for her marimba performance.
South African composer Hendrik Hofmeyr is now composing a new marimba concerto especially for Adams, which is expected to be completed early next year.
Adams hopes to compete internationally and help more young South African percussionists gain opportunities abroad.

Hot Cares has donated 2,933 litres of organic liquid fertiliser worth R110,000 to the Humanitarian Empowerment Fund, helping sustain vegetable gardens that provide fresh food and create jobs.
The organisation manages 51 gardens at schools and community centres and provides breakfast to about 3,000 children before school.
Since 2019, it has also established 60 businesses and helped 2,000 young people secure jobs through its green economy projects.

University of Pretoria professor Vukosi Marivate has been named among the 2026 H2O AI 100, an international list recognising 100 people making significant contributions to artificial intelligence.
The honourees were showcased on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square, New York.
Marivate’s research focuses on developing AI tools that better understand African languages, which often have limited digital training data.
He is also a co-founder of South African start-up Lelapa AI, which develops artificial intelligence solutions for African languages and communities.