News Bulletin of 30 August 2025, 12pm

Motorists can look forward to some relief at the pumps as fuel prices are set to decrease slightly next month.
Preliminary data from the Central Energy Fund indicates a possible 4-cents drop for a litre of 95-grade petrol while 93-grade will likely go down by 12-cents per litre.
Diesel is expected to drop by 55-cents per litre and paraffin will drop by 37-cents per litre.
The Minerals and Energy Department says these decreases are largely due to favourable rand-dollar exchange rates-and fairly contained global oil prices.
The department is expected to make adjustment announcement next week before taking effect on Wednesday.

Sibongile Mongadi's Uku Hamba from Gauteng took second place at the 2025 Standard Bank Kasi SME National Pitch Challenge.
The top spot went to Colin Mkosi from Cape Town who walked away with R200,000 for his innovative Cloudy Deliveries, which uses bicycles for local deliveries.
The Western Cape's Lusapho Njine's Hygiene Services came third.
Standard Bank's Naledzani Mosomane praised all participants for their impressive entrepreneurial spirit:
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The South African National Parks is set to host its Vision 2040 Indaba from 3 to 5 September in the Eastern Cape.
The event will bring together local communities, government officials, youth representatives, and private sector partners, to co-create strategies that align with SANParks' people-centered conservation agenda.
SANParks says the Indaba promotes inclusive and empowering conservation, not isolated efforts.
SANParks Board Chairperson Pam Yako leads the initiative, which aims to foster collaborative solutions for a sustainable future:
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