News Bulletin of 30 June 2026, 9am

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Nal'ibali promotes family reading this holiday
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Nal'ibali is encouraging families across South Africa to keep children reading during the mid-year school holidays through its Family Literacy Programme.
The programme provides free multilingual stories, reading resources and simple activities such as storytelling, shared reading and songs to support literacy at home.
Nal'ibali says the initiative helps children continue learning while schools are closed.
The organisation also aims to make reading a daily family habit and strengthen children's literacy skills beyond the classroom.
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Keep Cape Town warm exceeds winter drive goals
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The Keep Cape Town Warm campaign has raised R310,000 and collected more than 3,000 blankets and over 12,000 food items after an eight-week drive in Cape Town.
Residents, schools, businesses and community partners joined forces to support vulnerable families during winter.
Donations were distributed throughout the campaign to help vulnerable families and shelters before the coldest part of winter.
The funds will be used to buy more blankets, food and essential supplies, while part of the proceeds will support community upliftment programmes across the city.
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Eastern Cape youth build digital skills
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Young people in the Eastern Cape are gaining practical digital skills through a programme led by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and its entities.
The initiative equips participants with technology, innovation and digital skills to prepare them for opportunities in the digital economy.
The department's Nonkqubela Jordan -Dyani says this also introduces young people to the opportunities created by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and helps them build skills for a technology-driven future:
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.42 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,065.89 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 59,401.00.
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Proteas women reach T20 World Cup semis
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The Proteas Women have qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup after beating Bangladesh by five wickets in England.
The victory secured South Africa's place in the last four alongside England, Australia and the West Indies.
South Africa will face unbeaten hosts England in Thursday's semi-final at The Oval.
The Proteas remain in contention for their first Women's T20 World Cup title.
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