News Bulletin of 4 July 2025, 12pm

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Faranani Makes Strides in SA Women's Economic Empowerment
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PwC's Faranani Rural Women Training Initiative is making strides in empowering women and promoting job creation in South Africa.
Earlier last month at a ceremony in Midrand 209 women graduated from the program, gaining practical skills in marketing, finance and business strategy.
Since its inception 19-years ago, Faranani has equipped over 4,500 women from disadvantaged communities with the tools to become independent entrepreneurs.
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Garden Route Takes Leap Towards Sustainable Energy
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The Garden Route region in the Western Cape is taking a significant step towards green energy with the signing of a private-public partnership to establish Electric Vehicle charging stations.
The initiative will see the installation of charging stations with the first one set to be located at the Francois Ferreira Academy near the George Airport.
Garden Route District Manger, Andrew Troebel says with this they aim to connect tourism economic development and create jobs:
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G20 Emphasizes Safe, Inclusive Learning Spaces
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Speakers at the G-20 Education Working Group have emphasized the need for schools to not only be safe and inclusive, but also transformative spaces where learners challenge gender stereotypes and learn the principles of equality
The G-20 Education Working Group in partnership with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative hosted a seminar focusing on “Advancing Gender Transformation Education at the Durban International Convention Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.
The seminar laid the ground for the start of the third meeting of the Education Working Group, which concluded yesterday.
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Financial Indicators
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

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

Gold is trading at 0.00 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at 67.98 per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 109,004.00.
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The best ideas will be featured live on air throughout the week and the winner will be announced at the end of the month.
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