Headline 1
Uber Eats & Gauteng partner to boost Soweto businesses
Story 1
Uber Eats and the Gauteng Economic Development Department will assist township businesses in Soweto through a R250 million investment.
The programme equips entrepreneurs in Orlando and Protea with onboarding support, in-app marketing, delivery bikes, and training to reach more customers and create jobs.
Kota King owner Rhulani Shibambo has grown his business through the initiative and earned Merchant of the Year honours.
The partnership links public funding and private platforms to drive growth in township economies.
The programme equips entrepreneurs in Orlando and Protea with onboarding support, in-app marketing, delivery bikes, and training to reach more customers and create jobs.
Kota King owner Rhulani Shibambo has grown his business through the initiative and earned Merchant of the Year honours.
The partnership links public funding and private platforms to drive growth in township economies.
Story 1 category
Headline 2
Deaf children get stories in Sign Language
Story 2
A partnership between Stellenbosch University and Book Dash is giving Deaf children across South Africa access to stories in their own language.
Through the university’s Handlab project, more than 200 African children’s picture books are being translated and recorded in South African Sign Language.
Deaf storytellers from across the country signed each story on camera, with recording camps held in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
For the first time, Deaf children can explore the full Book Dash library in sign language, supporting early language, learning and family connection.
Through the university’s Handlab project, more than 200 African children’s picture books are being translated and recorded in South African Sign Language.
Deaf storytellers from across the country signed each story on camera, with recording camps held in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
For the first time, Deaf children can explore the full Book Dash library in sign language, supporting early language, learning and family connection.
Story 2 category
Headline 3
Fela Kuti receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Story 3
The late Nigerian artist Fela Kuti has became the first African to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy.
He was recognised for pioneering the Afrobeat genre and using music as a tool of resistance.
Kuti was bestowed the honour alongside other international heavyweights, including Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Cher and Paul Simon.
He was recognised for pioneering the Afrobeat genre and using music as a tool of resistance.
Kuti was bestowed the honour alongside other international heavyweights, including Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Cher and Paul Simon.
Story 3 category
Financial Indicators headline
Financial Indicators
Financial indicators
Your financial indicators for this hour:
The Rand is trading at 16.07 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 5,078.26 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 70,721.00.
The Rand is trading at 16.07 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 5,078.26 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 70,721.00.
Split analysis
Local: 76 words (34%), National: 89 words (40%), International: 57 words (26%)