News Bulletin of 5 October 2026, 1pm

Nearly 100 transplant athletes and 10 donor athletes have competed in the 16th South African National Transplant Games in Pretoria.
Hosted by the South African Transplant Sports Association, the four day event featured 12 sporting codes, with athletes ranging from children to competitors in their 70s and 80s.
The Games also gave transplant recipients an opportunity to compete alongside living donors and raise awareness about organ donation.
Athletes who reached the required standards will now enter a requalification process ahead of the 2027 World Transplant Games in Belgium.

Young South African scientists have secured major university bursaries at the 2026 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair in Boksburg.
Hamzah Loonat and Shalom Lasimu each received Siemens Energy bursaries worth R675,000 to study engineering, while Bryanston High School learner Scott Baker received a R600,000 University of Pretoria bursary.
The fair brought together 316 young scientists from across South Africa and 24 international participants, with awards also presented in fields including engineering, environmental science, mathematics and computer science.

Twenty year old UCT student Dylan Steiner has developed an app that allows users to compare food prices at restaurants.
Bites lets users search for meals such as burgers, pizza and coffee, with prices submitted and verified by users.
Steiner taught himself to code to build the app, which received around 300 downloads on its first day.
The app is currently available in Cape Town, with an Android version awaiting approval and plans to expand to other parts of South Africa.