News Bulletin of 7 July 2026, 5pm

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Charity Car Show Drives Support for Good Causes
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Car enthusiasts and families came together at Mall of the South for a Father's Day charity car show, raising funds for organisations supporting vulnerable communities across southern Johannesburg.
The event featured classic, performance and racing cars, motorbikes and displays from motoring organisations, while also giving small businesses an opportunity to showcase their products.
Funds raised will support projects focused on food security, youth development, skills training, blanket drives and organisations that care for people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.
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Hermanus Soup Kitchen Receives Eco Friendly Trike
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A Hermanus secondhand shop has donated an eco friendly trike to Mama Sorya's Soup Kitchen, helping the community initiative transport food and donations more easily.
The trike was gifted by Snuffels Hermanus and was built from recycled materials by local entrepreneur Asiphe Thobelo. It will help the soup kitchen collect supplies and deliver meals more efficiently while keeping transport costs low.
Mama Sorya's Soup Kitchen provides meals for up to 100 children every day and also supports vulnerable residents through a local swap shop. The organisation relies on donations to continue its work in the community.
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Hackathon Inspires Future Engineers
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More than 50 Gauteng learners took part in the Young Engineers Movement Hackathon at ORT South Africa in Houghton Estate, where they explored careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The five day programme gave Grade 7 to 9 learners the opportunity to develop coding, robotics, engineering and design skills while creating prototypes to solve real community challenges.
One team designed a solution to help communities access water during municipal outages.
Organisers say the initiative aims to help learners make informed subject and career choices by exposing them to engineering and technology from an early age.
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Your financial indicators for this hour:

The Rand is trading at 16.19 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.

Gold is trading at 4,131.99 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 62,825.00.
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Kimberley Artist Takes Northern Cape Stories to Australia
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Kimberley artist Junior Oliphant has been selected to represent South Africa at the Cosmic Echoes: A Shared Sky Indigenous Art Exhibition in Australia.
The exhibition, supported by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, brings together Indigenous artists from South Africa and Australia to celebrate the connection between Indigenous knowledge of the night sky and modern astronomy, while highlighting communities linked to the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project.
The selection adds to Oliphant's growing international profile after exhibitions in London in 2023 and Berlin. Oliphant says he uses his artwork to explore identity, heritage and the stories of the Northern Cape.
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