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Roodepoort teacher and community worker receives Kindness Ambassador Award
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Roodepoort teacher, Dora Rapai, has been honoured for her community impact, receiving the Kindness Ambassador Award at the recent Women of Wonder Project Academy ceremony in Sandton.
Rapai founded her organisation, Connectedor, 4-years ago and has since led the distribution of sanitary towels to girls who miss school due to period poverty.
She also arranges free swimming lessons to improve water safety among children, linking those who complete training to the Florida Lake Canoeing Club.
As a teacher, Rapai promotes science subjects to close learning gaps.
The community worker says she felt very happy and humbled to have been recognised as a woman in her community, and expressed a desire to do more.
Rapai founded her organisation, Connectedor, 4-years ago and has since led the distribution of sanitary towels to girls who miss school due to period poverty.
She also arranges free swimming lessons to improve water safety among children, linking those who complete training to the Florida Lake Canoeing Club.
As a teacher, Rapai promotes science subjects to close learning gaps.
The community worker says she felt very happy and humbled to have been recognised as a woman in her community, and expressed a desire to do more.
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Save a Fishie expands impact in 2026
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Save a Fishie is expanding its impact this year by taking its Coast 2 Coast programme to more communities.
Instead of one long clean-up trek, the team will run six separate trips across the Overberg, West Coast, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Town and the Eastern Cape.
The shift builds on recent years where teams cleaned over 100 beaches and removed tonnes of litter with community partners.
This year's plan focuses on community partnership, including clean-ups, school lessons, and plastic waste surveys.
The first journey starts on 3 February.
Instead of one long clean-up trek, the team will run six separate trips across the Overberg, West Coast, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Town and the Eastern Cape.
The shift builds on recent years where teams cleaned over 100 beaches and removed tonnes of litter with community partners.
This year's plan focuses on community partnership, including clean-ups, school lessons, and plastic waste surveys.
The first journey starts on 3 February.
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Bafana shift focus to 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has confirmed that the focus now shifts to qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
This follows the team’s round-of-16 exit at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Speaking at OR Tambo International Airport on the team’s return, Broos noted the high expectation after winning bronze, however, the competition was tougher this time:
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This follows the team’s round-of-16 exit at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Speaking at OR Tambo International Airport on the team’s return, Broos noted the high expectation after winning bronze, however, the competition was tougher this time:
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The Rand is trading at 16.45 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,464.44 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 90,928.00.
The Rand is trading at 16.45 to the US Dollar, 0.00 to the British Pound, and 0.00 to the Euro.
Gold is trading at 4,464.44 dollars a fine ounce, Brent Crude Oil is at Error per barrel, and a Bitcoin will set you back 90,928.00.
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