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BULLETIN 21 June 9 am

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In this bulletin:

# Firoz Cachalia says the police are ready for 30 June
# FOSA says the migration crisis is the result of failed leadership across the African continent
# And the US and Iran are heading to Switzerland for negotiations

# The acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, has expressed confidence that the police are operationally prepared to uphold and enforce the law ahead of the planned foreign national march protests on 30 June. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, says while the constitutional right to peaceful protest will be respected, no acts of lawlessness, violence, intimidation, or criminality will be tolerated. She says weekly enforcement operations remain ongoing to verify the legal status of foreign nationals in the country:

Meanwhile, the Forum for South Africa says the ongoing migration crisis facing South Africa is not accidental; it is the direct result of failed leadership across parts of the African continent. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says for too long, governments in countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, and others have failed their own people through poor governance, economic mismanagement, corruption, and lack of opportunity. He says as a result, millions are forced to leave their home countries in search of survival:

# The Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, to immediately disband the Independent Directorate Against Corruption. Forum spokesperson Dennis Bloem says this unit promotes disorder and instability in the country. He says IDAC is in a fight-back campaign against the police and targeting specific police officers, especially suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola, Head of Crime Intelligence, Dumisani Khumalo, and KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi:

#  Deputy Minister in The Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli says the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention continues to make significant strides in connecting young South Africans to earning opportunities in the country. He says a total of 155-thousand-161 new opportunities were secured during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year. The deputy minister says the PYEI that was created last year acts as a multi-sector action plan aimed at transitioning young people from ‘learning to earning’. 

# Negotiators from the United States and Iran were set to start peace talks in Switzerland on Sunday, even as US officials disputed Iranian claims about closing the key Strait of Hormuz.  Although America and Iran had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire while negotiations take place, Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday declared the Strait of Hormuz shut. An adviser to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei accused the US of failing to implement the first clause of its 14-point interim deal with Iran, which includes a ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon.

# And soccer: Germany booked their place in the knockout rounds of the World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Saturday, while the Netherlands finished off Sweden in a step to the last 32.  The result marks the first time since 2014 that Germany have reached the knockout rounds after first-round eliminations in the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. The Netherlands stayed firmly on course in Houston for qualification with a stylish 5-1 demolition of Sweden. The last time Sweden conceded five goals in a World Cup match was the 1958 final against Brazil, when they lost 5-2.

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