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BULLETIN 12 October 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The Western Cape police welcome the arrest of a suspect linked to the Lwandle mass shooting
# A suspect is arrested with the property of the murdered jogger Elizabeth Moselakgomo in Kempton Park
# And Eskom’s energy availability factor reaches a six-year high of 68.2-percent

# Western Cape police management has welcomed the arrest of a 32-year-old suspect in last month’s mass shooting in Lwandle, Strand, that claimed eleven lives and left ten people injured. The suspect was arrested in Lwandle on Friday. Police spokesperson André Traut says he is appearing in the Strand Magistrate’s Court today on eleven counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder:

# Gauteng police have confirmed a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of 38-year-old Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo. She disappeared on 12 September after leaving her home in Rhodesfield, Kempton Park, for an afternoon jog. Her killing sparked national outrage and renewed concerns about women’s safety. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says officials found the suspect allegedly in possession of an item belonging to the victim. She adds at this stage, no murder charge has been brought against the suspect. 

# Eskom continues to record operational improvements across its generation fleet, with its year-to-date energy availability factor reaching 68.2-percent – the highest financial year-to-date level in six years. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the performance reflects sustained operational improvements and structural interventions implemented across the generation fleet. She says Eskom’s continued focus on operational improvements is expected to remain central to efforts to ensure a more reliable supply and provide a foundation for investment and economic development:

# Cricket: Former South African head coach Eric Simons is set to be appointed as the bowling coach of England Test coach Stephen Fleming’s backroom team. Fleming is assembling his staff for the series against the Proteas in December. Simons was in charge of the South African team between 2002 and 2004 and had a spell as India’s bowling coach. He also worked with Fleming at the Joburg Super Kings in the SA20. Simons later accepted a consultancy role with the Proteas’ white-ball teams when Rob Walter was in charge.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-54-cents and the euro at 18-rand-51-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-90-cents and Bitcoin trades at 83-thousand-471-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-176-dollars-73-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 106-dollars-85-cents a barrel.

# And finally: Lamb Champs has announced a new team of ten sheep farmers, known as the Baa-Barians, who will take on Team South Africa in the inaugural Lamb Champs invitational in Pretoria on 31 October. The change follows Namibia’s withdrawal from the competition due to foot-and-mouth disease. Lamb Champs founder and Southern African Agri Initiative CEO Francois Rossouw hopes the competition will be expanded internationally next year:

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