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BULLETIN 13 October 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# Parliament asks the police to probe Shadrack Sibiya’s possible criminal conduct
# Minister Macpherson takes legal action over a holiday development on state land
# And North Korea tests a tactical missile

# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, has called on police to investigate any alleged criminal conduct involving deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and pursue charges where warranted. Committee chairperson, Ian Cameron, warned Sibiya’s departure from the service must not shield him from accountability. He says the committee has always highlighted that rogue elements must be surgically removed from the system to enable it to operate effectively:

# MOVE SA has called on government to adopt effective and lawful measures to address tensions between local communities and foreign nationals, emphasising the need for responsible leadership, transparent communication and the consistent implementation of court rulings. Party leader Rali Mampeule says government must take proactive steps to address the underlying causes of tensions and prevent further xenophobic violence. He says this includes ensuring that the Constitutional Court rulings concerning immigration and asylum procedures are implemented effectively:

# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson is taking the illegal occupation of state-owned land near Grabouw to the High Court in the Western Cape. The two-thousand-hectare property along the N2 has been occupied for years, with people allegedly building holiday homes and selling land unlawfully. Macpherson says the occupation has blocked forestry projects intended to benefit nearby farming communities:

# North Korea says it has test-fired a tactical ballistic missile, claiming the test confirmed an upgrade to a key missile component. State news agency KCNA earlier reported the test but gave no technical details. South Korea’s military said North Korea fired several ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Monday. It was Pyongyang’s fourth missile launch in a month, following South Korea’s recent test of a hypersonic missile.  The latest launches add to tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

# Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz has suffered a shock exit from the Shanghai Masters, losing in straight sets to Belgium’s Zizou Bergs. The unseeded Bergs beat the second-seeded Spaniard 7-5, 7-6 to claim the biggest victory of his career. Meanwhile, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas fought back to beat American Taylor Fritz 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and set up a fourth-round clash with Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, who defeated qualifier Dalibor Svrcina in straight sets. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Casper Ruud and Rafael Jodar also went through to the last 16.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-53-cents and the euro at 18-rand-47-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-85-cents, and Bitcoin trades at 82-thousand-849-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-182-dollars-38-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 107-dollars-77-cents a barrel.

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