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BULLETIN 11 November 9 am

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# The FF Plus says the Copyright Amendment Bill is another reason South Africa lost AGOA
# Firoz Cachalia says the police 115.5-million-rand to cops who were criminally charged
# And, Israel’s new Parliament is sworn in as Eisenkot struggles to form a government

# The Freedom Front Plus says that, after a decade of uncertainty created by the Copyright Amendment Bill, it has now also caused serious economic damage, after it was cited as one of the reasons for the termination of South Africa’s African Growth and Opportunity Act benefit. In June this year, the Constitutional Court found sections of the bill unconstitutional. The FF Plus’s Jaco Mulder says the objections that the country’s intellectual property policy does not comply with AGOA mainly centred on the bill’s “fair use” provision:

# Acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia has revealed that 177 members of the South African Police Service were criminally charged between April 2025 and August this year. Of these, 118 were charged with corruption and 59 with defeating the ends of justice. In reply to a parliamentary question, Cachalia said 115.566-million-rand was paid to 767 criminally charged officers. He also revealed that 629 SAPS members faced disciplinary proceedings, 36 were dismissed, 19 terminated their service before disciplinary proceedings began, and 60 were placed on precautionary suspension.

# The City of Tshwane says most of the water systems have improved, helping to stabilise supply to residents across several regions. This follows weeks of water restrictions across the metro, as most reservoirs fell to critically low levels due to high consumption. The Soshanguve L, Klapperkop, Refiloe, Mamelodi, Derdepoort and Montana reservoirs have recovered. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says residents are urged to continue using water sparingly to maintain reservoir levels and prevent further pressure on the water supply system.

# Israel’s newly elected parliament has been sworn in, but political negotiations to form a new government remain deadlocked. Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has until December 6 to secure enough support to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s bloc holds 53 seats in the 120-member parliament, while Eisenkot’s alliance has 48. Arab-led parties hold the remaining 19 seats, but Eisenkot has ruled out forming a coalition with them. Other options include an alliance with ultra-Orthodox parties or a unity government with Netanyahu, although both face major obstacles.

# Golf: Six-time major champion Rory McIlroy says he will have to be at his “absolute best” to tie Colin Montgomerie’s record of eight Race to Dubai titles. The Northern Irishman heads into the DP World Tour Championship, which gets underway today, second in the standings, trailing Spain’s Eugenio Chacarra by 533 points. McIlroy says he hopes his experience at the season-ending tournament, which he has won three times, will give him the edge:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-51-cents and the euro at 18-rand-44-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-4-cents, and Bitcoin trades at 73-thousand-530-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-44-dollars-23-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 94-dollars-94-cents a barrel.

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