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BULLETIN 13 November 1 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Forum4SA calls on Ramaphosa to appear before the Madlanga Commission
# Minister Lamola leads the South African delegation at the AU meeting on financing
# And tennis: Zverev and Alcaraz lead the groups in the ATP Finals in Turin

# Forum for South Africa wants president Cyril Ramaphosa to appear before the Madlanga Commission to account for intelligence briefings he allegedly received about criminal networks and the infiltration of the criminal justice system. Acting coordinator of the National Intelligence coordinating committee, Ntandazo Sifolo, raised questions about what Ramaphosa knew, when he was informed and what was done. Forum4SA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says he was allegedly informed before KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s public briefing:

# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola is leading South Africa’s delegation to the 27th Extraordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council on the Financing of the Union in Ghana today. The meeting brings together African ministers responsible for Foreign Affairs and Finance to consider the report of the high representative on Financing the Union and the Peace Fund. The department’s spokesperson, Phindile Kunene, says the meeting comes amid growing concerns among AU member states over the bloc’s dependence on external funding:

# Nvidia founder and former CEO Jensen Huang has been summoned to testify before the US Congress. He resigned from the tech company yesterday following revelations of alleged extramarital affairs, including with a suspected Chinese spy. Huang will have to appear before the committees on Intelligence and Foreign Affairs and the select committee on China. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who is under scrutiny over exports of sensitive Nvidia artificial intelligence chips to China, has also been summoned to appear before the Senate’s Banking committee.

# Tennis: World number one Alexander Zverev of Germany will face American Ben Shelton, Frenchman Arthur Fils and Spaniard Rafael Jodar in the round-robin phase of the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. They are in the John McEnroe group. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain leads the Ivan Lendl Group, also consisting of Russian Daniil Medvedev, American Frances Tiafoe and local player Flavio Cobolli. The tournament starts on Sunday.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-82-cents and the euro at 18-rand-61-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-27-cents and Bitcoin trades at 68-thousand-767-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-897-dollars-38-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 98-dollars-32-sents a barrel.

# And finally: Cape Town is gearing up for its 57th festive lights switch-on under the theme, Beacon of Hope. The free concert will include performances from award-winning duo Jazzwrld and Thukuthela, Liquideep, Nasty C and acclaimed Afrikaans singer Monique Steyn at the Grand Parade on the 29th. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the newly installed displays along Adderley Street were tested this week, offering a glimpse of the colour, creativity and entertainment residents and visitors can look forward to:

Stay tuned for more news………….