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BULLETIN 15 April 6 pm

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In this bulletin:

# A murdered KZN pastor’s husband commits suicide in jail 
# AfriForum hands over a memorandum demanding the BELA Bill’s removal 
# And athletics: A young Luthianian breaks the discuss world record set long before he was born 

# Correctional Services has confirmed the death of a KwaZulu-Natal man accused of murdering his wife, Amanzimtoti pastor Liezel de Jager. Werner de Jager is suspected to have committed suicide in the Westville prison by taking a drug overdose, but the department just said he was taken to a Durban hospital following medical complications. They were informed of his death earlier today. Liezel de Jager was killed at the couple’s home in October 2021, and her husband was arrested and charged in November last year.

# AfriForum Youth has delivered a memorandum to the Presidency opposing the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The organisation condemns the bill, likening it to historical anglicisation policies post-Anglo-Boer War, which suppressed Afrikaans. Spokesperson Louis Boshoff argues the BELA Bill threatens Afrikaans instruction. Boshoff highlights clauses limiting school language policies and parental teaching rights, warning of cultural ethnic cleansing if passed:

# The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa has announced initiation schools will not operate before the elections on 29 May. CONTRALESA’s president, Kgoshi Lameck Mokoena, told the media initiates will have time to vote, as there are no special provisions for them. Mokoena also said law enforcement officials are on high alert to prevent any schools from operating prematurely. He urges parents to seek permits for initiation schools and avoid sending their children if no permits are provided:

# Donald Trump has arrived at the New York courthouse where he is set to become the first ex-president in US history to stand criminal trial, a seismic moment in the already explosive 2024 presidential campaign. Trump was driven by motorcade to the Manhattan courthouse from his Trump Tower apartment building shortly before the start of jury selection. The scandal-plagued 77-year-old is accused of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with adult film actress Stormy Daniels to shield his 2016 election campaign from a last-minute upheaval.

# Athletics: A young Lithuanian discuss thrower bettered a world record that was set years before he was born. Mykolas Alekna produced a throw of 74.35-metres at a meeting in Oklahoma in the United States. Jurgen Schult of Germany set the previous record of 74.08-metres in 1986. Alekna’s father, Virgilijus, is now third on the list of the best throws of all times with the 73.88-metres he produced in 2000. The 21-year-old athlete won silver in the item at the world championships, and bronze the next year.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 19-rand-3-cents and the euro at 20-rand-23-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-70-cents and Bitcoin trades at 64-thousand-979-dollars-17-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-345-dollars-91-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 89-dollars-82-cents a barrel.

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