News 12:00

BULLETIN 16 May 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Police make a breakthrough in the murder of a five-year-old Soshanguve boy 
# Six suspects are shot and killed in KwaZulu-Natal
# And golf: Tiger Woods is given time to decide on being the USA’s Ryder Cup captain

# Gauteng police have arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane Junior in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, last week. The boy was killed by hijackers who were targeting his father’s vehicle. Ditebogo’s memorial service was held at the Free Reformed Church yesterday and his funeral is tomorrow. Gauteng police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, says more arrests are expected:

# Six cash-in-transit suspects have been shot and killed in two separate incidents in KwaZulu-Natal in the early hours of this morning. Four suspects were killed in a shootout with police in Camperdown near Pietermaritzburg. The other two were killed in Klaarwater. Police spokesperson, Jay Naicker, says three firearms were recovered on the scene in Camperdown:

# The George Municipality in the Western Cape says the overwhelming support received through food donations following last week’s building collapse has been amazing. The death toll from the collapse currently stands at 33, with 19 people still unaccounted for. The municipality’s spokesperson, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe, says several organisations including Gift of the Givers, Lions Club, Food Socks and the local Ghanian Community Association, have provided food hampers and other items to the affected families and the rescue workers:

# Golf: PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh says Tiger Woods will be given plenty of time to decide whether he can captain the USA at next year’s Ryder Cup in New York. The 15-time major winner has said his part in negotiating a peace deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, could rule him out. The US were comprehensively beaten by Europe in Rome last year. Waugh says Woods does not do anything that he is not fully committed to.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-22-cents and the euro at 19-rand-81-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-10-cents and Bitcoin trades at 66-thousand-339-dollars-78-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-338-dollars-12-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 83-dollars-1-cent a barrel.

# And finally: Disney’s The Magic Box is coming to South Africa later this year. The musical combines puppetry, elaborate costumes, and projections in an innovative and large-scale staging. The production, featuring an all-South African cast and crew, includes excerpts from more than 75 songs from Disney films. It opens at the Artscape in Cape Town on the ninth of October before moving to Montecasino’s Teatro in Johannesburg on the 22nd of November. Tickets go on sale next week Wednesday.

Stay tuned for more news………….