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BULLETIN 13 June 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# Jabulani Khumalo approaches the High Court in another attempt to represent MK in Parliament
# The Correctional Services Workers Union criticises the department’s handling of abuse claims
# And golf: Tiger Woods is confident he can win the US Open

# The Western Cape High Court will today hear an urgent application from expelled MK Party founder Jabulani Khumalo, who wants to be reinstated on the party’s parliamentary list. The first sitting of the National Assembly is tomorrow. Yesterday, the Electoral Court dismissed his application to be reinstated as leader of the party. Parliament informed Khumalo he has been removed from the list of MK candidates to be sworn in based on communication from the party that he is no longer a member.

# The DA in eThekwini has welcomed the removal of mayor Mxolisi Kaunda, saying residents have suffered under his incompetence. The ANC has redeployed Kaunda to the National Council of Provinces. The DA’s Thabani Mthethwa says Kaunda has been in denial about the true state of the municipality, which suffers from debilitating water outages, electricity supply issues, failing infrastructure, and non-service delivery, while eThekwini drowns in debt:

# The South African Correctional Services Workers Union condemns the Department of Correctional Services for distancing itself from allegations of inmate abuse. The union criticises the department for neglecting its duty to uphold justice and human dignity, and calls for fair treatment and rehabilitation for detainees. Spokesperson Alude Jizana demands a thorough investigation into the claims and asks for proper disciplinary action against any officials found guilty:

# Argentinian president Javier Milei has thanked security forces for repressing what he described as terrorists attempting to carry out a coup. Riot police in the capital of Buenos Aires fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters outside Congress after lawmakers voted to approve the first set of harsh austerity measures. Fifteen people were arrested. Since coming into office in December, Milei cut the cabinet in half, slashed 50-thousand public jobs, suspended new public works contracts, and ripped away fuel and transport subsidies.

# Golf: Three-time champion Tiger Woods says he is confident he can win the US Open. The American returns to action for the first time since missing the cut at the PGA Championship last month. He has played a limited schedule due to injury in recent years. Woods believes he still has the game to contend for the majors, but says simply reaching the weekend and finishing all four rounds would be a big step in the right direction:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-37-cents and the euro at 19-rand-84-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-47-cents and Bitcoin trades at 67-thousand-476-dollars-78-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-314-dollars-3-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 82-dollars-19-cents a barrel.

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