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BULLETIN 10 September 9 am

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# The African Transformation Movement calls for justice for the listeriosis victims
# Minister Chikunga will attend the Limpopo pig farm murder case today
# And the removal of radioactive debris in Fukushima starts today

# The African Transformation Movement has expressed outrage at the ongoing lack of accountability and justice for the victims of the listeriosis outbreak. In 2018, Tiger Brands’ Enterprise Foods factory in Polokwane was identified as the source of a listeriosis outbreak that killed 218 people between 2017 and 2018. Six years later, the class action lawsuit launched on behalf of victims and their families has yet to go to trial. ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona, says they are calling on all parties to end the stalling tactics:

# Minister in the Presidency for Women Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, is set to attend the murder case of Limpopo pig farm murderers at the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court today. Two women were murdered while searching for expired food on a farm in Onverwacht, and their bodies were later fed to pigs. Farmer Zachariah Olivier and two of his employees are accused of the murders. The department’s spokesperson, Cassius Selala, says the minister will be joined by Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba:

# The Cape Independence Advocacy Group says the national government’s recent decision to slash the Western Cape’s education budget by 3.8-billion-rand over the next three years is concerning. The reduction of the budget has resulted in the provincial Education Department having to cut over two-thousand educator posts. The advocacy group’s Joan Swart says children’s education should not be held hostage to the failures of a central government that is out of touch:

# The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said it will start a trial removal of highly radioactive debris from today after an earlier attempt was suspended. Thirteen years after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Fukushima-Daiichi in one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents, around 880 tons of extremely hazardous material remain inside its reactors. Removing the debris is regarded as the most daunting challenge in the decades-long project to decommission the plant.

# The World Anti-Doping Agency has renewed its call for the US Anti-Doping Agency to better protect clean sport in America. Thirty-two national and regional anti-doping organisations from Europe, Asia, and Africa, raised concerns that the US is sending athletes to major events without being sufficiently tested in advance. According to Wada, 90-percent of all athletes in America compete outside the protection of the anti-doping code. Usada says Wada was trying to deflect from their failure to do their job as the global regulator.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-86-cents and the euro at 19-rand-72-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-36-cents and Bitcoin trades at 56-thousand-567-dollars-68-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-501-dollars-35-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 71-dollars-78-cents a barrel.

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