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BULLETIN 20 September 3 pm

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In this bulletin:

# An accused in the billion-rand Cape Town tender fraud case is shot dead
# Cabinet warns of potential bankruptcy for water boards due to unpaid debts
# And soccer: The Sundowns coach wants the local transfer figures to be made public

# The fourth accused in a one-billion-rand housing tender fraud case involving former Cape Town mayoral committee member for Housing, Malusi Booi, was shot dead in Beacon Valley, Mitchells Plain last night. Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie told Newzroom Afrika that, Abdul Kader Davids, had been released on 250-thousand-rand bail on Tuesday. He says that no suspects have been arrested:

# Cabinet has warned that several water boards including the Vaal Central Water and Magalies Water boards face potential bankruptcy due to large unpaid debt from municipalities. The financial strain on water boards could threaten service delivery and infrastructure maintenance. Briefing the media, minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the Cabinet urged municipalities to settle their outstanding payments promptly to avoid further risks to water services and ensure the sustainability of water infrastructure: 

# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to promulgate the National Health Insurance Act into force for the implementation of the NHI. The union’s spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi  says Nehawu is calling on Ramaphosa not to be swayed by unprincipled interventions of Business Unity South Africa, who are fundamentally opposed to the NHI:

# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi want local transfer figures made public. This follows the recent revelation that Sundowns’ Brazilian import Arthur Sales was bought for a record breaking 62-million rand. The matter has always been shrouded in secrecy, but Mngqithi now says revealing transfer figures may help expose clubs that underpay professional players. Sundowns take on Mbabane Swallows at Lucas Moripe Stadium tomorrow in the second leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary round tie.

# Financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-57-cents and the euro at 19-rand-59-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-33-cents and Bitcoin trades at 63-thousand-579-dollars-97-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-612-dollars-11-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 74-dollars-44-cents a barrel.

# And finally: A teenage girl took an empty New York City subway train on a joyride along with a male companion before crashing it and fleeing. Surveillance photos released by the police show one person dressed all in pink, including a pink shower cap, and another in a blue tank top. They boarded an unoccupied train parked at a station in Queens just after midnight on 12 September and somehow got it running. They then crashed it into another parked train and ran. It is unclear how much damage the prank caused.

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