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BULLETIN 23 September 2 pm

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In this bulletin:

# AZAPO urges government to address the poor patient treatment in public hospitals
# The Motor Industry Staff Association urges employers to address bullying and harassment
# And Soccer: The extent of Rodri’s injury is unknown following a dramatic draw against Arsenal

# AZAPO has urged the government to address the poor treatment of patients in public hospitals after a mother found her disabled child in filthy conditions at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane. The party condemned the lack of respect from the staff. AZAPO spokesperson Jabu Rakwena called on Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi to urgently improve healthcare standards in public healthcare, as these issues threaten the credibility of the National Health Insurance initiative:  

# The Motor Industry Staff Association has called on employers to tackle workplace bullying and harassment. They warn that harsh treatment of employees can lead to potential reputational damage and financial loss.  The association’s spokesperson Sonja Carstens, urged employers to establish clear grievance procedures, speak out against unacceptable behaviour, and foster a respectful and safe working environment for all: 

# The City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate says it is on a mission to build stronger communities through its title deeds programme. Approximately 12-thousand title deeds need to be delivered to qualifying residents and the metro is making significant progress towards reaching this goal. Mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Carl Pophaim, says the programme has been the cornerstone of the metro’s work to empower communities, by promoting home ownership and sustainable development in communities.

# Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says the public must be calm after the military launched its most widespread wave of air strikes against Iran-backed Hezbollah. The attacks targeted Lebanon’s south, the eastern Bekaa valley and the northern region near Syria. According to Gallant they are deepening their attacks in Lebanon, and the actions will continue until they have achieved their goal to return the northern residents safely to their homes. The attacks came amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges in a year between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

# Soccer: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says it will take a few days to know the extent of the injury of midfielder Rodrigo Cascante, known as Rodri. The Spain international went off in the 21st minute of City’s two-all draw against Arsenal in the Premier League. Since signing Rodri in 2019, City has won 74-percent and lost eleven-percent of the games when he plays, compared to 64-percent wins and 24-percent losses when he misses out. Guardiola thinks the result may have been different had Rodri stayed on the pitch.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-37-cents and the euro at 19-rand-30-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-9-cents and Bitcoin trades at 63-thousand-511-dollars-28-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-622-dollars-44-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 74-dollars-59-cents a barrel.

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