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BULLETIN 20 October 1 pm

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In this bulletin:

# RISE Mzansi will raise mass shootings with the GNU clearing House
# SADTU extends its best wishes to the 2024 matrics
# And, soccer: Manchester United hit back against Brentford, while Arsenal suffers a shock defeat

# RISE Mzansi president Songezo Zibi says it will raise the escalating series of mass shootings in the country with deputy president Paul Mashatile and representatives of political parties at the government of national unity’s clearing House meeting scheduled for Thursday. Two unknown men shot and killed five family members and left two other injured in Bityi, Eastern Cape on Friday night. Zibi says the current emergency demands that government table a plan to keep South Africans safe:

# Sadtu extends its best wishes to the 2024 matric class as they prepare to sit for their final examinations starting tomorrow. This year, 732-thousand-448 full-time and 136-thousand-195 part-time candidates are registered to write their final exams. Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi says they are concerned that out of the 1.1-million learners who began Grade 10 two years ago, only 827-thousand will be writing these exams, with close to 200-thousand learners from that cohort not taking part:

# Police at the OR Tambo International Airport intercepted pieces of ten kilogramme of rhino horn at the cargo shipment warehouse area. Spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says the police were busy with routine operations when they discovered a suspicious artistic sculpture. She says they scanned it, and after further inspection and grinding of the sculpture, discovered four pieces of rhino horn. Mathe says no arrests have been made and investigations are underway on the origins of the rhino horn. They are also verifying the destined address in China as stipulated on the shipping label.

# Soccer: Manchester United came back from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 on Saturday for their first win after losing their five previous games. The victory eased the pressure on manager Erik ten Hag who has been under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks after United won just three of their first 10 games of the campaign in all competitions. Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted that his team’s shock 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth was an accident waiting to happen. Arsenal’s loss has cost them the chance to go above Liverpool at the top of the table.

# And, paragliders in Egypt this week were treated to the unexpected sight of a stray hound at the summit of one of the Great Pyramids. The dog was recorded at the top of Khafre, the second tallest pyramid, which is off-limits to humans. It was seemingly chasing some birds at the summit of the 136-metre-high structure. Another video the next day showed what appeared to be the same dog safely making its way down the pyramid. The videos quickly went viral on social media, with the first one getting millions of views on Instagram overnight.

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