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BULLETIN 4 November 4 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Two men are questioned in connection with alleged underworld figure Mark Lifman’s murder
# A Pretoria High School for Girls’ investigation reveals administrative misconduct and the misuse of resources
# And cricket: Questions are asked about Kohli and Sharma as India licks its wounds after a 3-0 home defeat to New Zealand

# Two men have been taken in for questioning after the murder of alleged underworld figure Mark Lifman, who was shot in the parking lot of the Garden Route Mall in George yesterday. According to News24, the Farm Watch security group reported that their cameras helped track the gunmen’s suspected getaway vehicle, leading to the arrests. Lifman was due to appear in the High Court in Cape Town again today where he and others are on trial for the murder of alleged steroid king Brian Wainstein.

# An investigation into Pretoria High School for Girls has uncovered administrative misconduct and misuse of school resources. The Gauteng Education Department, aided by Mdladlamba Attorneys, conducted the probe following complaints about racial discrimination, unfair hiring practices, and the handling of complaints by the principal, Phillipa Erasmus. The law firm’s Mthuthuzeli Mdladlamba told the media an estate facilities manager mismanaged responsibilities and utilised school resources for personal gain: 

# AfriForum will lead a protest march in Pretoria tomorrow against the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act. AfriForum’s Alana Bailey describes the act’s language and admissions policies as the biggest challenge for Afrikaans cultural communities since 1994. Bailey says the protest is pushing against an alleged existential threat to Afrikaans schools and cultural preservation. She says Afrikaans schools play a pivotal role:

# The South African Local Government Association says South African municipalities are losing more than 8.6-billion-rand annually due to fraudulent prepaid electricity meters. Salga identified eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Johannesburg as the top cities affected by non-vending meters, indicating unpaid usage. The Token Identifier project has inadvertently highlighted meter fraud, which municipalities hope to curb by updating all meters by the November deadline.

# Cricket: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma came under fire as India chewed over a 3-0 Test series home defeat to New Zealand, with critics calling the team ageing and low on confidence. The cricket superpower went down by 25 runs in the third Test in Mumbai yesterday for only their second series whitewash at home. It sealed New Zealand’s historic first-ever Test series triumph on Indian soil. For India there is little time to fix things as they travel to Australia for a five-match Test series starting on 22 November.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-54-cents and the euro at 19-rand-13-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-74-cents and Bitcoin trades at 68-thousand-749-dollars-84-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-740-dollars-71-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 75-dollars-21-cents a barrel.

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