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BULLETIN 8 November 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# Malema claims Mpofu wanted to dissolve the EFF and unite behind Zuma
# Save SA urges Ramaphosa to declare a state of emergency on crime
# And rugby: A full weekend of Test action awaits fans

# EFF leader Julius Malema claims that while former president Jacob Zuma was looking at establishing a political party, Dali Mpofu proposed dissolving the EFF and uniting behind Zuma. Yesterday, Mpofu became the latest senior member of the red berets to leave the party and join Zuma’s MK Party. Mpofu, who served as the EFF’s national chairperson, confirmed that he helped establish MK a year ago. During a podcast, Malema said Mpofu made this proposal at a meeting last year:

# The Save South Africa Civic Movement has called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a state of emergency, citing concerns over rising crime, including murder and extortion. The organisation’s spokesperson, Tebogo Mashilompane, also called for urgent action on alleged food poisonings affecting learners. He has proposed stricter regulations on spaza shops and food inspections to protect public safety, especially for children:

# The City of Johannesburg has condemned Eskom’s intentions to interrupt its electricity supply, describing this move as unjust and counterproductive. The power utility has threatened to start interrupting power to the metro and City Power, due to its 4.9-billion-rand debt. This excludes the current account of a further 1.4-billion-rand which is due at the end of this month. The metro’s spokesperson, Nthatisi Modingoane, says Eskom’s approach of pay now and resolve disputes later cannot go unchallenged:

# The Israeli military called for the evacuation of several areas in northern Gaza, again warning that Palestinian militants were launching rockets from there. The latest call follows a series of evacuation orders for large swathes of the Gaza Strip’s north, where Israeli forces have intensified their operations since early October. Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told reporters they are isolating Gazan civilians away from Hamas fighters so they can get to the Hamas members still in that area.

# Rugby: A full weekend of Test action awaits fans. Ireland will host New Zealand in Dublin tonight in the first meeting between the two teams since the All Blacks defeated the Irish in last year’s World Cup quarterfinal. Tomorrow, England and Australia will face off at Twickenham, followed by the encounter between Italy and Argentina in Udine. Then France will welcome Japan to Paris. On Sunday, Wales will play Fiji in Cardiff before the weekend culminates in the clash between the Springboks and Scotland at Murrayfield.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-37-cents and the euro at 18-rand-72-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-53-cents and Bitcoin trades at 75-thousand-896-dollars. Gold sells at two-thousand-687-dollars-65-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 75-dollars-5-cents a barrel.

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