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BULLETIN 18 November 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The Border Management Authority intercepts a most-wanted Interpol suspect
# Cape Town offers support to Gauteng municipalities facing water shortages
# And rugby: Wales’ coach Warren Gatland is considering his future following a record defeat to Australia

# Border Management Authority officials successfully intercepted a German national at the OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng, who has been on Interpol’s most wanted list. The man had evaded arrest for drug trafficking for the past eight years. The authority’s Mmemme Mogotsi says the suspect was also found to have an international warrant of arrest. She says he had been living in Malawi under a new identity and in possession of a Malawian temporary residence:

# The City of Cape Town has offered support to Gauteng municipalities facing water shortages. Municipalities are being urged to implement level two water restrictions to reduce water supply by 30-percent. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, told eNCA their officials are offering support and expertise to ailing Gauteng municipalities:

# According to new research, tropical wetlands are releasing unprecedented levels of methane, threatening global efforts to combat climate change. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat over 20 years. Studies attribute the surge to tropical regions, with the Congo, Southeast Asia, the Amazon, and southern Brazil as major contributors. Despite global pledges to cut methane by 30-percent from 2020 levels by 2030, emissions from fossil fuels remain high.

# Rugby: Wales’ coach, Warren Gatland, says he will now consider his future after his side tumbled to a record eleventh consecutive Test defeat. Australia demolished Wales 52-20 in Cardiff yesterday. Gatland met with Welsh Rugby Union chairperson Richard Collier-Keywood and executive director of rugby Nigel Walker after the game. Wales takes on world champions South Africa on Saturday. Gatland says this is the most challenging time he has faced as a coach:

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-11-cents and the euro at 19-rand-12-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-88-cents and Bitcoin trades at 91-thousand-907-dollars. Gold sells at two-thousand-586-dollars-4-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 71-dollars-24-cents a barrel.

# And finally: Between November last year and June this year, foreign film production investments in South Africa totalled 2.52-billion-rand, with projections exceeding five-billion-rand by October next year. International production crews booked over 59-thousand hotel bed nights between November last year and August this year, injecting nearly 148-million-rand into the country’s hospitality industry. Over the past eight months, the film industry has created 26-thousand-573 jobs. International Tourism Film Festival Africa founder, James Byrne, says the country’s film industry will continue to catalyse economic expansion and international tourism.

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