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BULLETIN 22 November 1 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Cape Town offers a reward of 100-thousand-rand after the killing of a teenager in Elsies River
# The Hungarian prime minister says he will invite Netanyahu to his country and defy the ICC’s arrest warrant
# And golf: The Australian PGA Championship is reduced to 54 holes due to rain

# The City of Cape Town is offering a reward of up to 100-thousand-rand for any information that will lead to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the murder of a 14-year-old boy in Elsies River. Grantham van Reenen was fatally wounded when suspected gang members opened fire while he and his two friends were walking to school earlier this week. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says Grantham was not involved with gangs:

# Vodacom’s legal representative, Wim Trengove, has told the Constitutional Court that only the company’s CEO, Shameel Joosub, can determine fair compensation for Please Call Me creator Nkosana Makate. This follows the Supreme Court of Appeal’s order for Vodacom to pay Makate five to 7.5-percent of revenue from the service since 2001, with estimates ranging from nine- to 63-billion-rand. Vodacom’s appeal cites procedural flaws and the potential financial impact on its operations and stakeholders.

# The GOOD Party has welcomed the arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas commander Mohammed Deif. The International Criminal Court issued the arrest warrants, saying it has reasonable grounds to believe the three men bore criminal responsibility for crimes during the war between Israel and Hamas. GOOD’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, says these warrants challenge impunity and highlight the role of arms suppliers like the US and Germany:

But Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, whose country holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, says he would invite Netanyahu to visit and defy the arrest warrant. Orban calls the ICC’s decision outrageously brazen and cynical. He says it intervenes in an ongoing conflict, dressed up as a legal decision, but in fact for political purposes.

# Golf: The Australian PGA Championship has been shortened to 54 holes after heavy rain caused the abandonment of the second round at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane. Local player Elvis Smylie holds the lead after an opening-round 65. Victor Perez of France and Switzerland’s Joel Girrbach are one shot behind in a tie for second, and South African Aldrich Potgieter is part of a large group that is two shots off the lead. Tournament director José Maria Zamora says the event will be concluded on Sunday.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-10-cents and the euro at 18-rand-78-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-66-cents and Bitcoin trades at 98-thousand-724-dollars. Gold sells at two-thousand-694-dollars-98-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 73-dollars-75-cents a barrel.

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