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BULLETIN 3 December 1 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The ANCYL in Gauteng demands immediate action against an academy CEO over a student fee crisis
# Lanseria airport unveils a tap and fly boarding system to boost efficiency
# And cricket: Boland and Starc destroy India’s batting line-up to be in the commanding position in the fifth Test

# The ANC Youth League in Gauteng has called for the immediate removal of the CEO at the Gauteng City Region Academy. As a result of gross incompetence and negligence at the Academy, top performing students are unable to pay their tuition fees or register for study this year. The provincial spokesperson, Kgotso Pooe, says the Youth League demands action against the institution’s CEO:

# Lanseria International Airport has introduced a Tap and Fly automated boarding gate system to streamline the process. Developed in partnership with FlySafair and Turkish company TAV Technologies, the system is part of the airport’s strategy to accommodate more flights and passengers from African destinations in 2025. CEO Rampa Rammopo wants the airport to become a key player in the growing African travel market:

# Syria’s new leaders announced education curriculum changes, that activists denounced as “extremist” and potentially harmful to religious minorities. The amendments were announced a little under a month since forces led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The changes include scrapping poetry relating to women and love and interpreting a Quranic verse about those who had angered God and strayed as referring to “Jews and Christians”. The national anthem has also been removed from textbooks, with the ministry describing it as the Assad regime’s anthem.

# Cricket: Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc sliced through an Indian batting line-up missing Rohit Sharma to put Australia in a commanding position after day one of the fifth and final Test. The visitors were all out for 185 after Jasprit Bumrah, captaining the side, sent his team in at a sold-out Sydney Cricket Ground. Boland was the chief destroyer with 4 for 31 while Starc took 3 for 49. In reply, Australia lost Usman Khawaja for two on the last ball before stumps with Bumrah doing the damage, leaving them at 9 for 1.

# Financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-75-cents and the euro at 19-rand-31-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-27-cents and Bitcoin trades at 96-thousand-363-dollars. Gold sells at two-thousand-655-dollars-27-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 75-dollars-52-cents a barrel.

# And finally: Italy’s financial and fashion capital, Milan has banned smoking in all public spaces, including streets. Anyone who lights up outside since the beginning of the year faces fines of up to four-thousand-600-rand. The country’s Health Department says the move marks the toughest smoking ban in Italy, where nearly a quarter of the population smokes. The only exception is when people are in isolated places at least ten metres from other people. The ban does not include vapes or electronic cigarettes.

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