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BULLETIN 7 January 6 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The ANC deputy president’s Khayelitsha visit turns into a political disaster
# The Hawks are probing the murder of two Free State police officers
# And Tennis: The Tunisian Ons Jabeur steps up her comeback after a shoulder injury

# ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile’s door-to-door campaign in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape ahead of the party’s January 8 rally, ended in chaos when a resident angrily demanded that the delegation leave his mother’s home. The confrontation escalated after Mashatile’s security blocked the man from entering the house. The man, carrying a child, shouted and insisted the politicians leave. Mashatile later apologised to the family, blaming the incident on security protocols:

# The Free State police says the Hawks are investigating the murder of two police officials, who were killed in Namahadi at the weekend. Constables Sipho Mohapi and Gedione Motloung were shot dead while responding to a house robbery complaint. Police spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, says both officers served with unwavering dedication and selflessness, upholding the values of the police service and protecting the communities they served:

# The GOOD Party has called on Cape Town to engage experts after a citizen-led investigation revealed alarming sewage pollution at Camps Bay and Clifton beaches late last year. The Project Blue report highlighted dangerous Enterococci levels and lack of health warnings. GOOD’s Suzette Little demands transparent, expert-reviewed testing protocols, real-time public updates, and stricter sewage monitoring to protect public health and uphold environmental standards:

# Chinese Foreign minister, Wang Yi, has announced multibillion-dollar investments in nuclear power, minerals processing, and housing for Namibia’s police force. Notably, China’s 94-billion-rand investment in Swakop Uranium is Africa’s largest Chinese investment. Speaking during his visit to Namibia, Wang emphasised China’s commitment to helping Namibia leverage its resource wealth for development. Namibia also seeks China’s support in green energy, including solar, wind, and nuclear power, while China contributes to housing and drought relief projects.

# Tennis: Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur stepped up her comeback ahead of the Australian Open by beating fourth seed Danielle Collins 7-6, 6-2 at the Adelaide International. The 40th-ranked Tunisian wildcard, who last week reached the Brisbane quarter-finals, had a shoulder injury last year that kept her off court after August. Collins, the 2022 Australian Open runner-up who cancelled a retirement scheduled for the end of 2024, was playing her first WTA match since September. Jabeur faces Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the last 16.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-57-cents and the euro at 19-rand-33-cents. One British pound costs 29-rand-33-cents and Bitcoin trades at 100-thousand-731-dollars. Gold sells at two-thousand-659-dollars-34-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 76-dollars-54-cents a barrel.

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