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BULLETIN 11 May 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# ActionSA welcomes the arrest and imminent deportation of Timothy Omotoso
# The police launch a manhunt after illegal elephant hunting and vulture poisoning in the Kruger National Park
# And Athletics: Akani Simbine anchors South Africa to the fastest 4x100m time of 2025

# ActionSA president Herman Mashaba has welcomed the arrest of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso in East London, Eastern Cape yesterday. He says ActionSA is especially pleased to learn that he will finally be deported from South Africa to Nigeria as he is no longer welcome in a country whose laws he has trampled and whose people he has treated with contempt:

# Limpopo police have launched an intensive manhunt for suspects responsible for the illegal hunting of an elephant and subsequent poisoning that resulted in the death of numerous protected vultures in the Kruger National Park. Police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba says poachers used a cable snare to trap the elephant and then laced the carcass with poison, which killed more than a 100 vultures who fed on the contaminated carcass:

# The GOOD Party has submitted formal questions to Cape Town mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, in terms of rule 22 of the rules of order, requiring Hill-Lewis to account to Council. GOOD is seeking urgent answers about political patronage and the appointment of former opposition councillors in his office. The party’s spokesperson, Samantha Jackson says they are demanding full transparency on whether due process was followed, and whether these appointments comply with the city’s governance and HR frameworks:

# In a rare televised late-night address from the Kremlin on Saturday, Russian president Vladimir Putin called for direct talks with Ukraine, to remove the root causes of the conflict and start moving towards a lasting, strong peace. It came hours after European leaders visited Ukraine and urged Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. Leaders of France, Germany, the UK and Poland were hosted by Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky and in a joint news conference warned that new and massive sanctions would be imposed on Russia should Putin not agree to the ceasefire.

# And finally, Athletics: South Africa relay teams had a field day at the World Relay Championships in Guangzhou, China, with four South African teams qualifying for the finals today. A faultless display of running and baton changeovers saw the 4-by-100-metre sprinters Bayanda Walaza, Sinesipho Dambile, Bradley Nkoana and Akani Simbine clock a world leading 37.84 seconds and head to the final as the fastest qualifiers. The men’s 4-by-400-metre squad are also favourites after putting up the fastest time of the year. The women and the mixed 4-by-400-metre teams also qualified.

Stay tuned for more news………….