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BULLETIN 30 May 6 am

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# Minister Ntshavheni says security will be beefed up during Trump’s visit
# Paul Mashatile vows to restore public trust in him
# And a Mauritanian is elected as the new president of the African Development Bank

# The minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says security will be intensified when US president Donald Trump visits South Africa for the G20 leaders’ summit in November at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg. She says this level of protection is standard for any other global leader attending the summit. Ntshavheni dismissed claims that Trump’s presence signals a shift in South Africa’s foreign policy, citing that the US remains a key strategic and trading partner:

# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says he has nothing to hide and has subjected himself to all relevant oversight institutions amid ongoing allegations against him. In his oral reply to questions in the National Council of Provinces, Mashatile confirmed that he had declared all his interests to Parliament and the ANC’s integrity commission:

# Justice minister Mmamoloko Kubayi welcomes the life sentences handed down to Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn for the kidnapping and trafficking of Smith’s daughter Joshlin Smith last year. The High Court in the Western Cape found the three showed no remorse for selling Joshlin for 20-thousand-rand. The spokesperson for the Ministry, Terrence Manase, says the ruling, delivered during National Child Protection Week, sends a strong message that crimes against children will not go unpunished:

# A staff member from Laerskool Dalmondeor in the south of Johannesburg has been arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a Grade 2 girl learner. Gauteng Education Department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the learner’s mother alleges that her child was sexually assaulted by the general assistant last Wednesday in one of the school’s cloakrooms. He says the mother reportedly opened a case at the Mondeor Police Station the same day:

# Mauritania’s former economy minister, Sidi Ould Tah, was elected the new president of the African Development Bank and will tackle the withdrawal of US financing from the institution. The winner had to secure both a majority of votes from all 81 member countries and a majority of votes from the 54 African nations that are part of the bank. In his pitch for the leadership, he vowed to strengthen regional financial institutions, assert Africa’s financial independence on global markets, use population growth as a development lever, and build climate change-resistant infrastructure.

# Tennis: World number seven, Casper Ruud of Norway, describes the world rankings as a rat race, leading to players feeling compelled to compete in the mandatory events even in the case of injuries. The 26-year-old, who reached the final of the French Open twice, was ousted by unseeded Portuguese player Nuno Borges in the second round at Roland Garros. Ruud says knee pain restricted his movement. He points out players’ year-end bonuses are cut by 25-percent if they miss mandatory tournaments.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-79-cents and the euro at 20-rand-23-cents. One British pound costs 24-rand-1-cents and Bitcoin trades at 105-thousand-971-dollar-80-cents. Gold sells at three-thousand-315-dollars-62-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 64-dollars-2-cents a barrel.

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