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BULLETIN 9 June 4 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Minister McKenzie accelerates ancestral and exile repatriations
# US immigration protests spill over to San Francisco
# And soccer: Sundowns jet off to the US for the Club World Cup

# Sports, Arts and Culture minister Gayton McKenzie says repatriating the remains of anti-apartheid heroes and indigenous Khoi and San ancestors is key to correcting historical injustices. McKenzie mentioned the reburial of the remains of 58 Khoi and San people, as talks continue with the University of Glasgow to return more Khoi and San remains from Scotland. He has called on the public to assist with information to identify those who died in exile:

# The DA in Gauteng says learners are being denied the opportunity to learn Coding and Robotics, Computer Applications Technology and Information Technology due to a massive shortage of teachers. The DA’s Michael Waters says according to Education MEC Matome Chiloane, there is a shortage of 300 Coding and Robotics teachers, 36 teachers for Information Technology and 35 for Computer Applications Technology:

# About 60 people were arrested in San Francisco after demonstrators gathered in the northern Californian city to protest against US president Donald Trump’s immigration raids. Police declared an unlawful assembly before the arrests were made. The protest comes in the wake of demonstrations triggered in downtown Los Angeles by immigration raids, that have resulted in dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members.

# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns had departed to the US ahead of the Club World Cup, starting on the 15th of this month. The Brazillians face Dortmund, Fluminense, and Ulsan in Group F, kicking off against Ulsan on the 18th. Despite losing the CAF Champions League final to Pyramids, senior coach Steve Komphela says the team is refreshed after a short break and excited for the challenge ahead:

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-73-cents and the euro at 20-rand-23-cents. One British pound costs 24-rand-2-cents and Bitcoin trades at 107-thousand-654-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-315-dollars-44-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 66-dollars-59-cents a barrel.

# And finally: UK research shows the ocean is darkening due to climate change, which is now threatening marine ecosystems. Less sunlight is now reaching the photic zone, affecting seaweed and phytoplankton, which are vital for marine life and carbon absorption. Pollution and altered ocean currents are among the key causes. Experts say with over 20-percent of oceans affected, species are now competing for survival. According to scientists, the shift also limits the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

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