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BULLETIN 8 September 7 am

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In this bulletin:

# Cachalia says fallen police officers are symbols of sacrifice and devotion to duty
# Eight Gauteng departments and 14 entities received clean audits in the 2024/2025 financial year
# And, Zelensky condemns Russia’s air strike on a main government building in Kyiv

# Acting minister of Police, professor Firoz Cachalia, says the loss of a police officer should be considered a crime against the state. Twenty-seven police officers lost their lives in the line of duty during the 2024/2025 financial year. He spoke at the annual South African Police Service Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Sunday. Cachalia says the officers who die in the line of duty are a powerful reminder of courage, sacrifice, and service to the nation:

Meanwhile, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says it demands that the government must come up with urgent practical steps to reduce police killings and injuries, whether on or off duty. POPCRU’s spokesperson Richard Mamabolo says they are demanding a catalyst transformation of policing conditions in South Africa:

# Gauteng MEC for Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile says eight departments in the province achieved clean audits in the 2024/2025 financial year. These include the Office of the Premier, Treasury, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Fourteen out of 19 provincial entities, among them the Gautrain, Gauteng Film Commission, and the Liquor Board, also received clean audit opinions. Maile says persistent failures in consequence management and compliance continue to undermine progress:

# Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has condemned Russia’s air strike on a government building in Kyiv at the weekend. In its largest aerial assault of the war, Moscow deployed over 800 drones, striking the main government building for the first time. At least four people were killed in strikes across Ukraine, including a baby and a young woman. Zelensky says this attack, at a time when real diplomacy could have started a long time ago, is a deliberate crime and an attempt to prolong the war.

# Rugby: France ran in nine tries on their way to a bonus-point 57-10 victory over South Africa in Northampton to finish top of Pool D in the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Emilie Boulard and Joanna Grisez were impressive for Les Bleues, scoring two tries each. Scrumhalf Nadine Roos scored the only try for the Springbok Women in the final play of the game. This result means France will face Ireland in the quarterfinals, while South Africa will face reigning champions New Zealand.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-59-cents and the euro at 20-rand-60-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-75-cents and Bitcoin trades at 110-thousand-889-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-588-dollars-24-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 66-dollars-12-cents a barrel.

#  And finally, Fine Wine Fellow has announced the acquisition of Norman Goodfellows, one of South Africa’s most respected food and beverage distributors and retailers of fine wines and spirits. NGF CEO Jason McEvoy says Norman Goodfellows traces its roots back to 1976, when Norman Kramer opened one of South Africa’s first specialist liquor stores. He says their customers and partners will benefit greatly from this new chapter:

Stay tuned for more news………….