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BULLETIN 10 November 8 am

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# Parliament’s ad hoc committee will consider its interim report today
# The Khampepe Commission of Inquiry will begin with its hearings today
# And IDAC does not want to speculate on the abduction of its head of investigations

# Parliament’s ad hoc committee will today consider its interim report on the work completed to date. The committee is investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, including alleged criminal infiltration and political interference in the criminal justice system. The committee has heard from nine witnesses so far, including Mkhwanazi, National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, Police minister Senzo Mchunu, and Investigating Directorate Against Corruption boss Andrea Johnson. The committee will deliberate on its proposed programme going forward.

# The Khampepe Commission of Inquiry is scheduled to commence its public hearings with opening statements by interested parties at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg today. The commission, which president Cyril Ramaphosa established, is tasked with determining whether attempts were made to prevent the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes. Foundation for Human Rights, Zaid Kimmie, says 25 families are seeking answers:

# The National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption says it won’t be drawn into speculation of what might have led to the kidnapping of its head of investigations and operations, Matthews Sesoko. He was kidnapped, beaten, and robbed of his electronic devices while driving home on Friday. Sesoko’s assailants abandoned him near Rabie Ridge east of Midrand on Saturday morning. Sesoko dealt with the investigation that led to the arrest of Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo and six other officials in June. IDAC says police are investigating the incident.

# The BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, and News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned, following concerns about impartiality, including how a speech by US president Donald Trump was edited in an episode of Panorama. The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo that suggested the Panorama programme had misleadingly edited a speech by Trump to make it appear that he had directly called for violence on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. Trump has welcomed the resignations, calling Davie and Turness “very dishonest people.”

# Motorsport: McLaren’s Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and extended his drivers’ championship lead over teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri to 24 points. Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli finished second, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who started from the pit lane, taking third. Mercedes’ George Russell finished fourth while Piastri could only claim fifth after serving a penalty for causing a collision. Norris described this as the perfect weekend, after also winning the sprint race on Saturday:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-28-cents and the euro at 19-rand-97-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-71-cents and Bitcoin trades at 105-thousand-962-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-46-dollars-15-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 63-dollars-95-cents a barrel.

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