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BULLETIN 11 November 9 am

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In this bulletin:

# Black Rock Mining wants 40-percent of the Please Call Me settlement
# The GOOD Party is disappointed with the postponement of the Khampepe Commission
# And rugby: Rassie says they’ve learnt to accept referees’ decisions

# British Virgin Islands company, Black Rock Mining, is demanding 40-percent of Vodacom’s multimillion-rand settlement with Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate. Last week, Vodacom and Makate signed a nondisclosure agreement, a settlement reportedly worth over 700-million-rand. The dispute centres on a memorandum signed between Makate and South African businessman Christiaan Schoeman, who represented Black Rock Mining. Under the agreement, the company was to cover all litigation costs in exchange for 40-percent of any eventual award. Makate’s lawyers say a funding contract between the two parties was rescinded long ago.

# The GOOD Party has expressed disappointment at the postponement of the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry. The commission has been tasked with investigating allegations of attempts to stop the investigation or prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases. Objections to evidence leader advocate Ishmael Semenya led the commission to postpone proceedings for a formal recusal application. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herrron, says the issue is that Semenya advised the National Prosecuting Authority on a 2005 prosecution policy:

# Western Cape Mobility MEC, Isaac Sileku, has welcomed the decision by National Transport minister Barbara Creecy to defer the national implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act to 1st July 2026. AARTO was due to commence on December 1st and aims to remove traffic offences from the courts and handle them administratively, coupled with the introduction of a demerit system. Sileku says this additional time will help ensure a more efficient and coordinated rollout nationwide:

# The US has partially suspended sanctions on Syria following interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to Washington on Monday. It was the first visit to the White House by a Syrian head of state since the country gained independence in 1946. The US has announced a 180-day suspension of some sanctions under the Caesar Act, which targets Syria’s energy industry and deters foreign investors from signing contracts relating to the country’s postwar reconstruction. US president Donald Trump called Al-Sharaa a very strong leader:

# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says they’ve learnt to accept referees’ decisions despite not always agreeing with them. He believes lock Lood de Jager’s straight red card at the end of the first half against France should’ve been a 20-minute red. Erasmus was forced to make difficult decisions during half-time, including taking captain Siya Kolisi off in his 100th Test, substituting him with lock Ruan Nortjé, and using André Esterhuizen as hybrid centre/flanker, but the Boks still went on to win 32-17.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-15-cents and the euro at 19-rand-82-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-58-cents and Bitcoin trades at 105-thousand-873-dollars. Gold sells at vier-thousand-144-dollars-10-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 63-dollars-76-cents a barrel.

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