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BULLETIN 11 November 3 pm

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In this bulletin:

# A warning about the lack of policy in municipal police departments
# TLU SA says farm attacks and crime are linked to a lack of political will
# And rugby: The Bok assistant coach expects a very dangerous Italian side on Friday

# Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Revo Spies has raised serious concerns about the absence of criminal vetting policy within municipal policing. He told the Madlanga commission there is no system to track officials who gain criminal records while in service. Spies warns that poor data integration between municipal and national police systems allows unfit officials to remain employed, even after convictions of serious crimes like murder:

# TLU SA says no reasonable person can support the recent firearm amendments. The organisation’s Bennie van Zyl says the problem lies not with lawful gun owners, but with the government’s failure to control illegal weapons, gangs, and organised crime. He says farm attacks, violent crime, and widespread fear are fueled by insufficient oversight and lack of political will, rather than an excess of legal firearms:

# Controversial tenderpreneur Cat Matlala and his wife Tsakani’s lawyer, Victor Nkhwashu, has withdrawn from their case. The couple and their two co-accused face charges linked to an alleged hit on his former partner, Tebogo Thobejane. The Matlalas now have new legal representation. The accused appeared briefly in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court again before the case was transferred to the High Court in Johannesburg. The case will resume on the 29th of January.

Moving abroad:

# An explosion has killed at least 12 people and injured several others outside a court building in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad. Police say the blast occurred near the entrance of the district court, which is typically crowded with a large number of people. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast came hours after Pakistani security forces said they thwarted an overnight attack by armed combatants to storm a cadet college in Wana near the border with Afghanistan.

# Rugby: Springbok assistant coach Tony Brown says they are not taking Italy lightly, as they are a dangerous side. Both teams are coming into Saturday’s clash in Turin with confidence, with South Africa beating France 32-17 and Italy seeing off Australia 26-19. Brown says the Italians pose a massive threat at the breakdown, and they are also very dangerous when they get space and opportunities:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-15-cents and the euro at 19-rand-85-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-54-cents and Bitcoin trades at 105-thousand-401-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-141-dollars-48-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 64-dollars-34-cents a barrel.

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