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BULLETIN 17 November 7 am

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In this bulletin:

# ActionSA says South Africa’s G20 presidency has been filled with empty rhetoric
# The Nkabinde enquiry into Chauke’s fitness as Director of Public Prosecutions will commence today
# And rugby: The Bok Women’s Sevens have successfully defended their Africa title

# ActionSA says the G20 presidency could have been South Africa’s moment of redemption, but instead, it’s become a symbol of how little has changed. The country is getting ready to host leaders at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this weekend. ActionSA says the country’s G20 presidency carried slogans of solidarity, equality, sustainability, yet society still bears the scars of inequality, unemployment, lack of opportunity, and growing disaffection. It adds that president Cyril Ramaphosa had the chance to lead a renewal, but failed.

# The Nkabinde Enquiry into the fitness of South Gauteng National Prosecuting Authority director, advocate Andrew Chauke, as Director of Public Prosecutions is set to commence in Pretoria today. In September this year, president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed retired Justice Baaitse Elizabeth Nkabine as chairperson of the inquiry. Spokesperson, Tiyisela Mpuzana, says the enquiry is scheduled to commence with the chief evidence leader delivering the opening address:

# Minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane, says it supports Women 20’s call to treat violence against women and girls as a public health emergency. She says violence against women and girls must be treated as a public health emergency. Simelane says the movement strongly urges the G20 leaders to act on areas such as investing in protection, care, support, and healing systems and services for women and child survivors of violence. The minister says a significant increase in funding for safe shelters is needed.

# SANCO in the Western Cape condemned the Western Cape premier Alan Winde for keeping the Western Cape Police Ombudsman’s report, warning of SAPS infiltration by criminal networks, hidden since November 2022. SANCO’s spokesperson, Buntu Gwija, says nearly thirty murders in 72 hours in Cape Town alone reflect a province where fear is a permanent fixture:

# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is cleaning up the country’s energy sector following a corruption scandal. An investigation revealed a scheme in which the counterparties of Energoatom, the country’s nuclear company, were forced to pay kickbacks to avoid having payments blocked or losing their supplier status. Zelensky has instructed his government to submit a bill to Parliament to amend the composition of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission. He has also called for the appointment of a new head of Ukrhydroenergo, a hydropower generating company.

# Rugby: The Springbok Women’s Sevens successfully defended their Africa Women’s Sevens title with a clinical performance in the final, where they beat hosts Kenya by 22-0 in the final in Nairobi. South Africa comprehensively beat Ghana 48-0 and Madagascar 29-0 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, to book their spot in the decider. Stand-in head coach, Cecil Afrika, says the focus will now shift to the Challenger 3 tournament in January in Dubai:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-7-cents and the euro at 19-rand-82-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-48-cents and Bitcoin trades at 95-thousand-50-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-101-dollars-42-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 63-dollars-54-cents a barrel.

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