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BULLETIN 18 December 6 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The PSA demands an urgent task team to reclaim hijacked buildings nationwide
# The Cape Independence Party calls for urgent action to tackle crime and the hijacking of buildings
# And, Limpopo traffic officials intercept an overloaded cross-border bus in Polokwane

# The Public Servants Association is calling on the government to urgently establish a special task team to tackle the growing problem of hijacked buildings. The union warns that these illegally occupied properties are putting public safety and national sovereignty at risk and have become centres for crime, including human trafficking, drug dealing and illegal immigration. The association’s Claude Naiker says recovered buildings should be renovated and made available for low-income workers.

Meanwhile the Cape Independence Party is also calling on government to come up with urgent solutions to address the increase in crime and the hijacking of buildings across the country. This follows the murder of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock in Johannesburg’s CBD on Tuesday. CapeXIT’s Nicci Van Zyl says the environment in Johannesburg and Cape Town specifically is ripe for violence, drug trafficking, and exploitation:

# Limpopo traffic officials have immobilised an overloaded cross-border bus on the N1 bypass in Polokwane. Transport and Community Safety Department spokesperson, Matome Taueatsoala, says the 65-seater was carrying over 100 people from Gauteng to Malawi. He confirmed the driver was arrested and the bus impounded at the provincial traffic control centre:

# President Donald Trump says the US is poised for an economic boom, the likes of which the world has never seen. Economic data from September shows the US inflation rate hit three-percent for the first time since January, while consumer confidence fell to its lowest level since April. In an address at the Oval Office, Trump says America is the envy of the world:

# Soccer: Nigeria had submitted a petition to FIFA alleging the Democratic Republic of Congo fielded ineligible players in last month’s African qualification play-off for next year’s World Cup. DRC won on penalties to keep alive its hopes of appearing at the tournament in North America. The Nigerian governing body claims several dual-nationality players had been cleared to play for the DRC without meeting the required criteria. It contends although they have been cleared by FIFA, the DRC’s rules say one cannot have dual nationality.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-76-cents and the euro at 19-rand-69-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-52-cents and Bitcoin trades at 88-thousand-300-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-336-dollars-19-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 59-dollars-70-cents a barrel.

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