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BULLETIN 25 November 7 am

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In this bulletin:

# High demand for electricity is a contributing factor to stage 6 load-shedding
# Oscar Pistorius’ parole decision makes news headlines worldwide
# And, Israelis and Palestinians released during temporary ceasefire in Gaza

# Eskom’s head of Generation, Bheki Nxumalo, says the high demand for electricity contributed to load-shedding being escalated to stage 6 from yesterday until Monday morning at 5. He addressed the media on the state of the national power grid. Nxumalo reiterates the stance of Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa that the escalation of load-shedding is also attributed to the failure of some generational units and the imperative to replenish essential resources:

# The news that Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole early in January made news headlines worldwide. A parole board granted his application yesterday after he served more than half his sentence for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home in 2013. Publications such as BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, Fox News, Al Jazeera, and ABC News all carried reports, accounting how the hero of the 2012 Paralympic and Olympic Games in London fell from grace just a few months later.

# 2023 has been the hottest year ever recorded, with millions of people worldwide exposed to dangerous levels of extreme heat. According to the African Climate and Development Initiative, South Africa has not experienced such heat since the mid-1800s. Greenhouse emissions have been blamed for the earth warming at unprecedented levels. Speaking to eNCA, the initiative’s Christopher Trisos warned that it is expected to get worse:

# Thirty-nine Palestinians and 13 Israelis have been welcomed home after being released from Israeli prisons and captivity in Gaza, respectively. Ten Thais and one Filipino were also released from Gaza yesterday and remain in Israel. The Israeli group includes young children and elderly women. On day one of a tense, temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, the Israeli prime minister’s office said it had received the list of the captives to be released today. The released Palestinians are the first of 150, mainly mothers and teenage boys, due to be freed by Tuesday.

# And, rugby: Cardiff’s replacement prop Rhys Litterick was awarded a contentious try in the 83rd minute of their United Championship match against the Stormers in the Welsh capital last night for a 31-24 victory over the Cape Town team. The Stormers return to South Africa after losing all four tour matches. This afternoon, the Lions host Zebre of Italy in Johannesburg at three and the Bulls and Irish outfit Connacht lock horns at Loftus at five. This evening at seven, the Sharks welcome Welsh team Dragons to Durban.

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