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BULLETIN 11 March 8 am
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In this bulletin:
# The SACP is calling for effective remedial action over the leaked ANC candidate list
# RISE Mzansi wants a public debate between the Gauteng premier candidates
# And this week is World Glaucoma Week
# The South African Communist Party says the leaking of the ANC electoral candidates list appears to be part of the wider reactionary agenda to dislodge the ruling party. The list, which includes personal information of the ANC’s national and provincial candidates, started making the rounds on social media a short while after the party submitted it to the Independent Electoral Commission last week Friday. The SACP says effective remedial action to address the damaging effect of the leak on the upcoming elections and every person on the list is needed.
Meanwhile, the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party says its legal team will lodge a formal complaint to the Independent Electoral Commission over the leaking of its candidate list. Former president Jacob Zuma is candidate number one on the MK list followed by Jabulani Khumalo, who registered the party. uMkhonto we Sizwe says it views the leaking of the list as unacceptable, unprofessional, and in violation of the Protection of Personal Information Act.
# RISE Mzansi Gauteng premier candidate, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, is calling on the provincial candidates for the DA, EFF and ActionSA to participate in a live public debate. She says this is where the parties can put their electoral commitments on the table for residents to interrogate ahead of the elections. RISE Mzansi’s spokesperson, Mabine Seabe, says while the parties come from different political homes, with different manifestos, what they can all agree on is that the ANC cannot lead Gauteng after the elections:
# Golf: Mexican Abraham Ancer won the inaugural LIV Golf tournament in Hong Kong in a playoff. He held a five-shot lead going into the final round but a two-over 72 dropped him back to 13 under for the tournament alongside Australia’s Cameron Smith and England’s Paul Casey. Ancer regrouped on the first play-off hole, with a brilliant birdie to capture his first LIV victory. The Mexican described this win as difficult but special:
# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-78-cents and the euro at 20-rand-55-cents. One British pound costs 24-rand-14-cents and Bitcoin trades at 68-thousand-615-dollars-38-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-178-dollars-24-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 81-dollars-57-cents a barrel.
# And finally, the South African Glaucoma Society says efforts are being made to improve access to eye care services, particularly in underserved communities where glaucoma may be higher. This week marks World Glaucoma Week. Glaucoma, a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, essential for good vision, is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in Africa affecting more than six-million people. SAGS’s president, Marissa Willemse, says it is important to increase awareness about glaucoma, often termed the silent thief of sight:
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