News 12:00

BULLETIN 8 August 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# ActionSA wants a comprehensive citizenship audit amid the Miss SA contestant saga
# The DA is disappointed at the Estina case being struck off the court roll
# And, Olympic Games: De Klerk started the action for Team SA today

# ActionSA is demanding a comprehensive citizenship audit after a Department of Home Affairs investigation has revealed prima facie evidence of fraud and identity theft against Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina’s mother. ActionSA’s Lerato Ngobeni says a review conducted by the Ministerial Committee on the Issuance of Permits and Visas in June 2022, revealed that 36-thousand-647 fraudulent permit and visa applications were detected. She says 12-thousand-177 of those were from Nigerian nationals:

# The DA says the Free State High Court’s decision to strike the Estina dairy farm case off the roll is disappointing. The defence argued that the state failed to make full disclosure of its investigation. The case involves allegations of the looting of 280-million-rand in state funds in the Free State Agriculture Department between 2012 and 2014. The accused include former MEC Mosebenzi Zwane and Gupta associates. The DA’s Roy Jankielsohn says the fight for accountability is not over:

# French police have reportedly roped in America’s FBI to help with the investigation into the sabotage of high-speel rail lines on the morning of the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris. This apparently happened after media organisations received an e-mail police believe may have been from the perpetrators. It lists several grievances, but doesn’t claim responsibility. Reuters reports the message was sent from an address from American online communication company riseup.net who says it provides communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism.

# Olympic Games: Miné de Klerk started the action for South Africa in Paris today in the qualification round of the women’s shot put. Then Marioné Fourie won her repechage round of the women’s 100-metre hurdles. Later, the men’s team will start in the first round of the four-by-100-metre relay. The team earlier received the bad news that the second-fastest South African of all times, Benjamin Richardson, won’t be able to compete after sustaining a leg injury.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-38-cents and the euro at 20-rand-11-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-36-cents and Bitcoin trades at 57-thousand-282-dollars-57-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-397-dollars-27-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 78-dollars-29-cents a barrel.

# And, Afrikaans television series are fast becoming popular in Asia, with the latest one being Wyfie. It follows four mismatched hostel roommates, played by Beáta Bena Green, Celeste Loots, Kristen Raath and Mienke Ehlers. The series directed by Johan Cronjé, has been nominated for Best International Series at the Seoul International Drama Awards. Showmax’s Spinners starring Cantona James and Dillon Windvogel, has also been popular in Shanghai, winning Best Foreign TV Series at the Shanghai TV Festival in June.

Stay tuned for more news………….