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BULLETIN 27 November 1 pm
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In this bulletin:
# Minister Barbara Creecy wants a clear global climate goal at COP-28
# The Referendum Party says the Western Cape premier has failed to ensure the devolving of policing powers
# And Cricket: Joe Root opts out of I-P-L 2024
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Barbara Creecy, says the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP-28, summit in Dubai should support the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The agreement seeks to hold the global average temperature increase to below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. Creecy told Newzroom Afrika they are looking to get a clear global climate goal at COP-28:
# The Referendum Party has accused Western Cape premier Alan Winde of failing to ensure the devolving of policing powers to the province. Policing is currently a national function carried out by the police. Winde has been vocal about devolving policing powers to provinces, often embarking on a war of words with Police minister Bheki Cele over police resourcing in the Western Cape. Referendum Party leader, Phil Craig, says the high murder rate in the province is due to the provincial government’s failures:
# Christopher Luxon has officially taken office as the prime minister of New Zealand. The swearing-in ceremony, conducted by governor-general Cindy Kiro in the capital of Wellington, marked the transition of power six weeks after the National Party’s victory in the elections, ending the Labour Party’s six-year reign. Luxon is a former CEO of Air New Zealand. In his inaugural speech, he emphasised his primary focus will be on addressing and fixing the economy:
# Cricket: England batter Joe Root, who made his Indian Premier League debut for Rajasthan Royals earlier this year, has opted out of I-P-L 2024. Royals say in a statement on their website they respect Root’s decision. He becomes the second England player after Ben Stokes to withdraw. England’s managing director of men’s cricket, Rob Key, said after announcing the squad for their Caribbean tour that Root needed a break at the end of the World Cup.
# Financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-77-cents and the euro at 20-rand-55-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-67-cents and Bitcoin trades at 37-thousand-424-dollars-70-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-and-14-dollars-85-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 79-dollars-80-cents a barrel.
# And finally: The third African Union Men’s Conference on Positive Masculinity kicks off in Pretoria today. The theme for the conference is consolidating commitments towards the African Union Convention on ending violence against women and girls. The gathering will provide an opportunity to consolidate bold continental efforts that Heads of State and other sectors have taken towards ending violence against women and girls in Africa. The conference is being co-hosted by the African Union chairperson, president Azali Assoumani of Comoros, and president Cyril Ramaphosa.
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