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BULLETIN 21 May 4 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Justice Mandisa Maya says she’s more confident than ever for the Chief Justice role
# Fikile Mbalula says the ANC doesn’t make promises, it makes commitments
# And rugby: Jacques Nienaber says the Champions Cup final between Leinster and Toulouse will be like a Test

# Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya says she’s more confident than ever for the role of Chief Justice. The sole candidate is being interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission. Maya believes the Constitutional Court should expand from eleven to 15 justices. She calls for constitutional amendments to allow smaller panels of justices. Maya admits the Chief Justice role is hard, but believes she can do the job:

# The ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party has managed to achieve 90-percent of its commitments for economic growth, job creation and service delivery since 2019. The party is in the last week of its campaign for the upcoming elections. Mbalula says the ANC doesn’t make promises, it makes commitments. He says people who make promises are those who don’t govern:

# The OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng, is experiencing baggage sortation challenges today due to network issues in the domestic terminal. Bags checked in currently cannot be processed through the system. IT technicians are working to resolve the issue, but delays in baggage processing are expected. Airport staff is manually handling bags, and operations remain unaffected. Airports Company South Africa has apologised for any inconvenience and warned that travellers should anticipate delays.

# One passenger has been killed and more than 30 were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence. The Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok, Thailand, for an emergency landing this morning. The aircraft was carrying 211 passengers and a crew of 18. In a statement the airline offers its deepest condolences to the family of the victim. It adds it was working with Thai authorities to provide medical assistance to passengers, and was sending a team to Bangkok to provide any additional help needed.

# Rugby: Two giants of European rugby will meet in the Champions Cup final on Saturday. Irish side Leinster will face French club Toulouse at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Toulouse is the most successful team in the history of the competition with five wins, while Leinster won the competition four times. Former Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber is now senior coach of Leinster and expects the intensity of a Test match in the final against Toulouse:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-14-cents and the euro at 19-rand-70-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-6-cents and Bitcoin trades at 71-thousand-380-dollars-51-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-424-dollars-34-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 82-dollars-11-cents a barrel.

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