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BULLETIN 14 October 7 am

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In this bulletin:

# The Reserve Bank says Mboweni played a huge role in South Africa’s economic transformation
# The Hawks have categorised police killings as a national priority crime
# And the US is going to send an anti-missile system to Israel

# The South African Reserve Bank says former Finance minister Tito Mboweni played a meaningful role in driving economic transformation and social change. The 65-year-old passed away in hospital after a short illness. He served as the Reserve Bank governor between 1999 and 2009. The SARB says Mboweni guided South Africa through periods of great uncertainty, with a steady hand on the economy during the global financial crisis of 2008 as governor, and later shepherding the country’s finances through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic as Finance minister.

Meanwhile, Parliament’s presiding officers, National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza, and National Council of Provinces chairperson, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, say Mboweni was a distinguished and versatile people servant. Parliament’s spokesperson, Moloto Mothapo, says Mboweni, South Africa’s first black Reserve Bank governor, dedicated his life, passion, and vast expertise to the service of the people of South Africa:

# Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya says an attack on police officials is an assault on society and the State. Seventeen police officials have been killed in the second quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year. At least 13 were off duty at the time of the incidents, while four were on duty when they were killed. The killings include the murder of constable Asanda Siyoko from the Nyanga police station in Cape Town, who was gunned down while on duty. Lebeya says they have categorised police killings as a national priority offence.

# Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is saddened by the death of a Grade 1 boy learner from Karabo Primary School in Naledi, Soweto who had been recovering in ICU following the tragic suspected food poisoning incident claimed the lives of five fellow learners from three different schools. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona says the learner passed away on Sunday at a local medical facility. He says the five other learners were laid to rest yesterday:

# The US says it will send an advanced anti-missile system to Israel to help bolster its air defence, following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on the 13th of April and on the first of October this year. US military personnel will be deployed to operate the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence system. The Department of Defence says this action underscores the US’ strong commitment to the defence of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran.

# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner won the Shanghai Masters, becoming the first man to win more than six titles in a calendar year since Andy Murray won nine in 2016. The 23-year-old Italian defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, 7-6, 6-3, making him the youngest champion in Shanghai tournament history. Djokovic was bidding to become the third man to win 100 tour-level titles. Sinner, who has beaten the Serb in their last three meetings, says there is no secret:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-45-cents and the euro at 19-rand-6-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-77-cents and Bitcoin trades at 62-thousand-604-dollar-07-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-646-dollars-70-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 77-dollars-85-cents a barrel.

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