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BULLETIN 29 September 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# The Impeachment Committee files a response over the evidence leader appointment
# The man linked to his estranged wife’s murder was found dead in Midrand
# And, Sudan’s Foreign minister condemns foreign intervention in his country

# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee has filed its responding affidavit opposing the legal challenge by the EFF and the African Legal Professionals Association over the committee’s decision to rescind its recommendation of advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader. Last month, the EFF and African Legal Professionals Association filed separate applications in the Western Cape High Court challenging the committee’s decision, arguing there was no legal basis for it. Committee chairperson Makashule Gana says the legal challenge is premature:

# Business Leadership South Africa says the government must keep its economic reforms and policy commitments on track. The organisation supports Eskom’s plan to prepare for a more competitive electricity market, with more private companies supplying power. It also wants progress on separating the utility’s transmission business and reducing the 120-billion-rand debt owed by municipalities. In her weekly newsletter, CEO Busisiwe Mavuso called for a clear start date for the delayed wholesale electricity market, urging the Treasury to maintain financial discipline.

# Gauteng police say a man suspected of being responsible for the murder of a 23-year-old woman in Tembisa yesterday morning was found dead inside his vehicle in Midrand. Boitumelo Gift Mashita was shot dead while on her way to work in an alleged robbery. Police spokesperson Brenda Muridili says investigators linked the man, who was Mashita’s estranged husband, to her murder, and the tracking team started looking for him:

# Sudan’s Foreign minister Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim has condemned foreign intervention in the country, saying it only deepens the decade-long conflict. Sudan has been engulfed in a war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, killing tens of thousands of people and triggering one of the world’s largest displacement crises. Ibrahim told the United Nations General Assembly that Sudanese people must determine their own future, while reaffirming openness to any sincere and constructive effort aimed at ending the war.

# Motorsport: Reigning Formula One world champion Lando Norris has apologised to Franco Colapinto for comments he made after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Colapinto caused an accident at the Baku City Circuit on Saturday, taking out his Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly and Norris’s McLaren. Speaking after the incident, Norris stated that there are “some drivers that shouldn’t be in F1”, while also suggesting Colapinto should be banned for one race. Norris admits his comments were wrong. Colapinto has a five-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-42-cents and the euro at 18-rand-67-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-76-cents, and Bitcoin trades at 83-thousand-113-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-137-dollars-57-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 103-dollars-50-cents a barrel.

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