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BULLETIN 23 July 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# The deputy president of the PA is  suspended over his alleged ties to a murder syndicate
# The DA welcomes the suspension of Andrew Chauke
# And the heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76

# Patriotic Alliance leader, Gayton McKenzie, has put deputy president Kenny Kunene on a 30-day leave of absence. This comes after Kunene, who is also the Johannesburg mayoral committee member for Transport, was found at the Sandton house of a suspect linked to the murder of Oupa Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody. Kunene has denied knowing murder-accused Katiso “TK” Molefe, saying he was at his property by coincidence when he was arrested on Monday. McKenzie says he believes Kunene is innocent:

# Eskom says two contractual disputes with Framatome, the contractor for the Steam Generator Replacement Project at the Koeberg nuclear power station, are being addressed through agreed resolution processes. The Western Cape High Court has ordered the power utility to pay the French nuclear energy company around one-billion-rand, over the stoppage of work to replace three steam generators at Koeberg in 2022. Eskom’s spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says recent media reports appear to have mixed separate legal processes:

# The DA has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to suspend South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Andrew Chauke, pending an inquiry into his fitness to hold office. He has been at the centre of allegations for many years that he has acted as a gatekeeper and has weaponised the National Prosecuting Authority to protect the politically powerful and corrupt. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach says appointed by former president Jacob Zuma, Chauke protected the corrupt and delayed many prosecutions against elements of state capture.

# Tennis: Britain’s Cameron Norrie knocked out second seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the Washington Open round of 16. The 29-year-old will play American 14th seed Brandon Nakashima. Chinese qualifier Wu Yibing beat France’s Gael Monfils, 6-3, 6-1, for his first tour-level triumph since last year. American Ben Shelton saw off compatriot Mackenzie McDonald, 6-3, 6-4. In the women’s draw, in her first singles match in 16 months, 45-year-old American Venus Williams stormed past compatriot Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-55-cents and the euro at 20-rand-61-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-73-cents and Bitcoin trades at 119-thousand-78-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-324-dollars-75-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 68-dollars-4-cents a barrel.

# And finally, Ozzy Osbourne, regarded as the founding father of British heavy metal, has passed away at the age of 76, after struggling with Parkinson’s disease. His death comes just two weeks after he reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performed a farewell concert in his hometown of Birmingham in England. Osbourne, also known as the Prince of Darkness, garnered additional fame through the MTV reality series, The Osbournes, which focused on the rock star’s home life. His family says Osbourne died surrounded by love.

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