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BULLETIN 7 August 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# Minister Kubayi is set to appear before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry
# ActionSA’s Dereleen James denies receiving top-secret Crime Intelligence documents
# And, the Africa CDC and World Health Organisation call for urgent, community-led action to contain the Ebola outbreak in the DRC

# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, will appear before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation and Prosecution of Apartheid-Era crimes in Johannesburg today. Her testimony will include her role as minister in the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, and the implementation of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The department says Kubayi’s participation underscores government’s commitment to ensuring that the commission has all the relevant information necessary to determine whether there were attempts to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.

# ActionSA member of Parliament, Dereleen James, has strongly denied claims made at the Madlanga Commission that she received classified Crime Intelligence documents. The allegations were made by Investigating Directorate Against Corruption state advocate Drushantha Ramsamy, who claimed the documents were slipped under James’ parliamentary office door. James has told the SABC her only interaction with IDAC came after she issued a statement calling on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate to investigate the alleged misuse of Covid-19 funds within Crime Intelligence:

# The ANC in the eThekwini region has condemned the killing of Ward 17 councillor, Sibusiso Khwela, saying the barbaric act has robbed the community of a good public servant. Khwela was shot and killed at his offices in Klaarwater, west of Durban, yesterday. The KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team will be investigating the murder. ANC regional task team coordinator, Thanduxolo Sabelo, says political differences, criminality or any grievances can never justify the taking of a human life:

# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organisation have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There have been three-thousand-973 confirmed cases and one-thousand-801 deaths recorded in the DRC. More than two-thirds of Ebola deaths are happening in the community rather than in treatment centres. Africa CDC director general, doctor Jean Kaseya, says containing and ultimately stopping this outbreak will come from communities:

# Tennis: World number one Aryna Sabalenka is through to the Canadian Open round of 16 in Toronto. The Belarusian defeated China’s Zhang Shuai, 6-3, 6-4. American third seed Jessica Pegula advanced to the fourth round after defeating Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-4, 6-0, while Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek recorded a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Swiss Viktorija Golubic. In the men’s draw in Montreal, Britain’s Cameron Norrie knocked out third seed Australian Alex de Minaur, 5-7, 7-6, 6-1, to reach the fourth round. Spaniard Rafael Jodar defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-3.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-36-cents and the euro at 18-rand-85-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand, and Bitcoin trades at 64-thousand-290-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-259-dollars-60-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 86-dollars-73-cents a barrel.

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