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BULLETIN 21 May 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# South Africa welcomes the International Criminal Court’s request for arrest warrants
# Netanyahu says he rejects with disgust the warrant for his arrest
# And the founder of the MK Party approaches the court to have his removal set aside

# South Africa has welcomed International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s application for arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defence minister Yoav Gallant, and three leaders of Hamas. The arrest warrants are for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says the law must be applied equally to all to uphold the international rule of law and ensure accountability for those who commit heinous crimes:

Meanwhile, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the application to seek his arrest as an absurd and false order. Netanyahu says Khan’s actions are merely an attempt to deny Israel the basic right of self-defence:

# MK Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has approached the Electoral Court on an urgent basis. He is requesting that the Electoral Commission’s decision to remove him and record former president Jacob Zuma as president of the party be declared invalid, unlawful, and set aside. He also wants the court to order the IEC to record him as president of the party. Khumalo says Zuma made two distinct, unlawful, and procedural decisions, which were unilaterally to remove him as president and terminate his party membership.

# ActionSA president Herman Mashaba together with Tshwane deputy mayor Nasiphi Moya, will today be presenting a progress report on the bid to end the Hammanskraal water crisis. This follows substantial advancements made at the Rooiwal Water Waste Treatment Plant. ActionSA’s, Malaika Ditabo, says the party has championed the Hammanskraal water issue, instituting its own water inquiry to independently verify the quality of water residents received:

# Soccer: Liverpool has appointed Arne Slot as their new head coach on a three-year contract. The Feyenoord boss replaces Jurgen Klopp, who took charge of his final game against Wolves on Sunday after the German spent the last nine years at Anfield. Slot secured the Dutch Cup in April and led Feyenoord to their first title in six years in the 2022-2023 season. The 45-year-old says the opportunity to become a head coach in the Premier League, at one of the biggest clubs in the world, was difficult to ignore.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-19-cents and the euro at 19-rand-76-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-13-cents and Bitcoin trades at 71-thousand-358-dollars-93-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-410-dollars-39-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 83-dollars-19-cents a barrel.

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