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BULLETIN 3 June 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# The DA forms a coalition negotiations team led by Helen Zille and Tony Leon
# The government deploys a disaster team to the Eastern Cape
# And cricket: The West Indies win their T20 World Cup opener against Papua New Guinea

# DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party’s Federal Executive has unanimously adopted a resolution to initiate exploratory talks with other political parties. The ANC has lost its outright majority paving the way for a coalition government, not just nationally, but also in some provinces. Steenhuisen says a coalition negotiations team consisting of Helen Zille, Ivan Meyer, Siviwe Gwarube, Alan Winde, Tony Leon, and Ryan Coetzee, will facilitate engagements with other parties:

Meanwhile, ActionSA says it notes DA leader John Steenhuisen’s announcement, which confirms plans to negotiate a potential coalition with the ANC. ActionSA national chairperson, Michael Beaumont, says the party may well have to ready itself to be the unofficial opposition in Parliament:

# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government has deployed a disaster management team to the Eastern Cape to help with relief and rescue efforts. This comes as heavy rains have battered parts of the province over the weekend, leaving seven dead in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. More than one-thousand people have been displaced. Ntshavheni says the South African National Defence Force has also deployed a helicopter to help assess and access inaccessible areas:

# Two people were killed in two attacks at polling stations in the state of Puebla yesterday, amid Mexico’s historic election. Polls have closed in an election that is almost certain to see the country’s first female president elected. The two leading presidential candidates are Claudia Sheinbaum from the leftist Morena party and Xochitl Gálvez, from the conservative PAN party, who is representing a coalition of opposition parties. Violence has loomed large in this election with 38 candidates killed.

# Cricket: T20 World Cup co-hosts West Indies opened their campaign with a five-wicket win over Papua New Guinea in Group C in Guyana. Papua New Guinea recovered from 50 for four to post 136 for eight in their 20 overs, with Andre Russell and Alzarri Joseph claiming two wickets each. In reply, player of the match, Roston Chase, scored an unbeaten 42 as the two-time champions won with six balls to spare. South Africa open their campaign against Sri Lanka in New York today.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-72-cents and the euro at 20-rand-33-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-87-cents and Bitcoin trades at 68-thousand-281-dollars-85-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-324-dollars-84-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 81-dollars-8-cents a barrel.

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