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BULLETIN 9 September 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# BUSA says SA must aspire to become a high-income economy
# Giwusa condemns the growing scourge of extortion

# And, at least 48 killed in an explosion in Nigeria

# Business Unity South Africa says the country must aspire to become a high-income economy. CEO Cas Coovadia says achieving this necessitates a rethink of the macroeconomic growth policy and strategy, along with a more concerted focus on strengthening the capacity of the state to implement an economic growth policy. He adds that the government must continue with an emphasis on economic recovery and review institutional mandates that hamper growth and employment.

# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has strongly condemned the growing scourge of extortion across the country. Four provinces account for 73-percent of extortion crimes, namely KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Western Cape. Giwusa president, Mametlwe Sebei, says they are demanding decisive measures to be taken to fight this scourge before it spirals out of control:

# Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, met with the management team of Helen Joseph Hospital yesterday evening, where she was appraised about the care provided to Tom London. The former broadcaster posted a video on social media where accused the hospital of treating patients badly and also revealed appalling conditions of toilets and other facilities. Nkomo-Ralehoko says London was in the facility for 14 days, where he was cared for, subjected to various tests and stabilised:

# At least 48 people have been killed in an explosion after a fuel tanker collided with another truck in Nigeria. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency says search and rescue operations were still underway at the scene. Fatal truck accidents are common in Nigeria due to the absence of an efficient railway system to transport cargo. In 2020 alone, there were one-thousand-531 petrol tanker crashes resulting in 535 fatalities and one-thousand-142 injuries.

# Tennis: World number one Jannik Sinner won his maiden US Open title, becoming the first Italian man to win the singles title at Flushing Meadows. He saw off American Taylor Fritz, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. The 23-year-old, who won his first major at the Australian Open in January, is the first man to claim his first two Grand Slam titles in the same season for 47 years. Sinner says he cannot compare the two majors he has won:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-83-cents and the euro at 19-rand-77-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-43-cents and Bitcoin trades at 56-thousand-976-dollars-40-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-498-dollars-3-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 71-dollars-88-cents a barrel.

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