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BULLETIN 3 September 8 am

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In this bulletin:

# Major-general Feroz Khan has been dismissed from the police
# The ANC expresses its full confidence in the IEC
# And golf: Tiger Woods gets a five-year driving ban and a fine

# The South African Police Service has confirmed that Crime Intelligence deputy head Feroz Khan has been dismissed. This follows his failure to appear before an internal police disciplinary hearing over misconduct allegations against him. On Monday, the Labour Court dismissed Khan’s urgent bid to stop a disciplinary process that could cost him his job. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says that as the matter has been the subject of legal proceedings, SAPS will continue to respect and abide by the decisions of the courts:

# The ANC has reaffirmed its full confidence in the Independent Electoral Commission and its integrity. The party maintains that technical problems with the IEC’s candidate-capture system affected a small number of its candidate entries for the local government elections. Political parties and independent candidates were required to submit their nominations by 5 pm on August 28. However, the IEC says its system was fully operational. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu told Newzroom Afrika that they are confident this matter will be resolved with the IEC:

# The IFP is demanding a thorough and uncompromising investigation into the murder of its KwaZulu-Natal proportional representation councillor Khethelo Mdluli. He was shot at his home in Gingindlovu last week, and succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Monday. Mdluli has been the IFP’s PR councillor in the uMlalazi Municipality since 2021 and was due to be the party’s councillor candidate for Ward 17 in the upcoming local government elections. The IFP says political violence must never be allowed to become a weapon in the country’s democracy. 

# French president Emmanuel Macron says the UK and France are united on Ukraine, the Middle East and multilateralism. The two countries have led efforts to strengthen European support for Kyiv since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than four years ago. Macron and King Charles visited the British Museum yesterday for the formal opening of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. The medieval masterpiece is a centuries-old symbol of Franco-British relations. Macron says there is trust that now exists between Paris and London:

# Golf: Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods’ driving license has been suspended for five years after striking a plea deal in his driving under the influence case. The 50-year-old was arrested after he crashed his Land Rover in Florida in March. He passed a breathalyser test but refused a urine test, pleading not guilty to misdemeanour charges of driving under the influence. In the plea deal, Woods has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of reckless driving and the refusal to submit to an unlawful test. He has also been fined around16-thousand-rand.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-4-cents and the euro at 18-rand-60-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-64-cents, and Bitcoin trades at 77-thousand-721-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-429-dollars-77-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 97-dollars-63-cents a barrel.

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