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BULLETIN 2 November 9 am

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In this bulletin:

# Enhanced security measures are in place across all provinces for the elections
# Minister Mchunu is challenging a search warrant used to raid his residence in KZN
# And, nine people are dead after a Learjet crashed in Palm Beach

# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says it is ready to facilitate and safeguard free, fair and safe local government elections across the country. Special voting is taking place today and tomorrow, with the main election day on Wednesday. NATJOINTS chairperson Tebello Mosikili says security assessments have been conducted at all voting stations, with intelligence-led deployments and specialised units on standby. She confirmed that both national and provincial joint operational structures have been activated and are fully operational:

# Suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu has filed papers in the Johannesburg High Court, arguing that the search warrant used to raid his property in KwaZulu-Natal was obtained “through misleading information”. Members of the Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes Unit executed a search and seizure operation at the property in September, where electronic devices were seized. In his court application, Mchunu says the warrant is invalid as the affidavit in support of it fails to provide factual evidence of a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed.

# The City of Cape Town says minibus taxi services have resumed normal operations, following engagements with the South African National Taxi Council’s leadership. Last week, clashes between rival taxi associations CATA and CODETA claimed about a dozen lives in a dispute believed to centre on a route linking Delft, Langa and Epping. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says the metro, Western Cape government and the police have assured the taxi industry of visible policing support:

# A Learjet flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashed into a Palm Beach County neighbourhood in Florida yesterday, killing all nine people aboard. In a video, the aircraft can be seen nose-diving and erupting into a giant fireball near a major roadway. At least 600 residents were evacuated. The crash is the second deadliest in the US this year, following June’s skydiving plane crash in Butler, Missouri, which killed 12 people. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says this was a cataclysmic plane crash:

# Soccer: Arsenal secured their first Premier League victory at Anfield in 14 years, defeating Liverpool 1-0 to move three points clear at the top of the table. Kai Havertz’s 16th-minute strike proved to be the winner as the Gunners successfully withstood waves of pressure from the hosts. With this goal, Havertz became the highest-scoring German in Premier League history, reaching 46 career goals and overtaking former Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gündoğan. This win leaves Arsenal three points clear of second-placed Manchester City and opens up a nine-point gap over Liverpool.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-69-cents and the euro at 18-rand-66-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-36-cents, and Bitcoin trades at 78-thousand-504-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-905-dollars-11-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 114-dollars-12-cents a barrel.

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