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BULLETIN 26 April 9 am

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In this bulletin:

# Malema reiterates his stance of the EFF becoming the official opposition
# Minister Lamola is undecided on an inquiry into the alleged TRC case interference
# And, the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is criticised

# EFF leader Julius Malema says if the party fails to win next month’s general election, it must then be the official opposition. He engaged students at the Wits School of Governance yesterday. The EFF garnered ten-percent of the national vote in the country’s 2019 elections to become the third-largest opposition party. Malema says with the ANC predicted to drop below 50-percent, it might need the EFF:

# Justice and Correctional Services minister Ronald Lamola says he is still considering all his options concerning the recommendations to form a commission of inquiry. This is to look into alleged political interference in the prosecution of Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases between 2003 and 2017. A review by former TRC commissioner, Dumisa Ntsebeza, made damning findings against the National Prosecuting Authority. Lamola says without a police investigation or an inquiry, it’s not possible to determine whether there had been obstruction or interference.

# Gauteng Transport and Logistics MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, welcomes the progress made in resolving the dispute between the Witwatersrand African Taxi Association and Nancefield Dube-West Taxi Association in Soweto. The department is working on appointing an arbitrator to resolve the route dispute between the associations. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says their primary goal is to restore stability along the disputed routes and eliminate the uncertainty faced by commuters:

# Hollywood actress Ashley Judd says the overturning of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction on sex crime charges is unfair to survivors. She was among the first to share her allegations against him. New York’s highest court ordered a new trial with judges citing errors in the way the trial had been conducted. Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, who claimed that Weinstein sexually harassed her before stifling her career, says she is disgusted with the justice system that skews towards predators and not victims.

# Soccer: Reigning Premier League champions Manchester City is within one point of leaders Arsenal with a game in hand, after defeating Brighton four-nil at the Amex Stadium. Goals from Kevin de Bruyne, two from Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez, ensured the victory and City is now unbeaten in 30 games in all competitions. Manager, Pep Guardiola, says he knows it’s all still to play for in the title race:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 19-rand-2-cents and the euro at 20-rand-40-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-79-cents and Bitcoin trades at 64-thousand-47-dollars-15-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-335-dollars-91-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 88-dollars-6-cents a barrel.

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