News 09:00

BULLETIN 2 September 9 am

Good morning. I am……..

In this bulletin:

# The MK Party Youth League warns against rogue elements in its ranks
# ActionSA wants to know how Chidimma Adetshina’s mother left South Africa
# And tennis: Coco Gauff is out of the US Open

# The MK Party Youth League says it can no longer stand by as rogue elements within its ranks continue to undermine the unity and progress of the league for personal glory. This comes as former youth league president Bonginkosi Khanyile and former secretary-general Minenhle Cibane, who were fired in April, are continuing to set up speaking events without any formal deployment. The league’s spokesperson, Nkateko Mkhabela, says they are calling on the MK Party to intervene and prevent what could become a chaotic revolt:

# ActionSA says it has written to the Department of Home Affairs seeking clarification on how the mother of former Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina was permitted to leave South Africa and travel to Nigeria. She is the principal subject of an ongoing fraud and corruption investigation. A preliminary probe by the department found that Adetshina’s mother allegedly stole the identity of a South African woman. ActionSA’s, Matthew George, says last month the department stated that the investigation was at an advanced stage:

# Forty-two suspected undocumented workers are expected to appear in the Coligny Magistrate’s Court in the North West today. They were arrested last week for failing to confirm their legal status in the country. The suspects include foreign nationals from Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The owner of the construction business where the suspects worked was also arrested but released after paying an admission of guilt fine of 63-thousand-rand. Police say the arrests were part of a drive to ensure compliance with the Immigration Act.

# Major book publishers have sued the US state of Florida over a law that allows schools to ban certain books from their student libraries. Publishers including Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster, argue the law violates First Amendment rights to free speech. The bill allows for the removal of books depicting or describing sexual conduct as inappropriate for the grade level and age group of students. Among the books removed are Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.

# Tennis: Defending champion Coco Gauff has been knocked out of the US Open in the fourth round, losing, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to fellow American Emma Navarro. Second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens, 6-2, 6-4, to make her fourth straight US Open quarterfinal. In the men’s draw, Germany’s Alexander Zverev saw off American Brandon Nakashima, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. There were also wins for American Frances Tiafoe and Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov. Gauff says she could have served better:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-86-cents and the euro at 19-rand-74-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-45-cents and Bitcoin trades at 57-thousand-657-dollars-26-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-496-dollars-57-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 76-dollars-29-cents a barrel.

Stay tuned for more news………….