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BULLETIN 30 October 9 am

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# Outa wants Godongwana to address the VIP Protection Unit
# TLU SA says the budget is useless without corruption control
# And Trump says Harris doesn’t have what it takes to be president

# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse urges Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to prioritise tackling corruption in today’s first medium-term budget policy statement for the government of national unity. The organisation advocates for a reduction in spending on non-core state-owned entities, calling for funds to be redirected toward critical sectors such as the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage criticised excessive VIP protection spending, as the NPA’s budget hasn’t kept pace with the growing challenges of corruption and organised crime.

Meanwhile the agriculture organisation TLU SA says given the altered political climate, the medium-term budget policy statement will likely focus on promoting economic growth and creating a stable business environment. TLU SA general manager, Bennie van Zyl, says security and confidence in the country’s economic system need urgent attention:

# Eastern Cape police are looking for four persons of interest in connection with the murder of 85-year-old Nonkosazana Manase. She was killed last week Friday while she was asleep at her home in Keiskammahoek. It is alleged that she was raped before she was strangled to death. Premier Oscar Mabuyane says three other women have been killed in Keiskammahoek recently:

# Former US president Donald Trump says vice president Kamala Harris does not have what it takes to be president, describing her as an embarrassment. He held a campaign rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of the key battleground states whose outcome could decide the presidential election. Trump says this election is a choice between whether Americans will have four more years of incompetence and failure, or whether they will begin the four greatest years in the history of the country:

# Tennis: Second seed Carlos Alcaraz is through to the third round of the Paris Masters, continuing his quest to win five or more ATP Tour titles for a third consecutive season. The Spaniard, who was given a bye in the first round, defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry, 7-5, 6-1. Australia’s Alex de Minaur boosted his chances of qualifying for the season-ending ATP Finals with a, 7-5, 6-1, first-round win over Argentina’s Mariano Navone. Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev suffered a 7-6, 7-6, defeat by Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-68-cents and the euro at 19-rand-14-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand and Bitcoin trades at 72-thousand-285-dollars-2-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-779-dollars-4-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 71-dollars-50-cents a barrel.

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