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BULLETIN 10 December 9 am

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In this bulletin:

# The majority of South Africans say the government is not doing enough to combat corruption
# Sadtu threatens legal action if the BELA Act is amended
# And rugby: The All Blacks will face the Springboks at Eden Park for the first time in 12 years

# The Human Sciences Research Council says 62-percent of the general public believes that efforts by government to combat corruption are not effective. The council released the findings of its multi-year study entitled, Corruption and Behaviour Change: Tracking Social Norms and Values in South Africa. It found that bribe solicitation by public officials had intensified between 2006 and 2023. The council says 84-percent of the populace believes that most politicians are involved in corrupt behaviour. It adds that the bulk of the public believes that the law favoured the rich and powerful.

# The South African Democratic Teachers Union has urged president Cyril Ramaphosa to stick to Friday’s deadline and sign into law the two final clauses of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act. Ramaphosa signed the act into law in September, but due to opposition from the DA, delayed the implementation of clauses four and five for three months to allow for negotiations and solutions. Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says they will take legal action and strike if the Bela Act is amended:

# The ANC Youth League Gauteng has elected its new leadership after ten years at its 15th provincial congress in Boksburg. Ntsako Mogobe has been elected chairperson with Jennifer Latifa his deputy. Mpume Sangweni is the secretary and Ziyanda Ncuru is the deputy secretary while Samu Khumalo has been elected treasurer. ANC Youth League president, Collen Malatji, says the youth has the responsibility to resolve the party’s challenges during its weakest moments:

# The Israeli military says it has attacked strategic weapons systems and residual chemical weapon capabilities in Syria, to prevent them from falling into the hands of extremist groups. This comes after the sudden fall of president Bashar al-Assad’s regime. He has fled to Russia. The US and Turkey also carried out military strikes in Syria. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there were more than 100 strikes on military targets since Sunday.

# Rugby: New Zealand will host the World Champions South Africa at Eden Park on the sixth of September next year. This will be the first time the All Blacks have played the Springboks at the Auckland venue since 2013. South Africa have beaten New Zealand in all four of the last Test matches between the sides and will look to break the Kiwis’ Eden Park unbeaten streak of 50 Test matches. Scott Robertson’s side will open their 2025 home Test-match campaign with three Tests against France in July.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-80-cents and the euro at 18-rand-79-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-69-cents and Bitcoin trades at 96-thousand-331-dollars-2-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-669-dollars-92-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 71-dollars-82-cents a barrel.

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