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BULLETIN 10 August 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# A Nobel Peace laureate calls on South Africa to make gender apartheid a crime
# COSATU is alarmed by the looming media job cuts
# And, a former principal accused of rape says Julius Malema must be held accountable

# Nobel Peace laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has called on South Africa to stand with Afghan women and girls facing what she described as “gender apartheid” under the Pakistani Taliban rule. She was among the speakers at the National Women’s Day celebrations in Pretoria yesterday. Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012 for her gender activism. Yousafzai says the ruling Taliban has outlawed the education of girls and has made it legal for wives to be beaten by their husbands:

# The Congress of South African Trade Unions is alarmed by planned job cuts at Media24 and eNCA, warning of a growing crisis in South Africa’s media industry. Media24 has indicated 126 jobs are at risk, while eNCA is considering 171 cuts. COSATU says the retrenchments threaten democracy, calling for alternatives to job losses. Cosatu spokesperson Zanele Sabela says the federation also wants the government to support a sustainable, diverse media sector:

# Former Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, says he hopes his case against EFF leader Julius Malema will help protect ordinary citizens against politicians and people in power. Malema is set to face prosecution for crimen injuria after the National Prosecuting Authority accepted representations by AfriForum over his public claims that Pieterse raped a seven-year-old girl in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. Pieterse says people who make such reckless and damaging allegations must be held accountable:

# Afrika Mayibuye Movement says women’s economic emancipation must be central to South Africa’s next phase of development. The movement is calling for greater access to land, finance, skills, technology and markets for women-owned businesses and farmers. It also wants women in positions of real authority across government, business and communities. Ahead of the local government elections, the movement says women must help rebuild municipalities and improve water, electricity, sanitation and other basic services, while tackling poverty and inequality.

# Seven people have been killed and 30 wounded in a Houthi attack on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mocha, according to the Yemeni military. Four military personnel and three civilians were among those killed. The military says air defences intercepted and destroyed 11 Houthi drones involved in the attack. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said missiles and drones targeted Saudi troop concentrations and weapons depots. Yemeni authorities say residential areas in Mocha were also hit. The attack comes amid continuing regional tensions involving the Houthis and Saudi Arabia.

# And tennis: For the first time in three years, the world number four Coco Gauff is back in the quarterfinals at the National Bank Open in Canada. Gauff secured her spot in the final eight in Toronto with a 6-3, 6-1 win over teenage qualifier Alina Korneeva. After debuting at the event in Montreal in 2021, Gauff had three consecutive quarterfinal appearances from 2021 to 2023, but for the past two years, she couldn’t get past the Round of 16.  The win moves Gauff into her seventh WTA Tour quarterfinal of 2026 and her 25th career WTA 1000 quarterfinal.

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