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BULLETIN 24 November 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# Eskom urges customers to buy electricity tokens before the shut down
# Save South Africa urges president Ramaphosa to resign immediately about leadership failures
# And, rugby: Rassie Erasmus praises the Boks for their unbeaten Outgoing Tour

# Eskom is urging customers to buy electricity tokens before today’s deadline to upgrade prepaid meters. Spokesperson Daphne Mokoena warns meters will stop working without this update. Customers must purchase tokens from any of Eskom’s 52-thousand approved vendors. She told Newzroom Afrika that assistance with meter numbers will be available next week:

# The Save South Africa Civic Movement has called on president Cyril Ramaphosa to step down, over leadership failures, rising crime, and child deaths linked to poisoned goods. It criticises Ramaphosa’s inaction on protecting the borders, and access to illicit firearms. Spokesperson Tebogo Mashilompane claims his leadership has eroded public trust and demands decisive action to address unemployment, crime, and corruption to restore faith in governance:

# Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town has appointed a three-person panel to review the Anglican Church’s handling of reports of abuse carried out by the former British lawyer, John Smyth. The review will be conducted by the society leader Mamphela Ramphele, barrister Jeremy Gauntlett and retired judge Ian Farlam. It will cover the past actions of the church in South Africa, including its handling of a report of Smyth’s abuse in the UK and Zimbabwe. The panel will assess the church’s actions and recommend measures to protect congregants from abuse.

# The COP29 climate talks have reached a last-minute deal on cash for developing countries. The summit was on the brink of collapse after a group of countries stormed out of negotiations earlier. The countries in Baku during the night agreed to a target for richer polluting countries to drum up 5.4-trillion-rand a year by 2035 to help poorer nations both curb and adapt to climate change. Delegates said they were forced to accept and cannot wait until next year, when climate denier Donald Trump’s presidency would make things even harder.

# And, rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus gave all the credit to the players as the team finished the Outgoing Tour with a clean sweep of victories following their win against Wales. Erasmus says the players’ patience with all the squad rotations throughout the season was admirable. The Boks won 11 of their 13 matches in 2024, with their only two defeats being by one point against Ireland and Argentina respectively. Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, meanwhile, gave the credit to Erasmus for the team’s success this season and over the last few years.

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