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BULLETIN 3 December 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# An education activist asks for support for Grade 12s while they await their results
# Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service helped to deliver five babies in December
# And cricket: Sri Lanka avoid a clean sweep in the T20 series against New Zealand

# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says with the 2024 matric results to be released soon, every Grade 12 learner should be supported during this crucial waiting period. He says regardless of the outcome, completing and eaching matric on its own is an achievement worth celebrating. Makaneta calls on successful learners to embrace the moment and take pride in pursuing their dreams:

# The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service set a record in December when they helped to deliver five babies in just 20 days. The Mfuleni and Hout Bay Fire Stations had two births apiece, while the fifth a twin was born during a callout in Gugulethu. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says in that three-week period, firefighters attended to hundreds of incidents:

# Two brothers arrested for the murder of Durban businessman, Shailen Singh, who was gunned down on Sunday in Umhlanga, will appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court today. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda indicates that Singh, who owned Shail Trans, a logistics company, was shot while seated in his vehicle on Meridian Drive. The suspects allegedly fled in two luxury vehicles, both of which police have recovered. The motive for the murder is still unknown. Singh was laid to rest on Wednesday.

# Cricket: A quick-fire maiden T20 century for Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera set New Zealand the highest run chase in T20 internationals. The home side came close in Nelson, but could not get over the line. Sri Lanka won the final game of the three-match series by seven runs after challenging New Zealand to chase 219 for victory. The hosts had already wrapped up the series with two wins in the first two games. The white ball tour continues with a three-match ODI series starting in Wellington on Sunday.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 18-rand-73-cents and the euro at 19-rand-25-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-20-cents and Bitcoin trades at 96-thousand-277-dollars. Gold sells at two-thousand-654-dollars-61-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 75-dollars-80-cents a barrel.

# And finally: The UK’s biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire. About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166-million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor. Four of the trackways were made by a Sauropod, an 18-metre-long plant-eating dinosaur that walked on four legs. Another track is thought to be created by a carnivorous Megalosaurus. It walked on two legs and were the largest predatory dinosaurs known in the Jurassic period in Britain. Scientists are looking at options for preserving the site for the future.

Stay tuned for more news………….