News 11:00

BULLETIN 30 June 11 am

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In this bulletin:

# The ANC Young Women’s Desk calls on government to intervene in combatting gender based violence
# The DA in the Free State calls for urgent action after a brutal farm attack near Kestell
# And the Iranian Foreign minister says the US must rule out further attacks before new talks

# The ANC Young Women’s Desk has condemned the pandemic of gender based violence and femicide in all its manifestations. The ANC’s Nkanyezi Thabethe referred to the recent deaths of two grade 12 learners, Sinothando Malinga and Ibanathi Peter, in the Eastern Cape. She says the two girls met their demise after an innocent venture into recreational activities, which subsequently led to their violent killing and their bodies being set alight:

# A total of 343 suspects were arrested for various offences in Cullinan and Boschkop in Gauteng during Operation Shanela over the weekend. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says the suspects were arrested for crime ranging from gender-based violence-related offences, murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, assault and rape. He says twenty-two undocumented foreign national were arrested and are facing deportation:

# The DA in the Free State says it is shocked about a brutal attack on a farmer in the Kestell district. The party says this follows shortly after two men were found guilty of the murder of seven people on the Lismore Farm in the same district. The DA’s Leona Kleynhans says the party is calling on government to implement its safety strategy to protect farm owners and workers:

# Tehran’s deputy Foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, says the US must rule out any further strikes on Iran if it wants to resume diplomatic talks. The Trump administration has told Iran it wants to return to negotiations, but did not make its position clear on further attacks. The US became directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran last weekend when it targeted three Iranian nuclear sites in a bombing raid. Takht-Ravanchi also said Iran will insist on being able to enrich uranium for what it says are peaceful purposes.

# Soccer: Paris Saint-Germain steamrolled Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami 4-0 to reach the Club World Cup quarterfinals, but coach Luis Enrique says defeating Messi and his team was trickier than it seemed. The Spaniard says PSG is in spectacular form and is hoping to triumph in the United States. Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano says he was pleased with his team’s performance and added Messi was able to show his quality despite the defeat. PSG will play Bayern Munich for a place in the last four on Saturday.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-73-cents and the euro at 20-rand-81-cents. One British pound costs 24-rand-34-cents and Bitcoin trades at 107-thousand-677-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-291-dollars-11-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 66-dollars-48-cents a barrel.

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