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BULLETIN 19 September 11 am

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# President Ramaphosa commits to act on the Madlanga Commission’s recommendations
# OUTA heads to court to end Sanral’s e-toll debt claims
# And, the US vetoes another Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council

# President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed to acting on the recommendations of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The commission, which is tasked with investigating allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system, got underway on Wednesday. Interim reports from the commission are expected after three and six months. Ramaphosa told the SABC that some of the things that are already coming out of the commission are startling and worrying:

Meanwhile, National Coloured Congress founder and member of Parliament, Fadiel Adams, has strongly rejected the allegations made against him by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry yesterday, Mkhwanazi accused Adams of gaining unauthorised access to sensitive intelligence and using it to open criminal cases against Crime Intelligence without the necessary oversight. Adams says the intelligence information was delivered unsolicited to him, adding that he did what any citizen should do when presented with evidence of alleged state corruption: open a case.

# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has launched legal action to end the South African National Roads Agency’s e-toll debt collection. The organisation has asked the High Court in Pretoria to declare that more than two-thousand e-toll claims should be scrapped, following the suspension of collections in 2019. Sanral has filed notice to oppose the application, but no court date has been set. OUTA’s Stefanie Fick says the organisation is also seeking to recover its legal costs:

# The US has, for the sixth time, vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages held by Hamas. All 14 other members of the UN’s most powerful body voted in favour of the resolution, which described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as catastrophic. US diplomat Morgan Ortagus says the resolution was biased against Israel and favoured Hamas:

# Soccer: FIFA has officially opened disciplinary proceedings against the South African Football Association and Bafana Bafana midfielder Teboho Mokoena. He was fielded while under suspension in South Africa’s 2–0 March World Cup qualifier win over Lesotho. SAFA has received formal notification of the probe, with the 2-0 victory now under threat. If found guilty, Bafana could forfeit the match 3-0, face fines, and lose their Group C lead. This would leave South Africa needing crucial wins against Zimbabwe and Rwanda to qualify for next year’s tournament in North America.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-34-cents and the euro at 20-rand-41-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-41-cents and Bitcoin trades at 116-thousand-861-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-649-dollars-25-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 67-dollars a barrel.

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