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BULLETIN 10 July 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Caster Semenya wins a landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights
# South Africa lifts the ban on Brazilian mechanically deboned meat and chicken
# The DA in Ekurhuleni wants the SIU to probe the missing two-billion-rand

# South African athlete Caster Semenya has won her case in the European Court of Human Rights. The court has upheld the 2023 ruling against the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland against the two-time Olympic 800-metre champion. It found the ruling discriminated after Semenya was barred from competing due to World Athletics’ testosterone-limiting rules. The rules, which were introduced in 2018, targeted athletes with differences of sexual development. Experts say the ruling could reshape global gender eligibility policies in sport and marks a major human rights victory.

# The Department of Agriculture has officially lifted the ban on Brazilian mechanically deboned meat and chicken, after an eight-week suspension. The ban was triggered by a case of bird flu on a single farm in Rio Grande do Sul, which cut off 95-percent of South Africa’s mechanically deboned meat supply. Merlog Foods’ Georg Southey welcomes the agreement between the department and Brazilian agricultural authorities, but warns this situation can happen again:

# The DA in Ekurhuleni says it will approach the Special Investigation Unit to probe the disappearance of over two-billion-rand from the metro’s revenue, and the alleged link to Mpho Mafole’s murder. The metro’s former divisional head of forensic auditing was looking into the matter wen he was killed last month. The DA’s Brandon Pretorius says Ekurhuleni reportedly lost the money as a result of thousands of breached electricity accounts:

# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, has urged flood victims evicted from the Bayside Hotel to temporarily relocate to Chesterville Community Hall. The eviction followed delayed payments due to compliance processes. Duma, who met with Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane, confirmed 185-million-rand has been paid so far, with 128-million-rand still needed to house one-thousand-200 families. Duma says the government cannot rebuild on unsuitable land that saw homes being washed away during floods

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-75-cents and the euro at 20-rand-82-cents. One British pound costs 24-rand-15-cents and Bitcoin trades at 111-thousand-289-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-320-dollars-82-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 69-dollars-52-cents a barrel.

# And finally: The first nominees for the 52nd Daytime Emmys have been announced. The best drama series category is back to just three nominees this year: General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless. Four of the six nominated for lead actress in a daytime drama series are from The Young and the Restless – Sharon Case, Eileen Davidson, Melissa Claire Egan, and Michelle Stafford. Nominees for best talk series include The Drew Barrymore Show, The View, and Live with Kelly and Mark.

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