News 12:00

BULLETIN 14 November 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Gift of the Givers asks president Ramaphosa to probe Home Affairs for refusing entry to 153 Palestinian refugees
# Rugby: The All Blacks’ captain returns for the England clash at Twickenham
# And South Korea bans flights as half a million people take a crucial university admission test

# Gift of the Givers is asking president Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate Home Affairs and the Border Management Authority for blocking 153 Palestinian travellers entering South Africa at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng yesterday. The organisation’s founder, Imtiaz Sooliman, says the authority acted in keeping with their mandate not to allow passengers without an exit stamp to disembark. He says Israel deliberately did not stamp the passports of these poor people to exacerbate their suffering in a foreign country:

Global Airways meanwhile says it followed all protocols before landing with the Palestinians seeking refugee status in South Africa. They were only allowed to disembark after Gift of the Givers committed to accommodate them. Global Airways says as per South African immigration laws, it had shared the list of passengers and was never informed they would be deemed inadmissible.

# Teachers’ union Sadtu says it condemns the false and inflammatory claims made by US president Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump and Rubio have alleged that Afrikaners are victims of genocide, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated. Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says they view these false claims as politically opportunistic and designed to stoke racial fear and division for foreign political gain:

# Rugby: All Blacks captain Scott Barrett is fit again and will lead the team in tomorrow’s expected blockbuster encounter with England at Twickenham. He missed last weekend’s Test against Scotland at Murrayfield after sustaining a deep gash to his knee in the previous match against Ireland. Barrett’s return sees promising lock Josh Lord reverting to the bench, while Leicester Fainga’anuku replaces Caleb Clarke on left wing. Clarke failed a head injury assessment after a knock during the victory over the Scots.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-10-cents and the euro at 19-rand-89-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-47-cents and Bitcoin trades at 97-thousand-43-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-177-dollars-79-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 63-dollars-42-cents a barrel.

# And finally, more than half a million people in South Korea sat for the country’s gruelling university entrance exam yesterday as police mobilised to ensure they made it to the test sites on time. The number sitting the test was the highest in seven years. Flights at all airports were banned from landing or taking off for half an hour to ensure there were no disturbances during the listening comprehension section of the English test. The decision affected 140 flights, including 65 international arrivals and departures. The nine-hour exam is seen as crucial for success in the hyper-competitive society.

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