News 12:00

BULLETIN 27 August 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The Health Department calls for an urgent national response to the immunisation crisis
# A manhunt is launched for a man who allegedly killed three people in North West
# And a trial date is set for the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks

# The Department of Health is calling for urgent action to halt declining immunisation coverage and prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The decline could reverse decades of public health gains, including significant reductions in infant and under-five mortality achieved since the mid-2000s. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says the proportion of infants under one who have received no vaccinations has increased sharply, from 12.1-percent in 2017 to 36.3-percent earlier this year:

# North West police have launched a manhunt for a 41-year-old man wanted in connection with the murder of three people. James Mohajane is linked to the murder of his girlfriend, Moipone Lefoka, her sister, Esther Lefoka, and Esther’s boyfriend, Tshepo Molekwa. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the three victims were reportedly last seen together at a house belonging to Molekwa near Makapanstad:

# The Durban Gateway Terminal says it is working to clear a backlog and restore normal operations following the implementation of its new NAVIS terminal operating system. Chief operating official Grant Bahlmann says the system is stable, but equipment constraints and yard congestion are slowing the recovery. Temporary restrictions remain in place while import cargo is evacuated. Storage charges have been waived, while shipping lines have been asked to consider additional free time and demurrage relief for affected customers.

Moving abroad:

# The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will stand trial in the US from June 2028. He is accused of orchestrating the plot to fly hijacked ​passenger jetliners into New York’s World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in Washington on 11 September 2001, killing two-thousand-976 people. Mohammed and two co-accused had reached plea agreements in exchange for being spared the death penalty, but it was rejected by a US Appeals Court. Mohammed was arrested in 2003 and has been held at Guantanamo Bay since September 2006.

# Tennis: The all-Czech duo of Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik are the new US Open mixed doubles champions, earning 17.6-million-rand’s prize money. They defeated the Swiss-Italian pairing of Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli to win their first Grand Slam title. Muchova and Mensik made the final after saving two match points in the semifinal against Russians Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev. Muchova says they were not expecting to win:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 15-rand-96-cents and the euro at 18-rand-59-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-68-cents and Bitcoin trades at 79-thousand-833-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-600-dollars-20-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 88-dollars-80-cents a barrel.

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