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BULLETIN 23 September 12 pm

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In this bulletin:

# A 72-hour manhunt is launched after eleven people were killed in KwaMakhutha
# America is planning to welcome another 17-thousand-500 refugees from South Africa
# And rugby: The Sprongbok coach is rolling the dice in his selection for the Wallabies Test

# Acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane has directed KwaZulu-Natal police to activate a 72-hour tracking operation after eleven people were shot dead at KwaMakhutha, Durban. Three others were injured when armed suspects entered a house in the Ziko area and opened fire last night. Spokesperson Nonkululeko Phokane says Dimpane expresses deep concern and says investigators are following a promising lead, whilte the motive remains unknown:

# Taxi boss Oupa ‘Bafana’ Sindane has approached the High Court in Pretoria to interdict his scheduled appearance before the Madlanga Commission today. He also wants the court to block the inquiry from using cellphone material seized in his pending two-million-rand extortion and money-laundering case. Sindane argues the phone material was unlawfully obtained and would prejudice his rights. He has strongly denied having links to corrupt police officials or hiring hitmen. 

# The Department of Health has confirmed four additional mpox cases, bringing the national total to 22. One is a 47-year-old Cape Town man who travelled to Spain earlier this month and was previously classified as a probable case. The other three include two imported infections involving German and Norwegian citizens. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says of the 22 confirmed cases, 18 are in the Western Cape, three in Gauteng and one in KwaZulu-Natal:

Moving abroad:

# US president Donald Trump’s administration plans to accept another 17-thousand-500 refugees, primarily White Afrikaner South Africans, over the next 12 months. Trump has repeatedly claimed ​Afrikaners face persecution based on their race, allegations the South African government has strongly denied. This resettlement effort is projected to cost the US government approximately 8.11-billion-rand. The State Department has told Congress it anticipates Afrikaners will fully integrate into the US in a manner that preserves taxpayer resources for American citizens.

# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus admits he is rolling the dice in his team selection for Sunday’s one-off Test against Australia in Perth. He has made 13 changes to his starting team, with only lock Eben Etzebeth and wing Ethan Hooker remaining from the side which beat the All Blacks 43-28 in Baltimore. Erasmus says he is trying to work out the balance of the team with the Nations Championship and next year’s World Cup in mind:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-24-cents and the euro at 18-rand-54-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-60-cents and Bitcoin trades at 86-thousand-229-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-319-dollars-20-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 100-dollars-30-cents a barrel.

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