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BULLETIN 14 September 1 pm

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In this bulletin:

# A fifth woman’s body is found in Kempton Park as police probe possible linked deaths
# The death toll on the N1 in the Western Cape rises to 21
# And Israel’s Culture minister threatens to revoke directors’ citizenship over a documentary exposing war crimes in Gaza

# A fifth woman’s body has been discovered in Kempton Park in Gauteng this morning after four other women’s bodies were found in the same are over the past two months. Police are at the scene and investigations are underway. The identity of the latest victim and circumstances of her death have not yet been confirmed. A multidisciplinary team is expected to meet today. The development comes as police intensify the search for missing jogger Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo.

# Authorities confirmed the death toll following a collision involving two minibus taxis and an SUV on the N1 between Prince Albert Road and Leeu-Gamka in the Western Cape has risen to 21. Emergency and traffic teams remain on the scene. Mobility spokesperson Muneera Allie says the N1 is still closed in both directions. She urges motorists to avoid the area, expect significant delays, and follow instructions from traffic officials and emergency personnel on site

# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has received no further reports of dead or dying sardines since early this month. Widespread sardine mortality were reported along the South African and Namibian coast. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi says the consistent detection of high levels of pilchard herpesvirus in affected sardines, including samples from the Western and the Eastern Cape, points to the virus as the most likely primary cause of deaths:

Moving abroad:

# Israel’s Culture minister, Miki Zohar, has threatened to revoke the citizenship of two directors for a documentary that exposes the government for war crimes in Gaza. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s NAZA, featuring revelatory interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officials and soldiers, won the Special Jury Award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Zohar has accused the directors of treason against the state, but Abraham describes the documentary as important:

# Tennis: US Open champion Alexander Zverev is now in prime position to make a push to become the 30th world number one. The German now trails Italian Jannik Sinner by just one-thousand-810 points in the latest world rankings. Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is third, while American Ben Shelton has reached a new career-high ranking of fourth following his run to the US Open final. Former world number one Novak Djokovic has officially exited the top ten following his first-round exit in New York. He is currently 12th.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-26-cents and the euro at 18-rand-76-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-91-cents and Bitcoin trades at 77-thousand-590-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-286-dollars-83-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 109-dollars-33-cents a barrel.

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