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BULLETIN 11 October 2 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo is honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize for advancing global nuclear disarmament
# A Limpopo police official’s insurance murder case is postponed for her bail application
# And cycling: Mark Cavendish’s final race is set to be in Singapore

# The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, representing atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised their efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons and for sharing powerful testimonies on the dangers of their use. In a media briefing, the Nobel committee’s Jorgen Watne Frydnes said the group is being recognised for its decades-long campaign to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons: 

# The case against a Limpopo police official accused of killing six people for insurance payouts has been postponed to next Friday at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. The 43-year-old allegedly claimed over ten-million-rand by insuring the lives of the victims. The NPA’s Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi says the state will oppose bail:

# Former acting Tshwane mayor Abel Tau, dismissed from ActionSA for alleged sexual misconduct, has joined Jacob Zuma’s MK Party. Tau, accused of making advances on his friend’s wife, later founded the United Africans Transformation. He says with the MK Party, he’s ready to push for the restoration of South Africans ahead of the 2026 local elections:

# Cycling: Mark Cavendish’s final professional race is set to be the two-day Tour de France Criterium in Singapore on 9 and 10 November. The 39-year-old has not competed since he broke the Tour de France stage wins record with his 35th victory in July. Cavendish confirmed he would not do another Tour de France after receiving his knighthood at Windsor Castle earlier this month, but added he was committed to completing his 2024 race schedule. He has won 165 races since the start of his professional career in 2005.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-46-cents and the euro at 19-rand-10-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-82-cents and Bitcoin trades at 61-thousand-173-dollars-26-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-637-dollars-56-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 78-dollars-80-cents a barrel.

# And finally: President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his heartfelt condolences on the passing of former Judge Willem Heath at the age of 79. Heath played a key role in South Africa’s fight against corruption, leading a commission of inquiry in the 1990s which led to the creation of the Special Investigating Unit, which he also headed. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Ramaphosa praised Heath as a pioneer in anti-corruption efforts: 

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