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BULLETIN 11 April 2 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The NPA calls on the community to unite in condemning gender-based violence and femicide
# AfriForum urges the public to fight back against the Police ministry’s plan to disarm private security
# And Prince Harry makes a surprise visit to Ukraine to meet war victims

# The National Prosecuting Authority in Mpumalanga is calling on communities to unite in condemning gender-based violence and femicide, to report incidents of abuse, and to support efforts that seek to eliminate violence against women and children. The NPA’s spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa, reacted after the High Court in the province sentenced Gilbert Voyiya from Klarinet to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of his wife, Nelly:

# AfriForum urges the public to reject the police ministry’s plan to take guns away from private security companies. The civil rights organisation argues this will make communities less safe and harder to protect, especially where police are short-staffed. The public has until 25 April to submit objections to the proposed regulations. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says private security helps fight crime and taking away their weapons would be a big setback:

# Prince Harry met war victims in Ukraine when he visited a clinic which rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians. He was accompanied by a group from the Invictus Games Foundation, including four veterans who had been through similar rehabilitation. Lviv has frequently been targeted with Russian missiles and the visit was not announced until after the prince was out of the country. Harry served ten years in the British Army and founded the Invictus Games in 2014 for wounded veterans to compete in sports events.

# Soccer: Former Manchester United star Eric Cantona has accused co-owner Jim Ratcliffe and his lieutenants of destroying the Old Trafford club. British billionaire Ratcliffe has endured a turbulent spell since taking charge of United’s operations after buying a minority share in February last year. The INEOS owner has sacked manager Erik ten Hag and replaced him with Ruben Amorim, with little improvement in a team languishing in 13th place in the Premier League. Ratcliffe has also raised ticket prices and made drastic cost-cuts, resulting in around 450 job losses.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 19-rand-31-cents and the euro at 21-rand-97-cents. One British pound costs 25-rand-28-cents and Bitcoin trades at 82-thousand-474-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-229-dollars-79-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 63-dollars-40-cents a barrel.

# And finally: Today marks 24 years since the Ellis Park tragedy in Johannesburg during the Soweto derby between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. Forty-three spectators were killed and 117 injured when overcrowding led to a deadly stampede in 2001. A commission led by Judge Bernard Ngoepe found that poor crowd control, corruption, and neglect of local and world governing bodies, SAFA and FIFA’s safety regulations contributed to the disaster.

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