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BULLETIN 16 February 2 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The E-hailing driver murder case is postponed for further investigations
# Civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by bombing surged in 2025
# And cricket: There’s huge pressure on Australia in the T20 World Cup today after losing to Zimbabwe

# The case against the accused in the murder of 22-year-old Nigerian e-hailing driver Isaac Satlat in Gauteng has been postponed to next Monday for further investigations. Dikeledi Phela, Gositsiane Machidi, and McClaren Mushwana appeared briefly in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on murder and robbery charges. Dashcam footage shows Satlat being strangled and restrained in his car. His body was found in Pretoria West. The accused remain in custody, with Phela at Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre and the men at Pretoria North police station.

# The Madlanga commission probing alleged political interference in the justice system has postponed the testimony of Witness F to next month after he was hospitalised. Chief evidence leader, Matthew Chaskalson, says an application for postponement was supported by a medical certificate. Although the witness requested an open-ended delay, chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga ruled the matter be postponed to a date which is currently the final scheduled day of proceedings:

# The City of Cape Town says the upcoming land release programme is set to unlock economic potential across the metro. Around 50 prime development opportunities are coming on the market, offering residential, commercial, industrial, community and mixed-use sites for sale and lease. Mayoral committee member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says the auction creates an exceptional opportunity for investors ready to turn land into jobs:

Moving abroad:

# Global conflict monitoring group, Action on Armed Violence, says civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by bombings soared by 26-percent last year. Two-thousand-248 civilians were reported killed and 12-thousand-493 injured by explosives in 2025, which is 33-percent more than in 2024. The worst attack recorded was in Dnipro on 24 June, where Russian missiles hit a passenger train, apartments and schools, killing 21 people. The group’s executive director, Iain Overton, says when impunity becomes normalised, war crimes stop being shocking exceptions and begin to resemble a method of warfare.

# Cricket: Australia is under huge pressure in this afternoon’s T20 World Cup group match against co-hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekele. The Aussies unexpectedly lost to Zimbabwe earlier, and needs a victory today to improve their chances of qualifying for the Super Eight stage. Should they lose again, they will have to rely on other group results to proceed. Co-host India and the West Indies are already through to the next round. The group stage ends on Friday and the Super Eight starts the next day.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 15-rand-92-cents and the euro at 18-rand-89-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-73-cents and Bitcoin trades at 68-thousand-745-dollars. Gold sells at five-thousand-and-9-dollars-62-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 67-dollars-9-cents a barrel.

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