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BULLETIN 17th June 2 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Stun grenades and rubber bullets are used at a Durban repatriation site for Malawians
# BRICS Bank approves a 16-billion-rand loan for South African metro’s
# And tennis: Wawrinka and French Open runner-up Chwalinska are granted Wimbledon wildcards

# Police use stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse angry Malawian nationals at the Sherwood Hall transit site in Durban this morning after some refused to be moved to the Lindela repatriation centre. The group accused authorities of separating families, saying women and children were already transported to Malawi while others were sent to Lindela. Authorities say the site is overcrowded, with one-thousand-876 of about seven-thousand people confirmed undocumented as repatriation efforts continue.

Meanwhile, eThekwini mayor Cyril Xaba says they are working closely with all relevant stakeholders to fast-track the deportations. A humanitarian crisis is unfolding as nearly ten-thousand undocumented and displaced foreign nationals descended on the site. Xaba says a court has been established on site, and he is engaging the Department of Justice to establish two additional courts that will solely deal with deportations:

# South Africa is set to receive a 16-billion-rand loan from the BRICS-backed New Development Bank to upgrade infrastructure in the country’s eight largest metropolitan municipalities. The funding will be used to improve water supply, sanitation and waste management services. The move comes as the government works to address ongoing service delivery challenges in several municipalities. President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged widespread infrastructure failures and says measures are underway to improve basic services and municipal performance.  

# Forum for South Africa says the system continues to produce graduates without skills, qualifications without opportunities, and hope without direction. FOSA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says the current education system is still not aligned with the realities of the people. He adds South Africa must return to a system that values practical skills:

# Tennis: Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka has been awarded a wildcard into the Wimbledon men’s singles draw. The 41-year-old Swiss is retiring at the end of the season. Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov and British players Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones, and Toby Samuel have also been granted wild cards. In the women’s singles, French Open runner-up Maja Chwalinska of Poland has been rewarded for her run in Paris with a wildcard, together with six Brits, including Harriet Dart. Wimbledon begins on the 29th.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-22-cents and the euro at 18-rand-80-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-75-cents, and Bitcoin trades at 64-thousand-852-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-328-dollars-25-cents a fine ounce, and Brent crude oil is quoted at 78-dollars-70-cents a barrel.

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