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BULLETIN 30 October 3 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Gauteng’s premier pledges enhanced regulations of spaza shops following poisoning incidents
# More than 50 people are killed in flash floods in Spain
# And cricket: The Proteas declare on 575 for six after three centuries in the first innings against Bangladesh

# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has promised to strengthen regulations for spaza shops after six children died from contaminated food in Naledi, Soweto. He was briefing the media on his 100-days in office in the seventh administration. Lesufi announced that food inspectors will be deployed across the province to ensure safety standards and proper registration of spaza shops, aiming to prevent future incidents: 

# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has announced a 100-day action plan to address the city’s financial and service delivery crisis. Key goals include financial stability, economic revitalisation, infrastructure development, equitable service delivery, by-law enforcement, and improved community engagement. Moya says the city has a total debt of eleven-billion-rand, with six-billion-rand owed to Eskom:

# The GOOD Party is urging the City of Cape Town to open up Municipal Public Accounts Committee meetings to the public. Currently, specifically task-team meetings where matters are investigated, are generally closed to the public. GOOD’s Chad Davids says according to statistics released by Africa Watch, over 900 cases of fraud and corruption have been reported to the metro. He adds it is imperative for councillors to examine the degree of public accessibility to these matters:

# More than 50 people were killed in flash floods in the vicinity of Valencia in southeastern Spain, while dozens remain missing. This followed torrential rains and hailstorms that flooded roads and towns, sweeping vehicles away and damaging buildings. People were advised to stay at home and only travel in case of emergency. According to the Spanish Weather Service, a total of 491 millimetres of rain was recorded in the region within eight hours. This is the equivalent of a year’s worth of rain.

# Cricket: South African captain Aiden Markram declared on 575 for six after the visitors’ third century in the first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram. Wiaan Mulder scored his maiden century on the second afternoon after Tony de Zorzi contributed 177, and Tristan Stubbs 106. Mulder and Senuran Muthusamy built an undefeated seventh-wicket partnership of 152 runs, with Muthusamy scoring 70. Taijul Islam took five wickets. Bangladesh slumped to 38 for four at stumps.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-57-cents and the euro at 19-rand-4-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-80-cents and Bitcoin trades at 72-thousand-275-dollars-60-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-780-dollars-29-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 71-dollars-55-cents a barrel.

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