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BULLETIN 9 October 4 pm

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In this bulletin:

# ActionSA’s Nasiphi Moya secures the mayoral seat in Tshwane with the ANC’s backing
# NotInMyName International seeks the closure of foreign-owned shops following children’s deaths in Soweto
# And tennis: Easy victories for Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16 in Shanghai

# ActionSA’s Nasiphi Moya has been elected as the new mayor of Tshwane. She secured 122 votes, defeating the former mayor, the DA’s Cilliers Brink, who received 86 votes. Moya, previously the deputy mayor, was backed by the ANC and other political parties after Brink was removed in a no-confidence motion earlier. After taking the oath, Moya was officially sworn in as mayor. She says she is set to lead service delivery reforms in the city officially endorsed by the ANC:

# NotInMyName International is calling for the closure of foreign-owned spaza shops in townships, arguing that the local economy must return to its rightful owners. This follows the deaths of five children in Soweto who allegedly consumed contaminated food. The civil rights movement’s secretary-general, Themba Masango, believes empowering residents by removing foreign shop owners will help revitalise the township economy and protect the community’s well-being: 

# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, has outlined key reforms launched to accelerate infrastructure development in his first 100 days in office. The minister highlighted the strengthened infrastructure to streamline projects, tackle corruption, and initiate investigations into failed ventures like the Telkom Building in the Tshwane inner city. Macpherson also addressed state property misuse, tackled the construction mafia, and filled critical department vacancies. He emphasised the need to accelerate efforts, turning South Africa into a construction site to boost the economy and create jobs.

# Tennis: The top two players in the world, Jannik Sinner of Italy and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, barely broke a sweat in their round of 16 matches at the Shanghai Masters in China. Sinner beat American Ben Shelton 6-4, 7-6 while Alcaraz took revenge on French veteran Gaël Monfils, who beat him in Cincinnati in August. Alcaraz also won in straight sets. Russian Daniil Medvedev eliminated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece to set up a quarterfinal clash with Sinner.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-64-cents and the euro at 19-rand-33-cents. One British pound costs 23-rand-9-cents and Bitcoin trades at 62-thousand-62-dollars-98-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-621-dollars-52-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 77-dollars-18-cents a barrel.

# And finally: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their groundbreaking work on proteins. American David Baker will receive half the prize, while the United Kingdom’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper will share the other half. The prestigious prize, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, is worth about 20-million-rand. In a phone call to accept the award, Baker said using artificial intelligence to predict protein shapes opens new opportunities for designing proteins that could greatly benefit humanity:  

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