News 16:00
BULLETIN 2 July 4 pm
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In this bulletin:
# Government says a Ghanaian national’s death in Cape Town is not linked to the anti-migrants’ protests
# Gauteng exceeds its targets in the Lenacapavir rollout
# And rugby: A crowd of 55-thousand is expected at Ellis Park on Saturday
# Government has rejected Ghana’s claims that the fatal shooting of a Ghanaian national in Nyanga, Cape Town, was linked to Tuesday’s anti-migrants’ demonstrations. Police say the man was shot during a suspected extortion-related robbery at his barbershop on Monday, a day before the protests took place. Government spokesperson William Baloyi accused Ghana of spreading false information, as no deaths were recorded during the demonstrations:
# The Gauteng Department of Health says its Lenacapavir HIV prevention programme has exceeded early rollout targets, reaching six-thousand-130 clients in its first month. This represents 131-percent of the provincial target. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says the medicine is available at 133 clinics in Gauteng. Tshwane recorded the highest uptake, followed by Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni. Mabona revealed available sufficient stock, but urges continued use of other prevention methods:
# Major South African construction giant, Group Five, has officially exited business rescue after a successful six-year restructuring process. Business rescue practitioners Dave Lake and Peter van den Steen confirmed the formal termination of proceedings following the full implementation of their recovery plan. The recovery exceeded financial expectations, and the company is evaluating the prospect of returning surplus value to shareholders once final corporate matters are wrapped up. Of the nearly six-thousand workers employed when the company collapsed, fewer than 15-percent were retrenched.
Moving abroad:
# Firefighters are battling several wildfires fanned by strong winds in southern France as the country grapples with parched conditions following Europe’s recent heatwave. Interior minister Laurent Nunez says three blazes, two of which broke out on the western edge of the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, had scorched a combined area of more than one-thousand-200-hectares. The World Meteorological Organization last week warned the record temperatures that baked Western Europe for over a week late last month would worsen the risk of wildfires, with very dry vegetation.
# Rugby: A crowd of about 55-thousand is expected for Saturday’s Nations Championship clash between South Africa and England at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, which has 62-thousand-500 seats. SA Rugby refuted claims of a lack of interest in the match between the old foes, saying the actual sales data suggests otherwise. This followed earlier allegations that only 21-thousand tickets had been sold by last weekend. Ticket prizes reportedly range from 450- to three-thousand-rand each.
# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-39-cents and the euro at 18-rand-67-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-80-cents and Bitcoin trades at 61-thousand-135-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-and-66-dollars-74-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 70-dollars-31-cents a barrel.
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