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BULLETIN 13 November 4 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Cabinet is confident ahead of South Africa’s G20 leaders’ summit
# An investigation reveals Stuart Scharnick is linked to 29 criminal cases
# And rugby: Rassie rings the changes for the clash against Italy in Turin

# Cabinet says South Africa is ready to successfully host the G20 leaders’ summit in Nasrec, Johannesburg, next week, and the G20 social summit in Ekurhuleni from Tuesday to Thursday. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed the country has hosted 130 of 132 preparatory meetings without incident, achieving major consensus on Africa’s development. She assured a seamless summit:

# KwaZulu-Natal police have revealed that businessman Stuart Scharnick is linked to 29 criminal dockets across the province, mostly involving vehicle theft and carjackings. The revelation follows Scharnick’s filing of perjury and defamation charges against Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. Acting deputy provincial commissioner for Crime Detection, Anthony Gopaul, told the media Scharnick was often involved in facilitating the sale or possession of stolen vehicles:

# The 2025 Responsible Gambling Summit in Johannesburg is focusing on South Africa’s growing online betting crisis and weak regulation. Delegates will debate new standards and technologies to protect vulnerable communities. South African Responsible Gambling Forum director Sibongile Simelane-Quntana says the summit will highlight how to curb illegal gambling as some South Africans are not aware that those establishments are not licensed:

Moving abroad:

# The Australian state of Victoria signed into law the country’s first treaty with indigenous people. It is hailed by advocates as a major step towards reconciliation by giving first inhabitants more oversight on decisions that concern them. The treaty, which will take effect on December 12, delivers a formal apology to Australia’s First Nations people and establishes a permanent representative body to provide advice to the Victorian government. It requires a formal apology from the government to indigenous people for historical injustices.

# Rugby: Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus rang the changes for Saturday’s Test against Italy in Turin. There are 12 changes to the squad that broke French hearts with a convincing 32-17 victory in the Stade de France in Paris last weekend. The only players remaining in the starting-15 are captain Siya Kolisi, prop Boan Venter, winger Kurt-Lee Arendse and fullback Damian Willemse. Kwagga Smith returns to the bench in place of Johan Grobbelaar, who will wear the number two-jersey. Kick-off is at 2.40 Saturday afternoon.    

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-97-cents and the euro at 19-rand-71-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-34-cents and Bitcoin trades at 102-thousand-922-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-234-dollars-34-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 62-dollars-92-cents a barrel.

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