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BULLETIN 9 July 5 pm

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In this bulletin:

# The media personality Lasizwe Dambuza calls for greater youth inclusion in business
# An expert identifies three corruption patterns in the South African Police Service
# And rugby, Fin Russell returns to Scotland’s starting-15 for the clash against the Springboks

# Entrepreneur and media personality Lasizwe Dambuza has challenged South Africa’s private sector to do more to empower young people. Speaking at FNB’s Private Wealth Series, he questioned why youth are underrepresented in spaces where key economic decisions are made. Dambuza also urged businesses to invest in the media industry, saying it provides opportunities for millions. His remarks sparked debate on representation, access and preparing the youth to become future leaders:

# The Madlanga Commission has heard that corruption within the SAPS follows three key patterns. Anti-corruption expert Albertus Schoeman testified that these include the abuse of authority to obstruct investigations, the leaking of confidential information to criminal networks, and the manipulation of procurement processes for personal gain. Schoeman warned that organised crime has exploited weaknesses in SAPS’ integrity and anti-corruption systems:

# The Gauteng Department of Health says it remains committed to accountability and consequence management in cases of medical negligence and financial misconduct. The department’s Steve Mabona says disciplinary action has been taken where sufficient evidence exists, and that criminal investigations into financial misconduct are continuing. He says medical negligence cases are being reviewed to determine whether healthcare professionals should be referred to relevant professional councils:

# South Africans whose identity documents were blocked before November 2022 have until tomorrow, to visit a Department of Home Affairs office and verify their identity. Affected individuals must appear in person with documents including proof of birth, hospital or school records, and certified copies of their parents’ identity documents or death certificates. Failure to meet the deadline or submit representations could result in the permanent cancellation of the blocked identity document.

# Rugby: Star flyhalf Fin Russell returns to Scotland’s squad for Saturday’s Nations Championship feature against the Springboks in Pretoria. He missed last weekend’s victory over Argentina due to a calf injury. Russell replaces Tom Jordan in the number ten jersey, while Jordan reverts to the bench. Coach Gregor Townsend made two other changes to his starting-15, with Zander Fagerson replacing Elllit Millar Mills at prop, and Gregor Brown playing lock in place of Jonny Gray. Scotland lost the last nine matches against the world champions.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-39-cents against the rand and the euro at 18-rand-72-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-94-cents and Bitcoin trades at 62-thousand-565-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-112-dollars-66-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 78-dollars-32-cents a barrel.

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