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BULLETIN 30 June 5 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Former Transnet executives are granted 50-thousand-rand bail each in a 93-million-rand locomotive tender case
# Trump says he is not offering Iran anything and isn’t talking to its government
# And tennis: Two-time champion Petra Kvitova plays Emma Navarro first in her final Wimbledon tournament

# Four former Transnet executives have been granted 50-thousand-tand bail each by the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court in Gauteng today. Anoj Singh, Brian Molefe, Siyabonga Gama and Thamsanqa Jiyane face corruption, fraud, and money laundering charges linked to a 93-million-rand locomotive tender from 2015. The tender is tied to the broader 54-billion-rand deal linked to Gupta networks. The court ruled there was no risk of witness tampering or flight. Jiyane must surrender his passport as part of bail conditions.

Meanwhile, the GOOD Party says the arrests mark real progress in holding those involved in state capture accountable. GOOD’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, says South Africans are calling for convictions that restore public trust, not just high-profile arrests:

# The DA in Gauteng is calling on the provincial Health Department to stop buying from companies linked to corrupt Tembisa Hospital contracts red-flagged by murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran. DA Health spokesperson, Jack Bloom, says over 327-thousand-rand was paid to Nokokhokho Medical Supplies in 2024. The firm is tied to ANC tycoon Sello Sekhokho. Bloom argues there is enough evidence to further block implicated companies following Special Investigating Unit and Hawks investigations:

# US president Donald Trump says he is not offering Iran anything nor talking to it since the US launched strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities. The statement comes as Iran’s deputy Foreign minister, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, told the BBC talks between Washington and Tehran cannot resume unless the US rules out further strikes on Iran. He told the British broadcaster that the US had signalled it wants to return to the negotiating table, a week after it struck three Iranian nuclear facilities.

# Tennis: Two-time champion Petra Kvitova plays tenth-seeded American Emma Navarro in the first round of her final Wimbledon tournament. The 35-year-old Czech recently announced her retirement after this year’s US Open. She returned from maternity leave earlier this year. Kvitova won the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in 2011 and again in 2014, but her absence and injuries saw her world ranking plummet from second in October 2011 to the current 572nd.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-77-cents and the euro at 20-rand-83-cents. One British pound costs 24-rand-33-cents and Bitcoin trades at 107-thousand-840-dollars. Gold sells at three-thousand-280-dollars-28-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 66-dollars-64-cents a barrel.

Stay tuned for more news………….