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BULLETIN 15 December 5 pm

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In this bulletin:

# South Africa publishes the final G20 at 20 Review
# A motion of no confidence in the KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli fails
# And Cricket: England’s Harry Brook admits he needs to rein himself in with the Ashes on the line

# South Africa has published the final G20 at 20 Review, marking two decades of the G20. Released under the 2025 South African presidency, the report evaluates the first full cycle of G20 presidencies since 2008 and offers recommendations for the next. The Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenys says the review highlights the G20’s role in strengthening multilateralism, facilitating global cooperation, and addressing shared economic and crisis-related challenges:

# The MK Party’s motion of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli has been rejected. Ntuli will remain in office. Proceedings in the provincial legislature were disrupted as MK and EFF members demanded a secret ballot, with protests on the floor. Supporters from different parties gathered outside the legislature. The council’s speaker, Nontembeko Boyce, had earlier ruled that the vote would be open, rejecting calls for a secret ballot:

# Higher Education and Training minister Buti Manamela says the proposed cancellation of private institutions City Varsity, Damelin, and ICESA City Campus does not affect the student qualifications. Speaking to eNCA, Manamela says the decision was made in accordance with the law. He confirmed past and current academic results remain valid, and government will guide students on completing their studies once teach-out plans for 2026 are finalised:

# Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto says activities in areas on Sumatra that were hit by deadly floods may return to normal in the next two to three months. The disaster claimed more than one-thousand lives. At least 206 people are still missing after cyclone-induced floods and landslides destroyed houses and forced people into evacuation centres. Subianto says authorities will soon build hundreds of temporary homes for those displaced. Reconstruction is expected to cost at least 50-billion-rand. The storms also killed about 200 people in Thailand and Malaysia.

# Cricket: England’s batter Harry Brook admits he might need to curb his aggressive instincts a little when the Ashes go on the line in the third Test in Adelaide from tomorrow. He contributed 98 runs over four innings so far and acknowledges two of his dismissals in Perth and Brisbane were the result of shocking shots that he would reconsider if he had his time again. The vice-captain says England’s players had discussed trying to be in the moment more and not look too far ahead.

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-78-cents and the euro at 19-rand-72-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-46-cents and Bitcoin trades at 89-thousand-510-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-339-dollars-11-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 60-dollars-89-cents a barrel.

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