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BULLETIN 6 October 6 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Over 14-thousand suspects were arrested during a nationwide Operation Shanela crackdown
# Kenya confirms its first imported Ebola case
# And, tennis: Carlos Alcaraz defends his Japanese Open title against Jiri Lehecka

# Police arrested 14-thousand-581 suspects nationwide in the latest seven-day Operation Shanela crackdown on serious crime and gender-based violence and femicide. One-thousand-811 wanted suspects were traced by detectives. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the arrests also include 174 rape suspects, 140 murder suspects and 130 accused of attempted murder:

# The FF Plus is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to acknowledge and condemn what it describes as farm murders, after 70-year-old Hannetjie van Zyl was killed near Ottosdal in North West last night. The party says Van Zyl was attacked at her farm gate on the Doornpan road and died on the way to hospital after being struck on the head. FF Plus leader Corné Mulder says the government must start taking farm attacks seriously:

# Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported case of Ebola. Health minister Aden Duale says a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years travelled by road to Kampala before flying to Nairobi, on Saturday and died last night. He says authorities are tracing 28 contacts, including family members and health workers, as well as 23 passengers and four crew members:

# Tennis: World number three, Carlos Alcaraz, is the new Japanese Open champion. He defeated Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic within 96 minutes in straight sets in the final at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, defending his crown from last year. This handed the 23-year-old his first tour-level trophy since Doha in February. Alcaraz is only the third man to successfully defend his title in Tokyo after Stefan Edberg of Sweden, who won from 1988 to 1991, and the champion in 1993 and ’94, American Pete Sampras.    

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-53-cents against the rand and the euro at 18-rand-60-cents. One British pound costs 21-rand-94-cents and Bitcoin trades at 86-thousand-310-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-154-dollars-54-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 101-dollars-36-cents a barrel.

# And finally, according to a University of Cape Town’s new study, South Africans spend a staggering 500-billion-rand a year on celebrations. The study indicated that some people spend up to one-million-rand on weddings and 140-thousand-rand on tombstone unveilings. It also shows that nine-thousand weddings were held across the country over 32 days, with Gauteng recording the highest number at two-thousand-70. Researchers say celebrations are an important part of the economy and social life, despite financial pressures.

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