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0:00Uh. Johannesburg 24 to need 23, Pretoria 25 degrees. Health Minister Irwin Mottselady says officials from the Health Department who are under investigation for Ledgemask Condact have been suspended and permitted from entering department offices. These officials were arrested on Monday on charges of fraud and theft exceeding one million rent. So I sent my legal advice. I have studied to the court to ask more details. They said, no, they can talk to the minister if they want, but if they have to do something to do they have to do something about health itself. They have to apply to the court of law to do that. Now you can imagine every time even to apply to court, because you want to do something in health. So I immediately conducted the presidency in the US study. The accused have since appeared in a halting court and are

1:01expected back in June. Now for this morning's big news, tributes are pouring in far and wide for the Congress of the people's founding leader, Messiah Terro Lakota, the South African Federation of Trade Union's has paid tribute to him, saying he belonged to a generation that carried the enormous burden of confronting apartheid at great personal costs, such to generate sick role as well as in a party. As the Congress reflects on his life, we hope that this moment will also encourage renewed appreciation for the collective generation of leaders who helped bring democracy to South Africa and who paid the heavy personal price for that freedom. The 7070 old died in Johannesburg hospital this morning after battling along illness. He has copes, acting national chairperson, Pekstighitzi. Party will regularly issue media statements to inform the nation about developments. Further details regarding memorial arrangements and

2:01tributes will be communicated in due course. We extend our deepest condolences to the Lakota family and all South Africans who mourn this loss. In other news, Deputy National Police Commissioner to bello Mossegiri says, task teams remain a necessary policing intervention. She says such teams are established when provincial capacity is an adequate or when specialised expertise is required. She appeared before Parliament's and our committee yesterday for more. Go to jackaroundfm.com. Click on news. In user broad Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carnie says the US is well war against the run is another example of the failure of the international order. The US says it has hit more than 1,700 targets in Iran since it began its military operations on Saturday. Carnie says while Canada considers it runs a nuclear programme, a grove global threats they're calling for a rapid de-escalation of hostilities despite decades of

3:02UN Security Council resolutions, the tireless work of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the succession of sanctions and diplomatic frameworks, Iran's nuclear threat remains. And now the United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting allies, including Canada. And finally, we end off in the US where zoo in Connecticut has announced the arrival of a female black-handed spider monkey and is fighting the public to participate in naming her to facilitate this. The zoo has created an online poll where individuals can cast their votes for one of three suggested names. It includes Esperanza, meaning hope, Mirabelle, which means wonderful and renier, signifying and meaning queen. Voting will remain open until this Thursday. That's your latest news update, Morty 11. And now, and now, and now and now and now and now and now and now.