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0:00Pretoria, 27 degrees tomorrow in Jabog and the Mlajleni up to 24. President Cyril Ramaposa has once again called for disputes to be resolved peacefully in accordance with United Nations Charter. He referred to the war in the Middle East, that's causing global instability, especially regarding access to fuel. He called on all parties involved in this conflict to immediately cease fire so that the conflicts can be solved through negotiation. He addressed the media, doing a joint briefing in Brazil alongside President Lula de Silva of that country. Ramaposa also confirmed that the President granted the Madlanger Commission another extension to complete its work. The Commission asked for more time due to the amount of people who still have to testify – we know this because the Presidency sent us statements a bit earlier. And a couple of mine has confirmed the body of one of five miners trapped underground

1:03has been retrieved. The workers in Kimberley and the Northern Cape were reported missing, falling in underground flood and mud rash at the De Dois Band Joint Shaft last month. The statement releases afternoon, a couple confirmed that recovery operations to reach the remaining four miners are continuing. And the Department of Army Fees announced that it will be working with banks to help residents get this smart ID's quick and effective. According to the Department, it operates via biometric verification, and despite cyber criminals often targeting banks, Minister Leon Shribon saw Jack Render news watch the smart ID application system is safe and quick. So much faster, because there are not different steps in the process. You don't move from one counter to the other, you don't do a partial application online and then go into a bank branch. We do it all on the spot, using the latest technology. It is an unrecognizably more secure and efficient system. And then we wrap up the latest developments in the war in the Middle East. Israel announced that its military had killed the head of Hisbola's Nasr unit, operating

2:08in parts of southern Lebanon. That's under renewed fighting with this Iran-backed armed group, where the Lebanese President Joseph Amon, accused Hisbola of working towards the collapse of the state by attacking Israel. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron says the country's allies are preparing a defensive mission to reopen the threat of war moves after the end of the worst part of the conflict. This as many parts of the world are struggling with fuel. And the country's finance minister in France said that the G7 was not there yet, in terms of any release of strategic oil reserves, as the world's leading industrialized nation held crisis talk on the economic fallout in the Middle East war. And finally, if you haven't heard it yet, here is the man who will most probably lead in the poll after securing a majority of the vote in the latest elections. Palendra Shah is a 35-year-old reputant politician, is a first-time parliamentary lawmaker,

3:18and over the weekend, with the streets of his new constituency, wearing a signature dog, sunglasses, and waving from the sunroof of a car in a victory parade. That's the day's big story is the rest of them, orangeaccharon.fm.com. Next bulletin is tomorrow morning at 6 p.m.