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Former BCM Municipal official and the alleged corruptor appear in court

EASTERN CAPE – Xolelwa Mbusi (44) a former Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality cashier at NU3 Mdantsane Municipal Rent office and Daluxolo Ndwangu(49) a resident at NU2 Mdantsane appeared at Mdantsane Magistrate court on 10 June 2021 for alleged charges of corruption.

It is alleged that in 2018, Ndwangu after buying a house in Mdantsane NU2 discovered that the house was sold to him with rates debt of R100 000. He is said to have gone to make an enquiry with the intention of making suitable arrangements.

It is further alleged that during the enquiry, Xolelwa Mbusi informed Ndwangu that the account was handed over to the lawyers but could assist with clearing the account on the system provided Ndwangu paid her an amount of R50 000 of which Ndwangu subdued to the enticement.

It is said that the duo went to the nearest Capitec Bank branch for Ndwangu to transfer the money into Mbusi’s bank account.

It is reported that after some time Ndwangu realised that the account had not been cleared by the official as agreed upon but instead the debt was escalating. Ndwangu is said to have contacted Mbusi who failed to cooperate and at a later stage ended up being unreachable.

Ndwangu lodged a complaint with the East London Serious Corruption Investigation team for probing. On finalisation of the investigations, warrants of arrests were issued for both the alleged Ndwangu and Mbusi hence their arrest on 10 June 2021.

The duo made their appearance at Mdantsane Magistrate Court immediately after the arrest where they got released on R2000 00 bail each and the matter is remanded for 18 August 2021 to set a trial date.

Source: South African Police Service

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Vehicle sales Facebook scammer convicted

FREE STATE – Marius Smit (27) appeared before the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Thursday, 10 June 2021 where he was convicted and sentenced for fraud.

His conviction originates from an incident which took place on Wednesday, 3 July 2019 where Hawks’ Communication Services Bloemfontein received information about the fraudulent advertising of vehicles for sales on Facebook. It is alleged that Smit requested deposit from interested buyers for fuel money or delivery money of the vehicle. The victims will then deposit the money by means of ewallet or money market transfers. Smit will then withdraw the money and not deliver the vehicles to the victims as agreed.

A disruptive operation was then conducted by members of the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Bloemfontein together with Hawks’ Communication Services where Smit was traced and arrested in Botshabelo while he was withdrawing the money at an ATM. Smit appeared in court on several occasions culminating to his recent conviction.

The court sentenced Smit to 3 years direct imprisonment.

Source: South African Police Service

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NICD confirms third wave as infections continue to soar

South Africa on Thursday logged 9 149 new COVID-19 cases, which represents a 15.7% positivity testing rate.

According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), figures from the past seven days show that South Africa is now experiencing the third wave.

“South Africa technically entered the third wave today as the national seven-day moving average incidence of 5 959 cases, which now exceeds the new wave threshold, as defined by the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC),” the NICD said on Thursday.

The MAC, which provides recommendations on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, defines the new wave seven-day moving average threshold as 30% of the peak incidence of the previous wave.

The majority of the new infections are from Gauteng, with 5 597 cases (61%), followed by the Western Cape with 932 (10%).

This brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 1 722 086 since the outbreak.

The NICD also observed an increase of 844 admissions, pushing the total to 7 300 patients in health institutions across the country.

An additional 127 in-hospital deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.

The data is based on the 12 044 072 tests conducted, 58 322 of which were done since the last reporting cycle.

To date, 1 619 011 people have been vaccinated in South Africa.

According to the World Health Organisation, as of 10 June 2021, there have been 174 061 995 confirmed global cases, 3 758 560 deaths and 2 156 384 616 administered vaccine doses.

Source: South African Government News Agency

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President Ramaphosa participates in G7 Summit

President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

The summit starts today and ends on Sunday.

President Ramaphosa will attend this gathering at the invitation of British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

The summit brings together leaders to discuss efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic and create a greener and more prosperous future for all.

President Ramaphosa has been invited in recognition of South Africa’s leadership role on the continent and globally in the fight against the pandemic, including championing vaccine equity within and between nations.

The President’s working visit to the United Kingdom affords South Africa and the host country an opportunity to deepen the strong ties that characterise their bilateral relations.

South Africa has also been invited for its role as co-chair of the ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council, which aims to expedite research, manufacturing and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics across the world.

President Ramaphosa and his counterparts will deliberate on proposals formulated during ministerial talks in the lead-up to the leaders’ summit.

The President will participate in three working sessions on Health, Open Societies and Economies, and Climate and Nature.

The summit will allow South Africa to push for a swift international response to COVID-19 that enables the equitable and affordable access of COVID-19 vaccines and medical supplies.

Such a response should include financial support from wealthy countries for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator (ACT-A) and the adoption of a Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver at the World Trade Organisation.

On the issue of climate change, South Africa will argue for a global commitment to a just transition for developing economies and significantly scaled-up support for adaptation and implementation support.

President Ramaphosa is accompanied by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor.

Source: South African Government News Agency

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Les émissions pour enfants très populaires de Moonbug Entertainment arrivent sur la BBC

Des programmes comprenant les succès internationaux CoComelon, Go Buster, Little Baby Bum et plus sont maintenant disponibles

LONDRES, 10 juin 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Moonbug Entertainment Ltd., l’une des plus grandes entreprises de médias numériques au monde, a annoncé aujourd’hui que ses émissions pour enfants amusantes, adaptées et enrichissantes sont désormais disponibles sur la BBC. Tous les épisodes disponibles de titres extrêmement populaires, notamment CoComelon, Digley and Dazey, Little Baby Bum, Go Buster et Playtime with Twinkle peuvent maintenant être regardés par les familles du Royaume-Uni sur iPlayer BBC.

Moonbug x BBC

« Notre collaboration avec la BBC marque le premier partenariat avec un diffuseur de service public. Un véritable label de qualité pour nos équipes créatives, s’est réjoui Nicolas Eglau, directeur général des zones EMEA et APAC, chez Moonbug. La BBC est connue dans le monde entier pour sa programmation attrayante pour les enfants d’âge préscolaire, et Moonbug est heureux de conclure un partenariat avec une organisation d’un tel prestige. »

La programmation de Moonbug introduit des thèmes universels auxquels les enfants peuvent s’identifier par le biais d’animations colorées et de récits captivants. Qu’il s’agisse de manger des légumes ou de se préparer pour le lit, l’animation ludique et les chansons accrocheuses de Moonbug stimulent le développement et l’apprentissage des enfants.

À propos de Moonbug Entertainment

Moonbug Entertainment est une entreprise mondiale de divertissement primée qui propose des programmes éducatifs pour enfants fondés sur des valeurs. Sa gamme populaire pour enfants comprend les productions mondiales CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle, Supa Strikas, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Gecko’s Garage, ARPO et bien d’autres, disponibles en 27 langues.

En deux ans seulement, la société est devenue une centrale de programmation pour enfants avec une bibliothèque de plus de 550 heures de contenu, qui est distribuée sur plus de 100 plateformes dans le monde, dont YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, Tencent, Youku et Roku. En mai 2020, Tubular Labs a désigné Moonbug comme l’une des principales entreprises de divertissement numérique pour enfants au monde, sur la base du nombre total de minutes regardées.

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Coppel Mexico Picks VoltDB to Power Customer Profiles

BEDFORD, Mass., June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — VoltDB, the only enterprise-grade data platform that meets the real-time data requirements of modern applications, announced today that Coppel, the biggest nationwide department store in Mexico, is now using the VoltDB Data Platform to create a unified system for customer profiles.

“Volt has really been a game-changer for us,” said Coppel CTO Robert Gil. “We can now have a unified platform to manage all of our 13 million customer portfolio data, which then feeds into much better customer experiences and far bigger ROI for us thanks to improved customer loyalty.”

One of Coppel’s main assets, customer portfolios, also present a big challenge: to have a single profile that is online and up-to-date with all the customer’s information and for this profile to be live in an omnichannel environment so that customers can access their information on charges, credits, and installments (balances) in real time, without compromising the speed at which transactions are processed within the portfolio.

Coppel chose VoltDB because it needed a data platform that could enable them to:

  • Store online information in one place
  • Be fault tolerant through distributed, multi-site optimized finite-difference (DRP) schemes
  • Analyze information in real time with dashboards
  • Do real-time data collection
  • Perform fraud analysis without compromising database performance

“All the tests we carried out with Volt exceeded the expectations with respect to performance in transactions per second,” Gil said.

Moving forward, Coppel plans to expand its use of Volt to various call center and customer service use cases.

For more information on why organizations across all industries are choosing VoltDB to power their operations, visit https://www.voltdb.com/.

About VoltDB

VoltDB is the only data platform designed to support telco applications in the age of 5G. We combine in-memory data storage with predictable low-latency and other key capabilities to power BSS/OSS, customer management, and revenue assurance applications that need to act in single-digit milliseconds to drive revenue or prevent revenue loss, without compromising on data accuracy. For more information, visit voltdb.com.

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