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Making headlines: EFF rejects appointment of Moepya, Pillay as IEC Commissioners; Court interdicts Operation Dudula from intimidating, harassing foreign nationals; And, statistics agency says Morocco's unemployment rate drops to 13.1% in September

EFF rejects appointment of Moepya, Pillay as IEC Commissioners

The Economic Freedom Fighters has rejected the appointment of Mosotho Moepya and Judge Dhaya Pillay to serve as Commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission, threatening to reverse, what it termed the “irrational majoritarian resolution” of the National Assembly, which it argued threatens the country’s electoral system.

President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed judge Pillay, Moepya and Joyce Pitso to serve as commissioners for seven years.

Moepya and Pitso will serve as full-time members, while Pillay will serve part-time.

The party pointed out that despite chief justice Mandisa Maya’s report identifying shortcomings in the candidates, Parliament choose to endorse them.

The party also expressed concerns with the decision by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs’ report on the filling of vacancies in the IEC.

Court interdicts Operation Dudula from intimidating, harassing foreign nationals

The Gauteng High Court has interdicted the Operation Dudula movement from demanding that any private person produce identification before accessing health facilities.

Members of Operation Dudula have been picketing at hospitals and clinics in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, checking identity cards and stopping non-South Africans from entering.

The court judgment ruled that only immigration officials and South African Police Services officers have the power to demand identification from persons.

The court interdicted the movement from intimidating, harassing and/or assaulting any individuals that they identify as being foreign nationals, and making of public statements that constitute hate speech on the grounds of nationality, social origin or ethnicity at public gatherings, on social media platforms or in any other way.

The movement is interdicted from interfering with the access of foreign nationals to health care services and/or their right to such access, and interfering with access to, or the operations of, schools and intimidating or harassing learners, teachers or parents at schools.

And, statistics agency says Morocco's unemployment rate drops to 13.1% in September

Morocco's unemployment rate dropped to 13.1% in September from 13.6% a year earlier, as services, construction and industry offset jobs lost in the drought-hit farming sector, Morocco's statistics agency HCP said today.

As of the end of September, there were 1.62-million unemployed people in Morocco, a nation of 37-million people, HCP said in a quarterly note.

The unemployment rate was higher among young people, at 38.4%. Among graduates, it stood at 19% and among women, 21.6%.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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