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KZN's number one for local news, this is East Coast Radio NewsWatch. Judges Matter has called on Parliament to select only the best MPs to be part of the Judicial Service Commission and Magistrates Commission. This comes after the nomination of MK Party parliamentary leader John Slope for the Judicial Service Commission. Slope is the former Western Cape Judge President who was impeached for misconduct by the Commission. He was found guilty of attempting to influence constitutional court judges in a corruption matter involving former President Jacob Zuma who is now the MK Party leader. Judges Matter spokesperson, Mbéké Zehliz, Benjamin. Parliament needs to come to the party and select only those members who will meet high ethical standards. An obvious disqualifier is anyone who has been found guilty or has been implicated in serious ethical or misconduct. President Siro Ramaphosa's newly appointed National Executive will take the oath of office in Cape Town this morning. The Executive is made up of 76 members including 23 ministers and 43 Deputy Ministers, Newswatches to Masha Kani reports. File three have been reassigned as deputies under DA Ministers. Among the coalition partners, IFP President Vellinquosini-Klabisa has been appointed as the new Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Other party leaders in the new cabinet include UDM President Bandu Holomisa, now the Deputy Minister of Defense and Military Veterans. They will formally receive handovers from the 6th administration and commence their duties after taking the oath of office. Masha Kani, East Coast Radio News Watch. Newswatches Anastasi Mohabu has filed this report. Standard Bank says impacted lines received interactive messages, notifying them of the situation, prompting a high volume of calls to the bank for clarification. Standard Bank emphasized that there has been no breach of its system, highlighting the multiple security and authentication layers in place to safeguard its customers. In the meantime, the bank adds any customer who experienced or reported fraud to the bank will see the emeta investigated Anastasi Mohabu in Johannesburg. And finally, South Africa's happiness trends have been higher since the May general election results and the cabinet announcement. This is according to the Happiness Index conducted by the University of Johannesburg. The university says, analyzing the positive trend in the Happiness Index, the team found that positive words used in South Africa increased such as hope, happiness and joy. Your top story this hour, Judges Matter, has called on Parliament to select only the best MPs to be part of the Judicial Service Commission and Magistrates Commission. For more on this and other news stories, you can head to ecr.co.siday and click on the news and traffic tab. For the NewsWatch team, I'm Nushera Sudhyam.