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On FM, on the station app and on Open View Channel 606, this is East Coast Radio Newswatch. The Health Professions Council of South Africa and the University of Quasulina tell have refuted claims that they've failed foreign-trained doctors who want to work in South Africa. They've been accused by the South African Internationally Trained Health Professionals Association of Manipulating the POSS rate. It's after about 70% of applicants who wrote the board exams in October last year and February this year failed. David Mementia is from the HPCSA. We just don't think we are where the exam has got two components to it. There is a theory component which is where quite a number of these candidates are. But the practical part which comes after this year is a different picture. In fact, the practical exam that was taken in December of 2023, the POSS rate was 94%. And the one that was taken in May 2024, it was 61%. So there's just a lot of distortion and misinformation out there. Senior officials from the KZN Social Development Department will descend on the Aryan Benevolent Children's Home in Chatsworth, south of Durban this morning. It has to do with several allegations and recent reports of child abuse at the facility. The department spokesperson, Mclabam Emeila, says Emi Siambali Shinga will address the allegations today. He says those found to be responsible will be met with decisive action. Reports suggest that workers in the facility have ignored children's rights with instances of children being assaulted. The MSC is expected to outline images being implemented to protect children in the facility. Action essay in Hauteng says it is clear that the ANC and DA are more interested in jockeying for positions than addressing service delivery challenges in the province. The remarks come after Premier Panyazalu Sufi's Cabinet announcement was derailed at the 11th hour yesterday evening. Negotiations between the ANC and DA over positions reached a deadlock. Action essay is Samkelo Ungobozi. Action essay maintains that Panyazalu Sufi's return as Hauteng Premier, made possible solely by the DA, does not represent the world of residence. As the 2024 election results, while striking rebuke of a Premier, whose first term was marked by failure, a series of failed political gimmicks and empty promises, prompting voters to vote to remove him from office. And abroad, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights says at least 39 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in anti-government demonstrations in the country. Anti-tax rallies largely led by young people descended into scenes of deadly violence last week after lawmakers passed the contentious finance bill which would have hyped taxes. The National Rights Watchdog says they have also been 32 cases of enforced disappearances and 627 arrests of protesters. Daben and Peter Madsberg are high of 26 today, Richards Bay 29. For the News Watch team, I'm Nushera Sudion. And coming up in your sports, another Jockovic begins his quest for a record equaling 8th Wimbledon title this afternoon against Czech vehicle breaver. Sundowns confirm the departure of four players from the squad and Romania against Netherlands kicks off today's proceedings at the Europe 2024.