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South African News Bulletin: 5 [June, 1947]

A Political Change 3 Years in the Making!
After the a transition period of 3 months between the Presidential government the new Consular one. Consul Victor Harewood, son of the famed former Princess Mary, gave his opening address to the Upper house starting off with "My brothers... and sisters *gestures toward some sitting female Senators* it has been sometime in getting our bureaucracy in order but my people we have come together once again come together for our hobby of statecraft." Clearly beaming he continued with the days assembly, rightfully so perhaps given that his Imperial Union party gained a majority with the failing liberal party in the 45' election. Though this is the governments first meeting it should be noted that they are still in process of moving to the new capital in the former Kimberly mining region and movement will not be completed until 1950.

So long Kimberly, Hello Malorine!
After 3 years of waiting since the referendum in 44' the city of Kimberly has been renamed to Malorine. The name comes after the first woman to come to Kimberly after the first mining boom of 1890 Malorie Fisk, her husband Gregor established the Andorum corporation which would go on to run all of our nations nuclear power centres today. After her death in 1905 at the age of 65 her family would be part of the few people that remained in the city until this day, her grandson Gregor Fisk III had this to say when prodded for answers, "I'm proud of my heritage and I'm proud of this community, not 15 years ago this place was a dustbowl with neer [not] a caravan in site, now thanks to government funding and the work of everyone, even them zulus, we are prospering and even the central legislature has relocated here." A proud man indeed, and we here at the Bulletin give the city our best wishes as we will be relocating our HQ their this coming fall.

A Bright Light at the End of an Economic Tunnel
After 2 years of negotiation and dramatic arguing the East African Trading Company merged with the All African Air Company, giving their stock a 200 Rand boost to 750.49 Rand. In doing this the EATC has gained significant trading powers in East Africa and with the negotiating skills of economist Dalmos Staldham, they have attained sole right to flights in the cities of Mombasa and Mogadishu. When asked for comment Dalmos said "It's been a long time coming but our progress is significant and stable, soon we shall be bringing in money for our stockholders as promised probably around October." In striking this deal the EATC has gained the right to, as previously stated, solely fly planes in and out of these cities and the surrounding 200 miles, and decide who can create terminals in the aeroports. Of the two it is said that the one in Mogadishu is 10% larger due to the abundant flat land in the city. Further on this it is also being reported that a deal has been reached with Tanga for similar results in the city of Dodoma where an even better deal of exclusive flying routes has been struck for 10 years and all viable land for aeroport construction has been acquired at 40 Rand an acre.

Government Bonds of Extraordinary Quantity!
A few short weeks ago emissaries from Pretoria was sent out to several nations on the continental shelf offering loans and builders for nations whom require and request it, after a few weeks of negotiations Sudenland, Nambia, and Somalia all declined the deal stating that they had arrangements that they needed to deal with before committing to such an economic relationship. On the flip of that Madagascar and the struggling Carsonist economy of the nation of Uganda agreed to the deal, according to a government finance minister "4,000,000,000 R will be loaned toward developing in Mahajanga on the coast of Madagascar and similarly in Kampala an airport and a national highway system will be constructed with a similar government backed loan." This follows the speech of the new Consul Victor who said he would begin his tenure with what he is calling a "Good neighborhood" policy in which outreach programs are established and we seek to help aid our African community into developing toward better, stronger, and more sustainable nation states, furthermore stating that the south African Government will guarantee the independence and self governance of it's neighbors under said policy.

To the Skies!
In cooperation with the Omnitool company of East London the university of Pretoria has unveiled 2 of their projects to the public; the first project which until now was being dubbed "project pollen" is what is being described as the worlds first jet aeroplane. The plane which has been officially named the "Golden Eagle Mk I" features a standard pressurized cabin and 2 Jets set either side on the wings in place of where propellers on a normal plane would go, in terms of buyers the EATC has been the first bidder on the plane buying up 200 of the aircraft which are to be ready by the end of next year, and with their domination of the aviation industry in the nation only one other company has stepped forward, the Turing corporation (named after English mathematician Alex Turing). The second project they revealed was perhaps the least exciting of the Pretoria exhibition, the project is named "Amaterasu I" was a set of concept designs for a rocket ship they are in the middle of producing, with the current government restructure Amaterasu will fall under the aegis of the Central Aeronautics and Space Administration, CASA for short. Excitement is brewing with this news as when production of the EATC's first aeroports is complete the travel time for an average ticket will be 4 hours with only 2 stops for refueling.

==Supreme et Republica==