First Take SA

The National Consumer Commission will institute a public inquiry into timeshare industry. This after, the commission was inundated with complaints from consumers alleging serious misconduct from role players in the vacation ownership industry. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to National Consumer Commission's commissioner Ebrahim Mohamed

Police are investigating four cases of murder after the bodies of young women were discovered at the weekend in and around Soweto. The body of Popi Qwabe, was found in Naledi, while that of her friend Bongeka Phungula was found in neighbouring Tladi. In another incident, the body of Lerato Moloi was also found in Naledi. A fourth, unidentified body was found at a dumping site in Mofolo. Tsepiso Ma...

Today's arts and culture feature focuses on South African movie, "Vaya", which opened the New York African Film Festival earlier this month. Directed by award-winning director Akin Omotoso, Vaya premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and has been playing at festivals around the world. The New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) is a showcase of celebrated films from the Afri...

Caller on PM Live explains to Tsepiso Makwetla how he brutally killed his fiance in 2008. He was arrested and came out of prison in 2015. He explains what drove him to do it ...

The Goodwood Magistrate's Court has been told that three-year-old Courtney Pieters was raped twice before she was killed and buried in a shallow grave. Mortimer Saunders, the 40-year-old suspect who is believed to have lived with the Pieters family, earlier faced angry members of the public when he appeared in court on charges of murder and rape. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the t...

Gauteng police have made a breakthrough in the murder of two of the four young women killed and allegedly raped in Soweto over the weekend. The women's bodies were discovered dumped in the veld. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Sonke Gender Justice's Nonhlanhla Skosana...

The world is becoming a more dangerous place for women. Women are victims of violent crimes like sexual assault and domestic violence on a daily basis. Many women are interested in learning how to protect themselves against violent situations but don't know where to go. So can gender-based violence be prevented through self-defense classes? To answer this question Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Sensei...

Stats SA's 2016 Demographic and Health Survey in collaboration with the National Department of Health and the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) has revealed shocking numbers on domestic violence in South Africa. On questions to women 18 years and older about domestic violence, the report shows that ever-partnered women have experienced physical violence by a partner, and 8% say they hav...

Over 150-countries have been hit by a ransomware cyber-attack. The attack took place over the weekend locked users' files and demanded payment to allow them access into their computers. Software giant, Microsoft has since criticised governments around the world saying the ransomware assault should be treated as a wake-up call. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Cyber Monitor at Wolfpack Risk, Matthew Simon...

Advocate Dali Mpofu representing the UDM at the Constitutional has argued that the purpose of the secret ballot is to protect the voters. The UDM is seeking an order on whether a secret ballot should be allowed or not when a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma is debated. The party approached the court after Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete refused to allow a secret ballot...

The national office of the ANC has slammed the decision by Northern Cape Premier, Sylvia Lucas, to reshuffle her cabinet on the eve of a provincial elective conference. The ANC says the reshuffle was done without proper consultation. In a strongly worded statement the party says the decision smacks of blatant arrogance. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to ANC's National Spokesperson Zizi Kodwa.

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) says it will appeal a ruling by the North Gauteng High Court granting service provider Net1 permission to continue making deductions from social grant beneficiaries' accounts. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to SASSA Spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi..

A potentially dangerous social media game, which has been linked to 130 teen deaths in Russia, is making its way to South Africa. The Blue Whale Game an online game targets teenagers enticing them to commit suicide. After downloading the app into a smartphone or computer, the user is then assigned tasks including self-harming, watching horror movies, and waking up at odd hours. On the 50th and fin...

Tsepiso Makwetla speaks to SABC economics editor, Thandeka Gqubule about her book titled 'No Longer Whispering to Power: The Tenure of Thuli Madonsela'

Disgruntled residents of Finetown in Johannesburg have vowed to continue with their protest until Gauteng Human Settlement MEC Paul Mashatile comes and address them. They says they want land to build their own houses. A Gauteng government official was dispatched to the area and met with the protesters. The protest which started in Eldorado Park on Monday, has since spread to Enerdale, Finetown and...

The Helen Suzman Foundation says it has approached the Constitutional Court for relief against the President and the National Assembly. The foundation says President Zuma has established a pattern of irrational and unlawful behaviour without proper regard for the Constitution. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Chelsea Ramsden who is a Legal Researcher at the Helen Suzman Foudation...

President Jacob Zuma's lawyers have asked the Democratic Alliance (DA) to provide the so-called intelligence report that he supposedly used to fire former finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan. The news of the intelligence report came to the fore after Zuma had recalled the Gordhan and his Deputy from an investor roadshow in the UK and US. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Chairperson of the DA's Federal Execu...

68.5% of top management positions at South African companies are still occupied by white South Africans, this according to the Annual Employment Equity Report. The Employment Equity Commission for South Africa has released its 2016/17 report, showing the current state of the country's workforce at the highest level. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to the Commission for Employment Equity Commissioner, Themb...

Judge Bashir Vally gave his reasons for ordering President Jacob Zuma to explain why he reshuffled his cabinet. Judge Bashir Vally last week ruled that President Jacob Zuma should explain his reasons for his Cabinet reshuffle after the DA took the matter to court. Judge Vally said Zuma has accepted that the exercise of his power must meet the test of rationality. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Associat...

Solidarity says the recent comments by the Premier of the North West province, Supra Mahumapelo are indicative of the systemic problem currently faced by white South Africans. On Sunday, while addressing the crowds at the funeral of the 16-year-old Matlhomola Mosweu, Mahumapelo said his government is prepared to meet with white people to discuss with them this reconciliation, healing and renewal....

Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane is investigating claims that police were planning to fire live ammunition at protesting residents in Eldorado Park - south of Johannesburg. The MEC is visiting the area following violent protests over the lack of housing, jobs and poor service delivery in the area. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Political Analyst Elvis Masoga about the spate of prote...

There have been reports of a high number Malaria cases in Limpopo. Some people say the disease has already claimed a number of lives in the province. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Thabiso Teffo Spokesperson for the department of health in Limpopo

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for his role in the Marikana massacre, saying that it was never his intention to have 34 miners killed. Addressing students at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, the deputy president said his role at Lonmin was to prevent further killings. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Advocate Andries Nkome, who represents the injured and arrested Marikana mine workers

French President elect Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided and fractured France after his victory over Marine Le Pen in the country's presidential elections. Macron is the eighth and youngest president of France's Fifth Republic. France is also looking to the 39 year old former economy minister to resucitate the stagnant economy following years of mass unemployment among other issues. Tse...

The Economic Freedom Fighters says the National Foundation Dialogue initiative is a repetition of the failed Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA. Former presidents, Kgalema Motlanthe, Thabo Mbeki and F.W. de Klerk along with former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka launched the forum to address some of the challenges the country is struggling with. The EFF says the failures o...