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Presenter: Big Joe

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The presiding judge in the corruption trial of former President Jacob Zuma has recused himself from the matter, as the case continues in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. In adjourning the trial last October, Judge Piet Koen asked the State and the Defense to make written submissions on whether he should recuse himself as the trial judge. This came as Zuma, objected against Advocat...

 The civic organisation SANCO has accused the former president Jacob Zuma of exploiting it to gain sympathy for his political battles. This after Zuma was elected as the KwaZulu-Natal SANCO chairperson on Friday. The organisation's general-secretary Mike Soko says this is disheartening and shows the extent of the former president's desperation. Soko told the media in Midrand, Johannesburg, that th...

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has granted an order to halt a special council sitting scheduled for today in Ekurhuleni. The urgent application was made by speaker Raymond Dhlamini who argued that the meeting was illegally called by Ekurhuleni city manager, Dr Imogen Mashazi. Mashazi wrote to councillors on Friday citing that reasons were provided motivating for the special sitting. Sakina...

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 Police Minister, Bheki Cele has arrived in Gqeberha to visit the house and families of those that were gunned down and killed yesterday in KwaZakhele Township  in the Eastern Cape. The mass murder of eight people during a birthday celebration has left the community in shock with the police launching a manhunt for the suspects. Amongst those that were killed includes the owner of the house which h...

 The IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa says the EFF's decision to get out of the two parties' coalition will not intimidate the IFP. At the weekend, the EFF leader Julius Malema said the party had resolved to support all motions of no confidence in mayors in municipalities in which the IFP  governs. The EFF has cut ties with its former ally in over ten municipalities across KwaZulu-Natal. Hlabisa...

The Section 194 inquiry into suspended Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office has resumed with the testimony from Zambia's Public Protector, Caroline Zulu-Sokonibis. The probe adjourned last December following the testimony of two witnesses. The inquiry is expected to be briefed on correspondence received from Mkhwebane's legal team ahead of this week's planned sitti...

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Voting for the position of mayor for the City of Johannesburg is expected to get underway this afternoon.  Three candidates have been nominated for the position. They include Al Jamah's Thapelo Amad, former mayor Mpho Phalatse and Action SA's Funzi Ngobeni. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Tshepo Phagane

The Democratic Alliance leader in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga has accused ActionSA of a wanting to initiate a reverse take over of the Johannesburg Metro council. This follows what appears to be a breakdown in relations between the two parties as Mpho Phalatse was ousted as mayor yesterday. Al Jama Ah's Thapelo Amad, ActionSA's Fundzi Ngobeni and Phalatse have since been nominated for the position of...

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has confirmed that it will oppose bail for the female police constable that was arrested in Limpopo for allegedly forcing her minor boy child to have sexual intercourse with her. The incident, allegedly captured on video caused a stir on social media yesterday with many accusing the mother of being a pedophile while others cautioned against passing...

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has added his voice to growing international condemnation following the murder of leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko over the weekend. His death came after King Mswati the Third warned those calling for democracy in the kingdom that his mercenaries would deal with them.  Maseko was the founder of a coalition of opposition parti...

Juan Cassidy  from the Hy-drome renewable energy group says he is outside Luthuli House to provide solutions over the energy crisis. Cassidy is one of hundreds of protesters who marched past the ANC headquarters on Wednesday. A seperate group led by the party's Youth League said it was ready and well prepared to receive their guest outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg. This as the DA intensified...

The African National Congress has declined to receive a memorandum from the Democratic Alliance at its "power to the people march in Johannesburg today. The DA marched to protest against continuous load shedding to the ANC which it says has engineered the country's energy crisis. Speaking to members of the media outside the party's headquarters, ANC National Spokesperson Pule Mabe said the DA shou...

DA leader John Steenhuisen says they will vehemently oppose the proposed eighteen-point- percent electricity taffif hike for Eskom. He led thousands of his supporters in march against loadshedding, to the ANC head offices in Johannesburg today. The official opposition accused the ANC of deliberately engineering the rolling blackouts. Last week the National Energy Regulator of South Africa - NERSA...

 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is on a three-country trip to Africa, as Washington continues its unrelenting condemnation of Moscow for its war in Ukraine. She is leading  a new diplomatic push by the Biden administration  that aims to show the continent that the United States is a true partner. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Prof John Stremlau from the department of International Relations at th...

Two senior officials from the Lepelle-Nkumpi local municipality in Limpopo are expected to make their first appearances in the Polokwane Special Commercial Crimes Court on corruption charges. One of the pair was initially due in the same court this morning when proceedings were delayed following the arrest of his co-accused. The first suspect was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly received R3...

The trial of a man accused of killing seven women is expected continue in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo. Themba Dube is facing seven charges of murder, rape and kidnapping, as well as one charge for contravening the Immigration Act. The bodies of the women were found dumped in different locations in and around Polokwane in 2021. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Kokesto Motau.

A member of parliament and former ANC Youth League secretary in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda Region in the North West, is expected to appear in the Orkney Magistrate Court. He was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing his wife last November in Kanana township near Klerskdorp. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Zeblon Maine.

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 African National Congress President, Cyril Ramaphosa says he has requested that Eskom consider postponing the implementation of the latest energy tariff increase. The National Energy Regulator (NERSA) recently approved Eskom's electricity tariff increase application by 18-point-six-five per cent for the 2023-2024 financial year. Speaking following the ANC PEC meeting in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZul...

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National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has commended a multi-disciplinary team for the arrest of six men believed to be part of a syndicate that has been terrorising business owners in Gauteng. The suspects have been linked to at least 16 cases following surveillance operations led by Crime Intelligence Officers and Organised Crime members. The group was arrested after a businessman...