First Take SA

The National Liquor Traders Association is hoping for a sober Judgement as the High Court in Polokwane is expected to hear their urgent application to scrap the Limpopo Liquor Act. The new Act which prohibits the sale of alcohol after midnight came into effect in August, this month. The Liquor Traders Association argues the cuts in trading hours negatively affect the industry. For more on this Elv...

Lobby group AfriForum will be challenging the five-year validity period for driving licences in court today. The organisation will be in the Pretoria High Court today and tomorrow, to demand a declaratory order stating that the five-year validity period of driving licenses is unconstitutional and should be scrapped. Elvis Presslin spoke to Jacques Broodryk, Spokesperson for AfriForum Community Saf...

Law enforcement officers came under heavy gunfire in Matholeville west of Johannesburg during an operation targeted at illegal mining hotspots at the weekend. The operation follows the discovery of five bodies believed to be that of illegal miners in Riverlea in Johannesburg last weekend. Meanwhile, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has vowed to permanently close all open shafts and h...

Six men accused of the murder of corruption whistleblower Babita Deokaran are expected to appear in the high court in Johannesburg today. The case was postponed last month because one of the accused's advocates was unwell. Deokaran was shot and killed outside her home in Winchester Hills, south of Johannesburg, in August 2021. She was a senior finance official in the Gauteng Health Department. At...

National Spokesperson for the African Transformation Movement, Zama Ntshona spoke to Elvis Presslin on the dismissal of the National Dialogue on Coalition governments   

Elvis Presslin spoke to Deon Joubert, Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) special envoy for market access and EU matters on the EU's unfair restrictions on South African citrus imports  

Former president Jacob Zuma is appealing an enforcement order granted by the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. This after Journalist Karyn Maughan and Senior State Advocate Billy Downer's enforcement application was granted - barring Zuma from seeking further private prosecution against them, despite his appeal. Last year, Zuma served Downer and Maughan with summonses to appear in cour...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appeared in a Washington D.C. Federal Court on charges that he sought to subvert the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges as he did on his previous two indictments on separate charges earlier this year. He faces four felony counts - for conspiring to defraud the United States, attempting to and obstructing an...

Taxi commuters in Cape Town will have to find alternative transport today after the South African National Taxi Council; Santaco in the province suspended all its operations. This after SANTACO announced a stay away until the 9th of August. The Taxi Council has accused the City of Cape Town of trying to kill the Industry by unfairly impounding taxis since January this year. The strike action has a...

The Durban High Court is today expected to sentence brothers Dylan and Ned Govender for attempted murder, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and common assault. In May, the accused were found not guilty on a charge of murder of Mondli Majola during the July civil unrest in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal in 2021. Majola was among at least 30 people who were believed to have been killed in Ph...

Looking at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoeswana, author of  Africa Is Open For Business and Africa Bounces Back. Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo... TALKING POINTS: ***Worldcoin committed to addressing security safety concerns after the suspension ***Angolan airline enters a strategic relationship with SA...

Methane gas has been identified as the cause of the recent explosion that rocked the Johannesburg city centre last month. An investigation found that methane gas was the cause of the deadly Lillian Ngoyi Street (formerly known as Bree Street) explosion that killed one person, and left scores others injured - and caused infrastructure damage worth millions. This was revealed by City of Johannesburg...

The National Taxi Alliance is expected to meet today, to discuss a myriad of challenges facing the industry. Among the issues is the Covid-19 Relief Fund, operating licences, and taxi subsidies. Meanwhile, chaos erupted on Tuesday when Cape Town taxi operators blocked roads in the CBD in protest against authorities impounding their vehicles. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the National T...

Mpumalanga private security workers affiliated to the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Unions, SATAWU are today expected to march to the Provincial Department of Employment and Labour, to hand over a memorandum of grievances. The SATAWU and other unions have accused employers in the sector, of failing to implement settlements made as part of the National bargaining Council for Private S...

The Electoral Commission is calling for public comment on Regulations supporting the Electoral Amendment Act. The Amendment Act heralds a new framework for the participation of independent candidates in national and provincial elections. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Masego Sheburi, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer for the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC... 

Elvis Presslin spoke to Africa Affairs Analyst and Channel Africa's head of the Kiswahili service, Nixon Katembo on the latest coming out of Niger

Sifiso Meyiwa, the brother of Senzo Meyiwa spoke to Elvis Presslin about what has transpired in court this week

Elvis Presslin spoke to City of Tshwane MMC for health Rina Marx on SAMWU's wage strike

Mbali Shinga, a National Freedom Party, NFP member of the KZN provincial legislature spoke to Elvis Presslin on the killing of Nongoma municipality NFP Councilor Ntombenhle Mchunu

Elvis Presslin spoke to Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson, Captain Dineo Sekgotodi on a Mpumalanga traffic officer will make her third court appearance today in connection with a failed cash-in-transit heist in Hazyview, last week

DA National Spokesperson Werner Horn speaks to Elvis Presslin on the DA taking, to the United Nations Human Rights Council, EFF leader, Julius Malema for singing "kill the boer, kill the farmer" 

ATM national spokesperson, Zama Ntshona and Elvis Presslin in discussion over ATM challenging acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka's Phala Phala report in court

Elvis Presslin spoke to Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, National police spokesperson on the specialized units been deployed to Riverlea to restore law and order

Energy expert Professor Sampson Mamphweli speaks to Elvis Presslin on G7 Renewable Energies says it acknowledges and respects the Court's decision to dismiss its interdict application against Eskom's new rules.

Elvis Presslin discusses the top African Economic stories with Victor Kgomoeswana, author of Africa Is Open For Business and Africa Bounces Back as well as the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo