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The road freight industry says the decision to extend the validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits may further exacerbate tensions between local and foreign truck drivers. The special permit was due to end on the 30th of June - but has been extended to the 31st of December this year by Home Affairs. The ZEP permit allows its holders and their children temporary legal status to live, work and study...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has welcomed Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana's withdrawal of Treasury's decision to exempt Eskom from comprehensively reporting on irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure in its financial statements. The federation says it appreciates that the government listened and conceded to the public outcry against the decision. For more on this,...

Time to take a look 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

There has been a new twist in the parliamentary inquiry into the fitness of Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold the office of Public Protector. She has once again called for the recusal of inquiry chairperson Qubudile Dyantyi. This follows allegations that he and two senior ANC members, the late MP Tina Joemat-Pettesson and Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina had solicited a bribery from her. It has also been reveal...

ActionSA has filed a motion of no confidence proposing to remove City of Johannesburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. The party says Gwamanda cannot be allowed to continue governing a city with an R70 billion budget because of the fraud allegations he faces. Allegations against Gwamanda, surfaced in which his entity allegedly scammed innocent residents into investing in a funeral-investment scheme. His ed...

The Independent Electoral Commission, IEC has warned job seekers not to fall victim to online job advertisement scams in the name of the Commission ahead of next year's general elections. The Commission says various online scams are currently circulating on WhatsApp and other social media platforms trying to trick unsuspecting job seekers into revealing personal information. To discuss this furthe...

The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union, SACCAWU has finally reached a wage settlement with Massmart. SACCAWU has accepted a salary increase of R450 a month or 4.5%, whichever is greater for the period 2022 to 2023 and a 5% increase for the 2023 to 2024 period. The union and the Massmart Group subsidiary have been locking horns for over a year over Saccawu's wage demands. S...

About 45 municipalities across the country could face criminal charges after the Water and Sanitation Department issued them with notices of lack of compliance. According to the Interim Blue, Green, and No Drop Watch Reports released in Pretoria, these municipalities failed to supply clean, quality drinkable water to communities. They also failed to maintain their wastewater treatment plants as re...

The Transport Department has fired PRASA Board Member and Chairperson, Leonard Ramatlakane. Ramatlakane's dismissal follows an investigation into the misuse of one of the state-owned enterprise's properties in Cape Town by the Chairperson without due process being followed. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Transport Ministry Spokesperson, Collen Msibi

Farmers have voiced their concern that the proposed water licensing regulations will have a devastating effect on South Africa's commercial agricultural sector if adopted in their current form. This as civil rights organization AfriForum and its legal team are preparing comments against the intended changes to water legislation. This is after the Department of Water and Sanitation published revise...

Former cabinet Minister and ANC MP Tina Joemat-Petterson has died at the age of 59-year. Joemat-Pettersson was currently serving as a Member of Parliament and the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police. The cause of her death has yet to be announced. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri

Two educators and a Principal from Bonkolo senior secondary school in Dutywa in the Eastern Cape, have been suspended by the Department of Education. The trio are accused of being involved in the impregnation of learners at the school. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Eastern Cape Education Department spokesperson, Mali Mtima

Time to take a look 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.

The African Christian Democratic Party, ACDP will today meet with the Mayor of the Magareng Local Municipality about the water crisis in Warrenton, in the Northern Cape. The area of Warrenton has reportedly been without a stable water supply for almost four months. The ACDP delegation plans to visit the Vaal River bank as well as the Warrenton Wastewater Treatment Plant ahead of their meeting. For...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions, SAFTU is calling for the arrest of an Eskom executive suspected of sabotaging power stations. This follows reports that police are looking to arrest an Eskom executive working in cahoots with auditors and engineers to ensure breakdowns are various power stations. SAFTU further demands that all assets of those involved implicated should be attached to r...

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development intends to establish a special fund for whistle-blowers facing financial troubles arising from their decisions to expose corruption and wrongdoing

The Free State high court in Bloemfontein is expected to deliver judgement on the urgent application brought by Dr. Magudumana. Magudumana approached the court following her decision to suspend her bail application in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court. She is among the seven people arrested for aiding and abetting convicted Facebook rapist and murderer Thabo Bester to escape from prison. 

The Special Investigating Unit, SIU says they will be challenging Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane's application to interdict the unit from continuing its investigation into allegations of maladministration and impropriety at the University of Fort Hare. Mabuyane is challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa in court over the SIU investigating how he obtained his qualifications at the University. Ma...

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories. Elvis Presslin spoke to 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: ***Illegal fishing cost West African nations billions in revenue *** Rwanda's capital Kigali remains Af...

The death of a 73-year-old woman in Mpumalanga has brought the cholera outbreak death toll to 25. The patient died after being admitted at the Mmametlhake hospital last Friday. 23 people have died of cholera in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, and one in the Free State province. Elvis Presslin spoke to National Department of Health spokesperson, Foster Mohale 

Employees of the Mohokare Local Municipality in the Free State province will not receive their salaries for the months of May and June. The municipality issued a notice informing workers that they were unable to pay salaries due to financial challenges and constraints. Elvis Presslin spoke to the shop steward for the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) at the Mohokare Local Municipality,...

Former ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has been given seven days to explain why he should not be expelled from the party. This after the ANC's national disciplinary committee found Magashule guilty of misconduct for failing to apologise to party president Cyril Ramaphosa and structures, for "unilaterally suspending" Ramaphosa in 2021. Elvis Presslin spoke to Political Analyst Arthur Shopo...

North West Health MEC Madoda Sambatha says five managers at the Mahikeng Provincial Hospital will be transferred to other healthcare facilities to allow the second stage of investigations where babies at the neo-natal unit were placed in cardboard boxes instead of incubators or cribs at the hospital due to shortage of equipment. MEC Sambatha was briefing the media yesterday regarding preliminary i...

The Democratic Alliance, DA will table the Western Cape Provincial Powers Bill to devolve national powers to the province. The party says the Bill was motivated by the national government's alleged failure or unwillingness to act in the best interests of the residents of the Western Cape. Bill will be deliberated by the Standing Committee next week. Phil Craig, Co-founder of the Cape Independence...

Operation Dudula is expected to march to the Union Buildings today, alongside other organisations to demonstrate against illegal immigration in South Africa. The Movement has been critical and vocal on the matter, saying the country has an immigration crisis that should not be ignored. In the same breath, Operation Dudula has been accused of being an anti-immigrant movement. Elvis Presslin spoke t...