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Foreign nationals without a permanent residence in South Africa will not be admitted and enrolled as practicing or non-practicing legal practitioners of the High Court. This after the Constitutional Court upheld that certain sections of the Legal Practice Act were not unconstitutional to the extent that it prohibited non-citizens to be admitted and enrolled as legal practitioners. The applicants,...

The African National Congress (ANC) will be staging a protest at the Krugersdorp Magistrate Court this morning. The party is calling for illegal mines to be shut down following an operation by the South African Police Services to track down illegal miners in Randfontein and Krugersdorp after eight women were brutally raped at an abandoned mine in the area. Over the past weekend, the ANC at its pol...

The family of one of the four people who died during the Tembisa protest yesterday says they are devastated. They say Linda Shabalala was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer. He was shot at a house, a stone's throw away from a municipal property where several buildings and vehicles were torched. Shabalala's sister Beverly Masinga says the 52-year-old was standing inside the yard, where h...

The South African Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) will later today picket at the Atteridgeville Magistrate Court - to raise awareness about Gender-Based Violence within the retail and hospitality sectors. The workers union says thousands of workers (mainly female) in the wholesale, retail, and hospitality sectors are often subjected to harassment and violence by customers, managers, an...

City of Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Tania Campbell says protests in Tembisa are a plot to destabilize the Democratic Alliance-led coalition. She was briefing members of the Tembisa Community Forum following violent service delivery protests that saw two people killed. Tembisa residents have accused the Mayor of failing to attend a community meeting last week Friday. A municipal building and several...

Gauteng Health whistle-blower Babita Deokaran reportedly raised the alarm on dubious payments from Tembisa Hospital to ANC Ekurhuleni leader Sello Sekhokho, several days before she was killed. Sekhokho allegedly had three companies supplying medical equipment at vastly inflated prices to the hospital. Deokaran reportedly spoke to provincial Health CFO Lerato Madyo about her concerns and Madyo said...

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, 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

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the party's national Policy Conference as a resounding success. The ANC concluded its three-day policy conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg at the weekend. Delivering his closing remarks yesterday, Ramaphosa said policy proposals will be placed before ANC branches before being put to the 55th National Conference for adoption. For more on this, Elvis Pressli...

Over 80 suspects have been arrested following a shocking and brutal gang rape and robbery in Krugersdorp, West Village, Johannesburg. Eight women, who were part of a production crew, were shooting a music video when they were reportedly attacked by a gang of illegal miners near a mine dump in West Village - where Zama Zamas are known to operate. More than 80 undocumented suspects are expected to a...

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Safety and Community Liaison Neliswa Nkonyeni says a team of detectives has been formed to investigate the mass shooting at a tuck shop in Savannah Park at Mariannhill. Seven people died on the scene and one died later in hospital. SAPS in Kwazulu-Natal has now started a program to visit all alcohol outlets across the province to check if they have the necessary licenses. Elv...

The ANC's Regional Deputy Chairperson In Ekurhuleni, Jongizizwe Dlabathi says the step side rule seems to want to overshadow critical discussions around organizational renewal. This as the party's sixth Policy Conference will officially kick off today in Nasrec, Johannesburg. The conference is a prelude to the ruling party's 55th National Elective Conference, which will take place in December. Ove...

Trade union NUMSA's Regional Secretary in the Western Cape, Vuyo Lufele, says the union's national congress which is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, should be declared null and void. This comes after the Labour Court in Johannesburg dismissed the union's application for leave to appeal against the court's decision which interdicted the congress from going ahead. For mo...

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, 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

Action SA councilors in the KwaDukuza Municipality North of Durban have opened a case of assault and intimidation against the ANC in the council. This was after an altercation among some councilors that led to the collapse of the council meeting. The meeting was to debate a motion to remove the ANC mayor and speaker. Elvis Presslin spoke to ActionSA national chairperson, Michael Beaumont

Former SAA board chair, Dudu Myeni has been sentenced to five years by the Johannesburg Magistrate's court for defeating the administration of justice or pay a 120-thousand rand fine. Half of the fine has been suspended, provided she does not repeat the same offense within the next five years. Myeni pleaded guilty to defying an order by the Chairperson of the State Capture Commission, Raymond Zond...

Afriforum has given ANC Gauteng chairperson Panyaza Lesufi until tomorrow to apologize or face a lawsuit of R500 000. The organization says the lawsuit stem from Lesufi's comments that Afriforum is a racist organization. The comments were allegedly made last month on SABC after his election as ANC Gauteng Chairperson. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Afriforum's Head of Policy and Action,...

Why are more communities seeking to become Independent from the state? Traditional royal families visited the Afrikaner-only town of Orania on a fact-finding mission to learn more about Orania's model of self-determination and self-sufficiency. Orania - Situated in the Northern Cape and established in 1991 to preserve the Afrikaner culture and its material Interests, has an independent and unique...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, Numsa, will officially commence its court-interdicted national congress in Cape Town today. This is after union members of the special Central Committee met yesterday and reached a consensus for the continuation of the congress despite the possibility of being in contempt of court. The Labour Court in Johannesburg at the weekend ruled that the co...

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says the government is in a rush to facilitate the privatization of power utility Eskom. The union was responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation on Monday, where he announced some measures to address the energy crisis in the country. Ramaphosa announced some interventions, including the procurement of additional baseload capacity from r...

The Mogalakwena local municipality is set to terminate the appointment of more than 400 permanent workers who were allegedly irregularly appointed two years ago. The Limpopo Provincial Department of Co-operative governance has ordered that the termination of employment must be finalized before the end of August. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Labour Expert Harry Masindi

Elvis Presslin spoke to Independent Economic and Energy Expert, Tshepo Kgadima on President Cyril Ramaphosa's range of additional measures to respond to the energy crisis in South Africa...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a range of additional measures to respond to the energy crisis in South Africa. His address last night on the country's energy scarcity follows a number of consultations with government, energy experts, and other stakeholders for collective solutions. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the DA's Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Kevin Mi...

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, 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

Disgruntled ANC staff members held a picket outside the party's headquarters in Luthuli House, Johannesburg yesterday, over unpaid salaries yet again. The staffers say they have been without salaries for two months. For more on this, Elvis Presslin  spoke to ANC staff representative, Mvusi Mdala.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa officially closed the party's KwaZulu-Natal elective conference in Durban last night, following some resistance and booing from the delegates. Newly elected Provincial Chairperson, Siboniso Duma, had to intervene, appealing to the party members to allow the president to speak. During his address, Ramaphosa explained the reasons why there was uncertainty on whether or...