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The Father’s Rights Movement with the assistance of the Justice and Reconciliation Centre say it will file papers in the Constitutional Court next year in order to get the law changed so that fathers can have equal access to their children during and after divorces are finalised. The group marched to the SABC's Auckland park offices in Johannesburg to raise awareness about challenges some fathers...

The legal team of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso is taking to the Supreme Court of Appeal to petition the court directly after Judge Mandela Makaula of the High Court in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, denied them leave to appeal his ruling that there are no good grounds for him to recuse himself. The defence has accused Makaula of being biased towards the first witness Cheryl Zondi who was a...

Police are looking for a man whom they believe can help them in their probe into the death of seven people discovered at a house in Vlakfontein, South of Johannesburg yesterday. Authorities say Sibusiso Enerst Khoza was staying at the house and that neighbours have spotted him recently. Police responded to a complaint after a community member complained of a stench that came from a nearby house. U...

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will continue to welcome potential investors from across the world in order to have a growing and vibrant economic development. He was speaking at the official opening of the inaugural South Africa Investment Conference in Sandton, north of Johannesburg. Ramaphosa says government has worked hard to reduce policy uncertainty, regulatory barriers and red t...

The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, has presented a report that found that informal settlements represent a "systemic human rights violation" that arises as a result of state action. Her report urges states to adopt a human rights-based approach to informal settlements by urgently upgrading informal settlements and avoiding relocations or evi...

@GlenLewisSA chats to musician @Nothende about her friendship with Hip Hop Pantsula #RIPHHP #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

@glenLewisSA hosts former first lady Tobeka Madiba Zuma. #breastcancerawareness #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

The Tshwane University of Technology Centre for Tissue Engineering, says religious and cultural beliefs are barriers to skin and organ donations. The Centre has called on the public to donate skin which is harvested upon an individual's death so as to help burn victims recover quickly. It says the demand is particularly high during winter when a number of fires start at informal settlements.

Outgoing Mayor Patricia De Lille is alleging that councillor JP Smith and her deputy Ian Neilsen , are behind attempts to smear her name. She says national leadership has not done anything despite her raising the matter a number of times. De Lille is facing possible criminal charges after the DA-led city council adopted a report yesterday implicating De Lille in alleged corruption dealings with a...

Sibusiso Nkosi from @PanSALB speaks to @GlenLewisSA about the South African Word Of The Year. #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

Learners, parents, community members and stakeholders from the Education Department in the Eastern Cape are currently meeting after the Ndaliso Secondary School in Lusikisiki was torched allegedly by angry learners late yesterday. This comes after they boycotted matric examinations demanding that progressed learners be allowed to write all their examinations this year when the policy dictates othe...

Economists expect Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to make some announcements on expenditure rather than tax increases when he delivers the mid-term budget this afternoon. Economists say there is no more room for VAT increases. Also revenue collection needs to be more efficient by increasing tax compliance measures and fixing tax administration and governance challenges at SARS. Amina Accram reports

The normalization of exclusion is one of the main impediments to the progress of women leadership and gender equality around the world. That's the sentiment expressed by the head of UNWOMEN who also welcomed the recent gender parity achieved in the cabinets of Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Seychelles. Speaking exclusively with SABCNEWS on women's leadership in Africa, Dr Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka warned t...

The #TotalShutdown movement has called on leaders not to politicise the Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso’s rape trial and the fight against women abuse. This after the ANC Women’s League held a media briefing in Port Elizabeth on Monday to speak out against the abuse of women. The comment also comes as the Eastern Cape Transport Safety and Liaison MEC, Weziwe Tikana, in the company of her Health an...

Jay-Dee talks to Hluphi Mpungane from the Department of Health about Poliomyelitis

A police officer has been granted bail by the Ventersdorp magistrates court in the North West Province in connection with the rape of a 14-year old girl. The rape allegedly took place at gun point following the kidnapping of the girl and her friend. Our reporter Zebilion Maine was in court.

Judge Mandela Makaula who is presiding over the Timothy Omotoso, has refused to recuse himself. This follows an application by the defence this afternoon. Omotoso’s lawyer advocate Peter Daubermann says judge Makaula is biased against his clients. He told the court earlier this morning that he does not believe that his client will receive a fair trial because he and his clients are being intimidat...

Security forces in Cameroon are on high alert, following a chaotic weekend that was characterised by botched protests, house arrests of opposition politicians, harassment of journalists and restriction of internet access. The results of the October 7 presidential election are expected to be announced today, according to the information minister Issa Tchiroma. While the opposition has protested the...

Commuters in East Londo will have to find alternative transport this afternoon after violence broke out between taxi operators some of whom have been injured. There are reports of shooting at some ranks and some shops in Oxford street have closed due to the violence. It is alleged that the fight is between Uncedo and Border Alliance taxi associations who are fighting over routes. Our reporter Xola...

The Northern Cape Health Department says TB tracer teams have been disbanded because of financial constraints. It hsa emerged that about 4000 tuberculosis patients in the Northern Cape are unaccounted for and cannot be traced by the provincial health department. There are reportedly more than 80 000 missing TB patients in South Africa, of which 4189 are missing in that province. The numbers were r...

Acting SARS commissioner Mark Kingon has offered an apology to South African citizens, and to President Cyril Ramaphosa for the failures that have happened at the revenue services. Kingon is appearing before the SARS Commission of Inquiry under way in Pretoria. The commission is expected to submit its final report in December. Kingon says he is confident that the organisation can be turned around...

A new magistrate will hear the pre-trial proceedings of student activist Mcebo Dlamini’s case when it resumes in April next year. Efforts to avoid a trial were unsuccessful after Dlamini was charged with violating a court order, theft, public violence and assaulting a police officer in 2016 in relation to the Fees Must Fall protests at Wits University in Johannesburg. Our reporter Lopang Alamu was...

Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says the switching from the analogue system to the digital broadcasting will not be an easy process. She was briefing the media earlier today on the progress made by the Broadcasting Digital Migration Advisory Council on the country's digital terrestrial television (DTT) plan. She says they aim to have switched by 2020 but that if effective systems and int...