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The ranger that was killed by poachers at the Kruger National Park last week, Respect Mathebula, has been honoured for his contribution in the fight against poaching at the park. This comes as the park marks World Rangers Day today. Mathebula was buried over the weekend and is the first ranger to be killed by poachers in 50 years at the Kruger Park. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Chief Ranger at the Par...

The community of a settlement outside White River in Mpumalanga is up in arms as the sheriff demolishes their homes after the owners of the land secured an eviction order. The land is owned by the Mathafeni Trust. Police are monitoring the situation closely. For more on this we are joined on the line by our reporter Motsebi Monareng.

Commuters will wake up to another taxi fare increase tomorrow. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) made the announcement this via social media this morning. Fuel prices have been escalating over the past few months. Meanwhile, the DA staged a picket outside the office of the the Treasury Department in Johannesburg this morning over the fuel increases. Leader of the party, Mmusi Maima...

Zimbabwean Electoral Commission chairperson, Priscilla Chigumba says vote counting in most provinces has been completed and some results will be announced this afternoon. Chigumba was addressing the media earlier today where she also warned against premature announcements of the results by both the media and politicians. Chigumba also noted that at least over a percentage of the registered voters...

Statistics SA says the official unemployment rate in the country has increased by 0,5% to 27,2%. It released its quarterly labour force survey for the second quarter of 2018 earlier today. In the first quarter, South Africa's unemployment rate was at 26.7%. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Mining and Labour Analyst Mamokgethi Molopyane.

Today is the last day of the 10th BRICS Summit in Sandton. Leaders from across the world met to discuss issues of the economy and other ways of strengthening their partnerships to the benefit of their nations. Journalists from across the world also flocked to the conference and Sakina Kamwendo spoke to some of them.

EFF leader Julius Malema has once again made a call for land to be expropriated. He was speaking outside the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court where he is facing charges of contravening of the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act after allegedly inciting his supporters to invade land during the party's inaugural conference in 2014. The case has been postponed to the June 21st next year. Malema says they are...

The case of former president Jacob Zuma has been postponed to November the 30th of this year 2018. Zuma appeared in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal this morning facing 16 charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering stemming from a multi-billion-rand arms deal. This after both the defence and the prosecution agreed on the postponement. Zuma's new legal teams requested more tim...

Today's Constitutional Court ruling on labour brokering is being hailed as a victory for labour. The judgment means that workers may only be in the employ of both a labour broker and a main employer for three months. After that period, they no longer fall under the umbrella of the labour broker, but only the main employer. The Concourt has dismissed with costs TES labour brokering firm's appeal ag...

More people are going to die of AIDS-related deaths globally, due to insufficient funding from donors. This is a warning issued at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Intenational advocacy organisation, Health Gap, says while HIV prevention and treatment tools have been proven to work, millions of people will continue to die unnecessarily. Thabile Mbhele reports

The South African Heath Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has issued a recall on blood pressure and heart condition drug, Dynaval Co, due to cancer fears. This follows findings that one of Dynaval Co's ingredients has been contaminated with chemicals that can possibly cause the disease. The contamination was found in Valsartan, which is imported from China. Similar recalls were recently made...

World leaders and business people are meeting in Johannesburg to discuss issue of trade amongst BRICS nations. The 10th Business Summit kicked yesterday with South Africa's Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies calling for more cooperation. We broadcast live from the Sandton where we spoke to variouys role players and analysts.

@GlenLewisSA catches up with Comedienne and actress Celeste Ntuli #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

#TheGlenzitoSuperDrive Is sex addiction really a mental health disorder? @glenLewisSA finds out.

#TheGlenzitoSuperDrive Wits University will no longer address students by titles such as Mr or Ms or Mrs. The university says students can instead use the gender-neutral title ‘Mx’ (pronounced ‘mix’).

Mandla N- founder of successful drama series Lockdown chats to @glenLewisSA

DA leader Mmusi Maimane has called on government to urgently reduce the fuel levy by 20 cent per litre. He made the appeal at a media briefing in Pretoria as the petrol price in South Africa reaches record highs. Several organisations including the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, taxi and transport associations were represented at the media briefing. Maimane announced planned action in relation to...

Sibusiso Tshabalala who shot his teenage son to death at Fred Norman Secondary School in Ennerdale last month, has appeared briefly in the Lenasia Magistrates Court on a charge of murder. He says he accidentally shot Luyanda after mistaking him for a criminal who wanted to hijack him. Tshabalala was sleeping in his car when his son knocked on the window on his return from his evening classes. His...

It has emerged that the taxi shooting near Colenso in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands relates to taxi wars in the areas of Matimatolo and Ngulwane which have been ongoing for years. 11 people were killed while returning from a funeral of a taxi boss who is said to have been constantly on the run because he feared for his life. 4 people were injured and two were unharmed. Most of those killed were drive...

@GlenLewisSA chats to @JNyamuswa who suffered 3rd degree burns when he was 4 years old. Today he’s a qualified IT technician and runs @ThePhoenixFoun2 for burn victims. #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

@GlenLewisSA hosts comedian David Kau. #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive

@phumzilesitole joins award winning American prison series, Orange is the new black. #OITNB #TheGlenzitoSuperDrive 3-6pm @GlenLewisSA

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has told delegates at the party's provincial elective conference in Gauteng that candidates contesting for positions should not view each other as enemies. He was delivering a keynote address at St George Hotel, Irene in Tshwane ahead of the start of the conference. An attempt by a group from Ekhurhuleni to stop the conference from taking place, failed yesterday. The...

Researchers at the University of Cape Town have developed a groundbreaking rapid test which diagnoses TB embedded outside the lungs. This TB test kit is known as IRISA-TB. Clinical trials have been completed successfully. Thandiswa Mawu reports

The circumstances around the shooting of a 17-year old boy at Makgolokwe Secondary School in Batlharos Village in the Northern Cape, are still unclear. The boy died after being allegedly shot by a 38-year old man who was standing outside of the school premises. The suspect handed himself over to the police on Wednesday and is appearing in the local court today. Our reporter Refilwe Makoe is on the...