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A Khoisan group led by King Khoebaha Calvin Cornelius the 3rd, has given Parliament and government until today to vacate the premises. An eviction notice was placed at the visitors centre of Parliament on Monday but was later removed by the police. Cornelius gave parliament official notice that the Khoisan people have seceded from South Africa to establish the Sovereign State of Good Hope. But the...

Registration proceedings for the much-anticipated ANC KwaZulu-Natal elective conference at the Moses Mabhida Stadium are running smoothly despite an earlier delay. The conference was halted last month by the Pietermaritzburg High Court as some party members claimed that there was undue interference in some regions of the province which include the Lowe South, Harry Gwala and Moses Mabhida. The cou...

The Department of Basic Education says it will use details coming out of today's court judgment to improve infrastructure at schools around the country. This comes after the Bhisho High Court in the Eastern Cape ordered government earlier today, to ensure that every school has water, electricity, functioning toilets, internet and safe classrooms amongst others. The matter was taken to court by the...

Businessman and former Steinhoff chairman Christo Wiese says facts around allegations that he is involved in tax invasion have been misinterpreted. The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism misinterpreted is reporting that Wiese and several companies and individuals are being pursued by SARS for tax running up to billions of rand. Wiese spoke to our presenter Sakina Kamwendo this afterno...

City of Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga and his city manager Moeketse Mosola have been summoned to appear before the Human Rights Commission within 48 hours following allegations of contaminated water in the Hammanskraal area north of Pretoria. The HRC has also launched a probe into the local Jubilee district hospital following reports of poor service delivery. Solly Salang Motsepe and Maluti Obuseng...

Security is tight at the Emmet Cecil Hall at Vryheid in northern KwaZulu-Natal, where public hearings on the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the constitution are taking place. The amendment will give or allow government to expropriate land without compensation. Police have been deployed to do a security check on everyone who enters the hall. Hundreds of community members have turned up to make...

Police in the Western Cape are investigating the murder of a 37-year-old woman from the small town of Ashton in the Boland. The woman's body was discovered in her shack. She had been stabbed to death. The incident follows only days after the body of 16-year-old Berodine Boyce, was found in Laingville at St Helena Bay, after she was reported missing. Berenice Moss reports.

The International community is celebrating Nelson Mandela centenary today. His birth place at Mvezo village, outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, is abuzz with activities, with former presidents and Miss World gracing the occasion. It's set to host the biggest celebration, attended by president Cyril Ramaphosa, who will give the keynote address. Former presidents from South Africa, Kenya and Tanza...

Former US president, Barack Obama says Africa's young people can effect change in many ways but warns against the idea that politics do not matter. Obama has been engaging with young people from across the continent at the African Leadership Academy in Honeydew, Johannesburg. He says young people should not shy away from politics.

Consumers will start paying a little more at the till following a jump in inflation. Statistics South Africa has reported that inflation increased by 0-point-2 percentage points taking inflation to 4-point-6 percent in June 2018, from 4-point-4 in May 2018. Sakina has unpacked these figures SABC economic editor Thandeka Gcubule.

Bussai talks to Babusisiwe Mbuli from the mental health review board about what the board is all about and how does it help disabled people and what the board responsibility is

Former First Lady Graça Machel says the planting of one hundred trees in Johannesburg ahead of the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture this afternoon encapsulates the spirit of Madiba. Machel together with former US Secretary General Kofi Annan are among a group of prominent Elders involved in seeking peace, health and security across the globe. They have been joined by scores of NGO's in the one h...

A report by the Human Sciences Research Council shows that the number of new infections is increasing among young people between the ages of 15 and 24. It has also revealed that incidence of HIV have dropped significantly by 44 percent when compared to the numbers in 2012. The organisation addressed the media this morning in Pretoria where it unveiled the 2017 HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour...

City of Tshwane Members of the Mayoral Committee says it will conduct an inspection tour of the Rooiwal sewage plant, north of Pretoria, later this week in an effort to deal with the contaminated water supply. Hammanskraal residents protested last week against the failure by of the Tshwane Metro to respond to the problem. Metro authorities recently had to close the Rooiwal sewage plant when it ove...

The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa says the counterfeit goods market has become a trillion dollar industry across G20 countries. The organisation was commenting after the arrest of six people in the Northern Cape last week on charges relating to producing fake food. The suspects were allegedly producing well-known counterfeit branded household and food items worth about R77 million. Police...

Former First Lady, Graça Machel has challenged young people to redesign systems inherited from the colonial times. Machel was speaking at the Mandela Centenary Dialogue in Johannesburg. This is among multiple events to mark the 100th anniversary of former president Nelson Mandela's birth on Wednesday. Machel says young people should shape their own future

The Mayor of the Sol Plaatjie Municipality in Kimberely in the Northern Cape and the province's Premier are yet to meet to discuss issues raised by protesting residents who are accusing the Municipal Manager and the Chief Financial Officer of corruption. The agrrieved community is now also calling for the Mayor Mangaliso Matika's head. The protests started last week and since then nearly 200 peopl...

The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that UDM leader, Bantu Holomisa should desist from making or repeating allegations of corruption at the Public Investment Corporation against a major BEE investment firm and prominent business figures. Holomisa, through an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the scope of the state capture investigation to be widened to include alleged corrup...

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Conquering a famed summit is on many people's bucket lists. For some, it's all about the physical and mental challenge. For others, it's for personal reasons and causes. Gillian Pillay and Thabo Madilola, who are summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania again this weekend, have spoken to Mrs South Africa, Nicole Capper, about her trials and tribulations. Capper was airlifted from Mount Everest in N...

The largest radio telescope in the southern hemisphere has been launched in the Northern Cape today. The 4.4 billion telescope will enable scientists to have a clearer view and deeper understanding of the Milky Way Galaxies. This instrument will later form part of the Square Kilometre Array, which will be the largest scientific instrument ever. Deputy President David Mabuza says this will change t...

Business leadership South Africa has dismissed claims by Viceroy Research that a damning report by Intellidex into short-selling in South Africa, was sponsored by a third party. Short selling is defined as the sale of an asset in the belief that the asset's price will decline. This enables it to be bought back at a lower price to make a profit. Viceroy has over the past year published negative rep...

SA Express is readying itself for take-off. In its statement, the airline, says the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has reinstated its Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) certification. In May, the CAA announced the suspension of the company's operating licence. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SA express' Acting CEO Matsietsi Mokholo.

Kimberley in the Nothern Cape is still under under a tota shutdown this afternoon. Hundreds of residents from surrounding areas have taken to the streets again today to protest against alleged corruption on the part of the Sol Plaatjie Municipality's Chief Financial Officer and the Municipal Manager. They are accused of irregularly granting a 1.2 million rand tender to a PR company. Some people we...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says meeting his Nigerian counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari, has opened up a new page of improved relations between the two countries. Frosty relations between South Africa and Nigeria have been blamed for lack of full implementation of more than 30 bilateral agreements signed between the two countries. President Ramaphosa undertook a one-day working trip to Abuja to rekindle...