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The case against the man allegedly involved in the hijacking incident which left 9-year-old Sadia Shukraj from Chatsworth outside Durban, killed, has been postponed until tomorrow. 39-year old Sibonelo Mkhize appeared in the Durban magistrate's court today. Our reporter Nhlanhla Nxele was in court.

Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has ruled that citizens who are not in that country on 30 July 2018 will not be able to vote. The election date was announced by President Emmerson Mgangagwa today. This will be the first election since the ousting of former President Robert Mugabe. Around five-and-a-half million Zimbabweans are registered to vote. Our Acting Political Editor, Sophie Mokoena gave us...

The girl who was kidnapped from the Siyabuswa Primary School in Mpumalanga yesterday, has been found. It's alleged that she was abducted by two men whom she knows. She is currently in police custody after being dropped at a police station by a taxi driver. This is a third kidnapping incident this month. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi gave us the latest.

OB - Ntirhisano Community Outreach Programme Glen Lewis chats to MEC for Education, Gauteng Province Panyaza Lesufi

Swahili is the first language to be recognised by twitter #AfricaMonth @glenzito

Today marks Africa Day. It is the day on which the Organisation for African Unity was formed in 1963 in Ethiopia. The organisation aimed to bring Africans together and to develop the continent and it's people after hundreds of years of colonization and oppression. It also sought to help liberate other countroies who were still under the control of colonisers. We spoke to Senior Research Fellow and...

Convicted ANC councillor Andile Lungisa has been granted ten thousand rand bail, by the Port Elizabeth Magistrates court, pending his petition to the Judge President at the Grahamstown High Court. Lungisa was sentenced to three years imprisonment, of which one year was suspended. His defence has filed a petition to the Judge President on both his conviction and sentence. Olwethu Matsipane reports.

Labour Federation, COSATU says it will take to the streets to oppose the power purchase agreements (PPAs) that government has signed with 27 independent power producers (IPPs). The Federation, says government misled South Africans by saying the procurement would lead to the creation of 58,000 jobs. We spoke to COSATU President Sdumo Dlamini.

Workers and councillors at the Modimolle Mookgopong Municipality in Limpopo have not been paid their salaries. They received text messages on Yesterday, informing them that they will be paid by next week Friday. This is the third time workers have not been not paid since the DA and EFF took over the running of the municipality in a coalition in 2016. Our reporter Shibu Mamokgere is on the story.

Tensions continue to simmer at Thubelisha township in Welkom in the Free State. This follows the killing of a 22-year old gang member belonging to the IJP at the weekend. Two gang groups clashed following the incident. This also disrupted teaching and learning in some schools in Thabong. Ishmael Modiba is following the story.

Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga has delivered his budget speech today in the city. This comes a day after the Auditor-General revealed that the Metro was third on a list of municipalities who incurred irregular expenditure in the 2016/2017 financial year. Mayor Msimanga says plans are afoot to address this challenge. He spoke to Sakina Kamwendo.

Police have launched an investigation into the circumstances leading to the deaths of the three people in the cave system on a small holding near Vlakplaas on Schurveberg road, west of Pretoria. The bodies of the two men were found on Tuesday whilst another was discovered yesterday. Police spokesperson, Augustinah Selepe spoke to our presenter Sakina Kamwendo about the latest.

The National Union of Mineworkers says its concerned by Anglo Gold Ashanti's announcement that at least two thousand jobs are now on the line. The gold mining company is warning retrenchments may be necessary as it plans to restructure operations. For more on this we are joined on the line by NUM Deputy President, Joseph Montisetse

Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has confirmed Phakamani Hadebe's permanent appointment as Eskom CEO. Minister Gordhan was briefing the media on changes at the boards of state-owned enterprises in Cape Town. Gordhan said Hadebe's experience at National Treasury made him a favourable candidate

Judge Bert Bam has sentenced the biological mother and stepfather of Poppie van der Merwe to life in prison at the Pretoria High Court. Louisa Koekemoer, Poppie's biological mother, and Kobus Koekemoer, her stepfather, were found guilty of murdering Poppie and abusing a 5-year-old boy back in October 2016. The pair have also been sentenced to 10 years on top of the life sentence for abusing the 5-...

Four taxi owners have been killed following a shooting in the Brakpan CBD East of Johannesburg this morning. They were allegedly shot by the occupants of a private security vehicle. Police say the taxi owners had just finished meeting in Tsakane and were on their way to a taxi association office when they were attacked. Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo gave us the latest information on t...

North West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo, says he has decided to take early retirement amid allegations of widespread corruption in the province. Mahumapelo made the announcement at the ANC's headquarters, Luthuli House, in Johannesburg earlier today. The North West was rocked by violent protests recently with a faction of the ANC and community members calling for his resignation. Mahumapelo has outli...

Social media is in a frenzy in attempting to assist rescue and help save two lives. This follows the kidnapping of a heavily pregnant woman last week in Voslorus in the East Rand. Police have confirmed that 24-year old Mbali Jiyane was reported missing by her family last week Friday. Her capturers have since sent the family a picture which has been widely shared on social media where she is in tea...

In this episode Bussai talks to Thuli Mkhatshwa from Masibambane Disabled Centre about fire that left people disabled and how they have support group to support them and art work that they do at the Centre

#TheGlenzitoSuperDrive with comedian Skhumba Hlophe!

Health Workers in the north-west of the DRC are being vaccinated today, following an Ebola outbreak which has claimed 25 lives so far. Ebola causes internal bleeding and is spread quickly through bodily fluids and initially presents itself as flu. More than 11 000 people died from the disease between 2014 and 2016 in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia before it was contained. The BBC's Rebecca Kesby...

Parliament has described the incident that occurred during a Supersport television broadcast which involved former Springbok winger, Ashwin Willemse and rugby panelists Naas Botha and Nick Mallet as unfortunate and has called for a speedy resolution. Willemse walked off a live broadcast after expressing disdain for what he descibed as being "patronised by two individuals who played in an apartheid...

Judge Seraj Desai of the Cape High Court, is still delivering judgment in the case of triple murder accused Henri Van Breda. Earlier the judge said it is highly unlikely that an intruder would have been able to enter the De Zalze Estate just outside Stellebosch, where Van Breda's family was hacked to death in January 2015. Only the accused and his sister Marli, survived the attack but she could no...

The ANC says it has decided not to amend or change section 25 of the Constitution. The party says it will instead use it in its current form to test the argument that it allows expropriation without compensation. ANC NEC member Ronald Lamola was addressing the media following the party's Land Summit over the weekend.

The son of South Africa's number Andile Ramaphosa will be marrying soon. A delegation is expected to descend on Ghana this afternoon for wedding negotiations with the family of Bridget Rwakairu who is former Ugandan prime minister and presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi's niece.