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The Minister of State Security Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba says her department is working on giving more support to the Inspector-General and to do away with any grey areas that make it difficult for him to do his job. She was speaking during a media briefing in Cape Town today following her budget vote. The department has been dogged by many scandals which included a court battle between the Inspector-Ge...

The ANC's Free State elective conference, which is due to start this weekend, remains under threat as a faction of the party seeks to take legal action over credentials of delegates. Provincial Task Team coordinator, William Bulwane has vowed that the conference will go ahead despite attempts by a disgruntled faction to stop it from happening. The faction contesting the legitimacy of the conferenc...

Higher Education Minister, Naledi Pandor and her deputy, Buti Manamela, have embarked on a career advice and guidance campaign at the train and bus terminus in Cape Town ahead of the department's budget vote in Parliament. They're also distributing education material on how to access the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. Pandor has also encouraged students to apply on time for placings at ter...

Judge Dayalin Chetty has dismissed the leave to appeal the conviction of Christopher Panayiotou, and his co-accused, Sinethemba Nenembe, and Zolani Sibeko at the Port Elizabeth High Court. Panayiotou was found guilty of the murder of his wife Jayed Panayiotou who was killed in April 2015, and sentenced to life imprisonment with co accused Sinethemba Nenembe. Zolani Sibeko got a 15 years jail term...

Growing disputes among traders at the Fragrance Street Market in Durban have spilled over into court matters where some traders are claiming their right to trade is being violated by other traders. Dozens of traders gathered outside the Chatsworth Magistrate Court, south of Durban in support of traders who alleged that they are being harassed and intimidated. Protestors carried placards that read...

Some residents of the North West province, led by the ANC, have embarked on what they call a peace march in Mmabatho aimed at creating reconciliation and the renewal of the province. The march comes after the community in the province embarked on a violent protest last month demanding Premier Supra Mahumapelo to step down from his position because of the alleged corruption surrounding him. Our rep...

Two cash-in-transit vehicles have been bombed during a heist on Atlas road in Boksburg‚ Ekurhuleni today. The scene was littered with debris and the cash vans torn apart by the force of the blasts. Bullet shells were also scattered across the road which has now been closed off by police. We spoke to Anti-Crime activist, Yusuf Abramjee.

Eskom board chairperson Jabulani Mabuza has once again reiterated that the risk of load shedding is not likely to occur this winter. He was briefing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (scopa) in Parliament, on the debt burden created by defaulting municipalities

Many South Africa football fans believe Mamelodi Sundowns can beat Spanish giants, Barcelona. The two teams meet tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at the FNB Stadium, as part of the Nelson Mandela Centenary Celebrations. Themba Shiba reports

Port Elizabeth police are investigating a case of attempted murder after shots were fired at the whistleblower in the case against controversial Nigerian Pastor, Timothy Omotoso. The incident happened outside her house at KwaZakhele. Olwethu Matsipane reports.

EFF leader Julius Malema has slammed African governments which were part of the ceremony for the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. The ceremony, which was endorsed by more than two-dozen African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Angola, and Zambia, marked the official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel. The move has been met with fierce criticis...

Bussia talks to Sipho Nkonyani about Takkie Tax Fundraising for people with disability

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Interview with author Bhekisisa Mncube

The Inter-Ministerial task team appointed to probe governance issues in the North West will soon release its report on their preliminary findings. The team, led by Minister in the presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has tabled its report before Cabinet. The team was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa following violent protests in the province over calls for Supra Mahumapelo to be removed as pre...

The situation at Tshepong Hospital in the North West province is becoming dire as the strike by NEHAWU members intensifies. The hospital, which is biggest in the province, is now only attending to patients requiring urgent medical help. The strikers have been intimidating doctors and other staff members and they even hauled some of them from operating theatres last week. The strike has been going...

The Minister for the Department of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe, has emphasized once again the importance of adhering to strict health and safety standards at mines. He was speaking during the memorial service of the seven miners who died last week during a seismic event at Sibanye Still-Water Mine in Driefontein, west of Johannesburg.. In a statement released following these deaths, the depar...

Former Western Cape Police Commissioner Arno Lamoer will serve an effective six-year jail term on corruption charges. This after the High Court in Cape Town sentenced him to eight years in prison, two of which were suspended for five years. The three co accused tow truck company owner Salim Dawjee, and police officers Darius van der Ross and Colin Governder will also serve jail terms.

The DA has allegedly offered Cape Town Mayor, Patricial De Lille a new deal to keep the position of mayor and Councillor open for the next three months. This as the two are expected to lock horns at the Cape Town High Court on Friday as De Lille is challenging the party's decision to strip her of her membership. De Lille is believed to have refused the offer by the DA and recently announced on twi...

ANC councillor Andile Lungisa has been sentenced to two years imprisonment and one year suspended sentence by the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court in the Eastern Cape. Lungisa has been found guilty of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after hitting a DA councillor Rano Kayser with a jug during a squabble at the council meeting in October 2016. Our reporter Olwethu Matsipane was in co...

The ANC Youth League has called on the controversial Member of Parliament and former Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana to resign. This after a recording of him allegedly offering to pay 100-thousand rand to his domestic worker Christine Wiro, emerged. This was in exchange for dropping the assault charges against him. Manana allegedly pushed Wiro down the stairs of his Fourways home a...

A researcher says parents in South Africa are not doing enough to protect their children. This comes after a couple from Phoenix north of Durbanwas arrested on charges of attempting to murder their four-year-old daughter. A video of the woman assaulting the little girl went viral on social media in March this year. It's also alleged her boyfriend also punched the child before throwing her against...

Civil society group "not In My Name" has marched to Mamelodi police station to voice their anger about how the officers there dealt with the case of the late 10-year old Katlego Joja, who was found dead in a river near her home at the weekend. It is unclear how she died. Police told her family to wait for 24-hours before the case could be taken up officially. Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele...

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has made an about turn regarding his resignation and now says it is up to the Provincial Executive Committee to decide his fate. Mahumapelo told SABC News last night that he'll also meet with the provincial government over his decision to quit. Talk of his resignation follows weeks of unrest in the North West with communities calling for him to vacate office. He...

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