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Academic activities at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape continue to be disrupted as the Academic Professional Staff Association continues with its protest action. The association is calling for the in-sourcing of their members working for private companies at the institution. The institution has been marred by incidents of arson including clashes between a local private secu...

The National Executive Director of Down Syndrome South Africa, Ancella Ramjas

Speaking to Mr. Eric Mokonyama from SAHRC, Bussai tackles a conversation around the rights of people living with disabilities.

One of the two suspects who appeared in the Ngcobo magistrate court on Monday afternoon will appear again today for rape, sexual exploitation and sexual grooming charges. Thirty year old Banele Mancoba, a senior member of the controversial Seven Angels Ministries church appeared in court on Monday afternoon alongside 29 year old Siphenathi Mafikwana for a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery wit...

The repatriation of eight Zimbabwean children who've been kept at a place of safety in Rustenburg in the North West is set to take place today as scheduled. This follows the dismissal of an urgent application by the parents of the children who sought an order from the high court in Pretoria prohibiting officials from deporting the children back to the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. The children aged...

The School Governing Body at Eldorado Secondary School, south of Johannesburg has threatened a lockdown of the school if Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, suspends the school's principal. This follows weeks of disruptions to learning and teaching as teachers aligned to SADTU have abandoned their posts since late last year. Its alleged the teachers staged a walk-out after the SGB of the school...

Civil Society group, Black Sash, is back in the Constitutional court today to argue the case for the uninterrupted payment of social grants next month. Black Sash will be represented in court by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS). In March 2017‚ the Concourt suspended invalidity of the contract between the current service provider‚ Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) and SASSA‚ for a second tim...

At least six SADeC countries have now confirmed their decision to suspend imports of processed meats from South Africa. Zimbabwe is the latest after Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia announced their decision earlier. Pick 'n Pay and Shoprite-Checkers say they have offered full refunds on some Enterprise and Rainbow products.

Director & Head of Analytics at ETM Analytics George Glynos, looks at Finance Minister Nhalnhla Nene's optimism that SA’s growth outlook will be revised higher and that SA may have done enough to avoid a downgrade in March, Parliament's debate whether to nationalize the SARB and what consequence this will have on investors and the financial markets and SA GDP stats for Q4 that will be released lat...

Ashburton Investments Portfolio Manager, Wayne Mccurrie looks at whether ramaphoria is over with the rand falling almost to 12 against us dollar, Mtn trading update released after trading and Enterprise products that have been recalled due to listeria break out.

Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has urged the public to stop consuming ready to eat, processed food products, such as polony, viennas and chicken sausages. The minister revealed that the source of the Listerioris outbreak, which has claimed the lives of 180 people in the country so far, has been traced to an Enterprise food production factory in Polokwane, Limpopo. The confirmed number of listeri...

Director & Head of Analytics at ETM Analytics George Glynos, looks at political developments in the US and EZ, Trump’s tweets about trade wars being a good thing, are we to take these views seriously and what expropriation without compensation might look like.

Students have been out of class at Eldorado Park high school for days as a stand off between the South African Democratic Teachers Union, the School Governing body and School Principal continues.

The shutdown at the Gupta linked Optimum Coal Mine in Mpumalanga is continuing on Friday because on non-payment of salaries to some mine workers. The National Union of Mine Workers says the mine only paid salaries to permanent employees while the contractors have not been paid, allegedly for three months now. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to NUM's Regional Secretary in Mpumalanga, Tshilidzi Mathavha

The Right2Know Campaign is marching to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Friday morning, to challenge apartheid-era Intimidation Act. The non-profit advocacy organisation says it is doing this in solidarity with two cases of activists, General Alfred Moyo and former Marikana Women's Group leader Primrose Sonti, who is now a Member of Parliament. The Activists wants the court to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is now expected to initiate the process of re-establishing the SADC Tribunal after the Pretoria High Court on Thursday declared that former president Jacob Zuma's participation in the suspension of the Tribunal in 2012 was unlawful, irrational and unconstitutional. The Tribunal was set up in 2005 as a judicial body to resolve disputes between Southern African states as we...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says human trafficking needs the co-operation of a bigger crime prevention cluster and home affairs to nip it in the bud. SABC radio news spoke to Cele following shocking revelations of human trafficking that was revealed by the Hawks when they appeared before the Police Committee in Parliament earlier this week. Cele also says he wants to bring cash in transit heists to...

Controversial businessman Atul Gupta and the Bank of Baroda have vehemently denied wrongdoing in the alleged Estina dairy corruption scandal. They have taken their fight to the High court in Bloemfontein to oppose a court order to freeze their assets. The more than 220-million rand Vrede farm project was meant to benefit black farmers in the area. Ishmael Modiba reports..

Former senior prosecutor and current DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach and her former lawyer Gerhard Wagenaar have been found not guilty of contravening the NPA act and defeating the ends of justice. Magistrate Brian Nemavhidi delivered the judgment in the Pretoria North Magistrates Court. The state also withdrew fraud and perjury charges against Breytenbach. Maluti Obuseng reports...

The Constitutional court has reserved judgement in a case brought forward by Freedom Under Law, Corruption and Watch and others against the NPA boss Shaun Abrahams. The parties were seeking a confirmation order to the December 8th judgment by the High Court in Pretoria, which declared the appointment of Abrahams as the National Director of Public Persecutions as well as the removal of his predeces...

The human trafficking division of the Hawks have revealed shocking incidents of human trafficking in the country. The Hawks appeared before the Police committee in Parliament on Wednesday to brief it about progress made on high profile cases. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent was there .......

The newly appointed Police Minister Bheki Cele has warned members of parliament to be careful not to encourage a situation where the people are armed with guns as an excuse of fighting crime and self protection. Making his maiden speech in the National Assembly, Cele was responding to calls by some members of the House for the government to arm citizens in the wake of the spate of the shootings an...

Market analyst, George Glynos of ETM Analytics (Pty) Ltd looks at South African markets as Rand has been weakening ever since the cabinet reshuffle,a sharp deterioration noted in the Jan trade numbers released yesterday and most important data released yesterday

People of gaModjaji in Limpopo will on Thursday hold celebrations for the recognition of their Queenship Status. This is the first Queenship in South Africa. In 2016, after a long campaign and succession dispute, the Balobedu queen, also known as Queen Modjadji or the Rain Queen, was officially recognised. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Balobedu Queenship spokesperson, Mampuele Phetole..

INTRO: The EFF's political schizophrenia will only harm the people of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMB) in Port Elizabeth. These are the words of the Democratic Alliance responding to threats by the EFF to pass a motion of no confidence in the DA Mayor Athol Trollip. The Leader of the EFF, Julius Malema announced in Parliament on Monday that his party intends to pass this motion against the NMB Mayor...