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Stokvels remain a popular investment method for some South Africans to save money for the festive season. The Stokvels Association of South Africa says an estimated 49-billion rand is invested through stokvels every year. Banks and police are now warning members of stokvel social clubs to be vigilant with their money these December holidays. This is the time when stokvel clubs normally share and s...

Elderly folk in Chatsworth, Durban, left their responsibilities and hardships behind for some festive fun and cheer on Christmas Eve. Music and gifts were the order of the day. For most of the senior citizens, the day was a well-deserved escape from their daily struggles. And they were all smiles, when their occasion was also graced by President Jacob Zuma. Nonkululeko Hlophe reports...

Newly-elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to crack down on corruption and restore investor confidence in the quest to rescucitate the country's ailing economy. Ramaphosa was closing the five-day ANC national elective conference, where he was elected to succeed President Jacob Zuma at the leader of the governing party. Our Senior Political Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng has filed this rep...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) YESTERDAY filed papers in the Western Cape High Court against investigative journalist and author Jacques Pauw saying that he published confidential information in his book 'The President's Keepers'. SARS commissioner Tom Moyane argued in his affidavit that Pauw revealed in his book taxpayers' information, which was in contravention of the Tax Administratio...

-Congress of South African Students has called for an end to matric results being published in newspapers -South African Actress Michelle Molatlou passes away - video of the Chairperson of the South African Editors Forum subcommittee on media freedom, Sam Mkhokeli being pushed around by security at the ANC conference in Nasrec has gone Viral.

Eldorado Park, in the south of Johannesburg, is on the brink of total destruction. It's a daily struggle to curb the social ills which have contributed to violent crimes in the area. Besides substance abuse, there's been a dramatic increase in shootings, attributed to gang turf wars. This week our reporter, Jamaine Krige, takes us through the trouble brewing in Eldorado Park…

The ANC's steering committee has called an emergency meeting which, it's believed, will deal with an alleged irregularity during yesterday's Top Six elections. There are allegations that 68 delegates who the electoral officals said were absent from the vote for Secretary-General, were actually there. These delegates were allegedly told they did not appear on the conference voters' roll.

An organisation representing Vice-Chancellors - Universities South Africa - has expressed concern that President Jacob Zuma's announcement of free higher education might cause chaos at universities at the beginning of the new academic year. Its CEO Ahmed Bawa, says they were taken aback that such a huge announcement could be made without consultation, and less than a month before the start of the...

ANC stalwart, Tokyo Sexwale says it is disingenous for ANC members to blame President Jacob Zuma for all the problems in the country. Sexwale was reacting to the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC President. Sexwale says all those who have been leaders in the governing party should share the blame for what has gone wrong and humble themselves before the nation…..

- Social media reacts to new ANC President and Top 6. - The Kathrada family disappointed that President Jacob Zuma would think the late struggle stalwart was manipulated into writing a letter calling on him to step down.

Delegates at the ANC's 54th National Conference will now vote for 80 members of the party's National Executive Committee, or NEC. It's Day Four of the conference, being held at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. There'll be great interest in whether the same patterns emerge as with the election of the party's Top Six leadership last night.

Eldorado Park, in the south of Johannesburg, is on the brink of total destruction. It's a daily struggle to curb the social ills which have contributed to violent crimes in the area. Besides substance abuse, there's been a dramatic increase in shootings, attributed to gang turf wars. This week our reporter, Jamaine Krige, takes us through the trouble brewing in Eldorado Park…

The SA Commuinist party has challenged the newly elected ANC top-six to prioritise dealing with allegations of corruption in government and the party. Cyril Ramaphosa was last night elected as President of the ANC, succeeding Jacob Zuma who held the position for ten years. The SACP has been calling for action against those implicated in corruption and State Capture. SACP first Deputy Secretary, So...

Eldorado Park, in the south of Johannesburg, is on the brink of total destruction. It's a daily struggle to curb the social ills which have contributed to violent crimes in the area. Besides substance abuse, there's been a dramatic increase in shootings, attributed to gang turf wars. This week our reporter, Jamaine Krige, takes us through the trouble brewing in Eldorado Park…

#ANCConference2017 dominates social media the weekend. Suspended Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille says the DA does NOT have suffiecient reasons to suspend her.

Delegates from KwaZulu-Natal, the largest contingent, are currently voting for the Top Six at the ANC's national elective congress at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The delegates from Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and Limpopo still have to vote. The North West delegates were the last provincial group to finish voting. ANC spokesperson, Khusela Sangoni has an update:

According to the final nominations, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is leading with 1469 branch nominations in 6 branches while his main rival Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has support of 1094 branches inslo in six provinces. Both candidates have accepted nominations. Other members who made a cut include Lindiwe Sisulu and David Mabuza for the deputy president Gwede Mantashe and Nathi Mthethwa, senzo...

The ANC's new leadership is expected to be announced this morning(monday). This follow intents nomination and voting process last night at the party's 54th national congress in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The race for the top job was reduced from seven candidates to a two horse race between Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. There were also a several last minute wit...

There have been mixed reactions from the parties involved in the ruling handed down by the Constitutional Court over the land claim of Salem Community. The Constitutional Court has ruled that both parties involved, the landowners, descendants of 1820 settlers and the claimants's descedants of AmaXhosa group that stayed in Salem, should share the land, and the landowners do not have exclusive right...

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says the resolve of her office is unshakable and that they will continue in their efforts to bring those responsible for crimes in Sudan's Darfur region to justice. Fatou Bensouda was providing her 26th report on Darfur to the Security Council after it referred the situation there to the ICC in 2005, the first time the Council had handed any situa...

Deputy Police Minister, Bongani Mkhongi has officially introduced Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation Judge Frans Diale Kgomo to the community of Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats. The levels of crime in Khayelitsha prompted Premier Helen Zille to call for a commission of inquiry in 2012 - that concluded that there was a breakdown in relations between the community and police. Mkhongi says i...

-Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone. - On Friday travellers flying from Gauteng to Cape Town are encouraged to exchange five kilograms of their on-flight baggage for five litres of water. - Gayton McKenzie’s New Book Titled ‘Kill Zuma’ Sparks Controversy

Rhodes University maintains that it will not condone 'unlawful conduct' which serves to undermine just and noble struggles from any of its students. This follows an online campaign titled #RhodesWar in support of female student activists have been expelled from the institution for allegedly holding protests against sexual abuses. The female students claim sentences imposed upon them for common law...

Rhodes University maintains that it will not condone 'unlawful conduct' which serves to undermine just and noble struggles from any of its students. This follows an online campaign titled #RhodesWar in support of female student activists have been expelled from the institution for allegedly holding protests against sexual abuses. The female students claim sentences imposed upon them for common law...

The police officer responsible for investigating a criminal case against the Author of "The President's Keepers", Jacques Pauw, has been removed. Colonel Reuben Govender, of the KwaZulu-Natal police was removed from the case before Pauw and investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh were to present themselves at his office to be charged. Jacques Pauw