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Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has failed to appear before the ANC' Special Provincial Executive Committee meeting held in King William's Town to discuss the report of the public protector. Masualle and four mayors of the affected municipalities were summoned to appear before this committee to account on the public protector's report . The damning findings by Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane say...

Metrorail says its central line services will remain suspended in Cape Town due to vandalism of critical infrastructure. Train services between Chris Hani, Kapteinsklip and Bishop Lavis have been affected and thousands of commuters stranded. A 25-Thousand rand reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the pepertrators. Chris Mabuya reports .....

Ace Magashule has been re-elected uncontested as the ANC Free State Chairperson. Magashule has occupied the position for the past 23 years Mbali Sibanyoni reports

The ANC has vowed to tighten the legislation on parole. This is part of its policy proposals as it goes to its national elective congress this weekend. The five day meeting will adopt this and other policy proposals discussed at the party's Policy Conference in June. Currently the Correctional Services Act stipulates that prisoners who have served half of their sentence are eligible for parole. Bu...

The death toll from the outbreak of Listeriosis disease has risen to 37 following the death of a pregnant woman at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria over the weekend. The Department of Health says although listeriosis is serious, it is treatable and preventable. We speak to the Head of the Centre for Enteric Diseases at the National Institute For Communicable Diseases (NICD), Dr Juno Th...

Trade Union BEMAWU says if the SABC tables an improved offer, it is prepared to call off Thursday's strike. BEMAWU and CWU have rejected the SABC's four-point-five per cent salary increase, backdated to October this year. The increase would be paid next year. Both unions say they are now forging ahead with their strike at the public broadcaster. CWU says the salary increase should instead be back...

The ANC in the Free State province has elected it's leadership amid divisions that saw some disgruntled members seeking to halt the provincial elective conference. Ace Magashule has retained his position as privincial Chairperson. We speak to a by member of the Free State CR17 campaign, Monnapule Ntamo.

-Two female students who have been banned for life at Rhodes University after they participated in an anti-rape protest in April 2016. -NPA head Shaun Abrahams extends President Jacob Zuma's deadline to explain why he should not face corruption charges. - Amanda Black and her team had a gun pulled on them at the Mapungubwe Music Festival

Labour unions BEMAWU and CWU have vowed to forge ahead with their strike at the SABC on Thursday. Both unions have rejected the SABC's 4-point 5 per cent salary increase, backdated to October this year. The increase would be paid next year. CWU says the salary increase should instead be back dated by nine months. BEMAWU on the other hand wants a 10% salary increase across the board. BEMAWU preside...

Two female students have been banned from Rhodes University for life and may never complete their studies. This after they participated in an anti-rape protest at the institution in Grahamstown in April last year. Last month the Univerisity found the female students guilty of kidnapping, assault, defamation and insubordination after four male students were dragged out of their dorm rooms, spat on,...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian Markets trading lower, failing to follow the positive close on Wall Street, Steinhoff and EOH started the new week on a positive note, with both Companies up 50% and 8.54% respectively and Bitcoin finally makes its debut on the Chicago Board of Exchange.

Labour Movement COSATU says the magnitude caused by the biggest corporate scandal involving Steinhoff International will have a serious impact on the clothing and textile workers in South Africa. And the South African Federation of Union SAFTU says it feels vindicated as it has proven that the controversial Gupta family and their alleged questionable dealing are not the only source of problem caus...

President of the Communication Workers Union, Clyde Mervin has accused the interim SABC board of accepting 650 million rands in payments despite the public broadcaster's financial troubles we get reaction from SABC board member, Mathatha Tsedu

Wage negotiations between the SABC and its unions are expected to commence today. This follows the offer of four-point-five percent salary increase made by the public broadcaster to its staff. The SABC is running against the clock to reach a settlement as workers have threatened to go on strike on Thursday just ahead of the much anticipated ANC elective conference kicking off at the weekend. we sp...

The South African Post Office (Sapo) will now be the new distributor of social grants. This follows an agreement between the Post Office and SASSA announced by the Minister in the Presidency, responsible for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe. This follows the order by the constitutional court that SASSA and the Social Development Department must find an alternative service provider...

Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister, Siyabonga Cwele, has moved to reassure social grants beneficiaries that the transition from CPS to the South African Post Office will be smooth. Yesterday, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on social grants announced that SASSA and the Post Office had signed an agreement which would see the Post Office taking over the grants distribution from April th...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian Markets opening the week higher following a positive close on Wall Street, few Central Banks expected to hold their Policy Meetings and Steinhoff on the Spot Light last WEEK. EOH Shares have also come under immense pressure falling by 45% on Thursday.

-ANCWL President Bathabile Dlamini has reacted to Cyril Ramaphosa's comments on the Jacob Zuma's rape accuser, Khwezi. -University of cape Town Student Nkosinathi Nkomo who created a water-purification system dies. -The Hawks have released a statement saying found no evidence of the so-called zombie drug flakka being manufactured, sold or consumed in South Africa - R kelly's Atlanta home robbed.

Joining us for the last time we Sakina Kamwendo talks Eskom, corruption, Steinhoff, nuclear power with ETF Strategist & Advisor, Nerina Visser whose daughter says she is "exhaustipated"

There has been widespread condemnation from various business sectors and unions in the wake of international retailer Steinhoff revelations of accounting irregularities. Many business groups are calling for business organisations to distance themselves from corrupt companies. Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) says it is disappointed and disgruntled by Steinhoff's recent allegations. It says...

The ANC is proposing to establish what it calls an Electoral Revolutionary Council, to better screen it's members who want to occupy top leadership roles. This is contained in the ruling party's policy documents on organisational renewal, which will further be discussed at the National Conference in Nasrec next week. ANC President Jacob Zuma's term will come to an end, as the party gears up to ele...

Suspended head of the Gauteng Health Department, Dr Barney Selebano, has given contradicting answers on whether Premier David Makhura knew about the transfer of patients to NGOs. Selebano also said he will not resign over the bungled Esidimeni relocations, which resulted in the deaths of 143 mentally ill-patients. He maintaines that the decision to terminate the Life Esidimeni contract was a cost-...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lenstoane looks at the Asian Pacific Region, the big Sell Off on Steinhoff, a 66% drop in one day and business confidence in South Africa's economy improving slightly.

Former Acting National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane is being implicated in allegedly fabricating a case against IPID Boss, Robert McBride. This follows a raid by Police watchdog, Independent Police Investigative Directorate - IPID - at Phalane's properties and those of his alleged accomplices. Phahlane was suspended in June after he was accused of fraud and corruption...

COSATU in KwaZulu-Natal has vowed to curb the ill-treatment of workers at Durban factories following an exposé by the SABC of female workers being stripped naked on suspicions of theft when they knock off duty. At least two companies have admitted to the practice of strip searching while the labour department has also found that workers in these factories are exploited and under paid. We speak to...