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A Political Committee will be established to work with community structures in response to the recent protests in different parts of Gauteng. This is the resolution that emerged from a joint meeting of national and provincial departments that met yesterday to map out a strategy to end the violent protests in many parts of Gauteng. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Coopera...

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo, says his government is preparing what he called the best legal team, to have the bail application of two men in Coligny accused of killing a school boy, revoked. Mahumapelo who is set to visit the area today, also accused the magistrate on the case of being irrational. This is after the release of murder-accused, Pieter Doreeward and Phillip Schutte on bail - a...

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo, says his government is preparing what he called the best legal team, to have the bail application of two men in Coligny accused of killing a school boy, revoked. Mahumapelo who is set to visit the area Friday, also accused the magistrate on the case of being irrational. This is after the release of murder-accused, Pieter Doreeward and Phillip Schutte on bail a...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa defended his decision to apologise for the killing of mine workers in Marikana in August 2012. Ramphosa was answering questions in the National Assembly. He also defended the position of his party to toe the line if it has to vote against a Motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more

Gauteng Police say they have deployed enough manpower to deal with today's shut down at several protest hit areas in the South of Johannesburg. Sakina Kamwendo spoke police spokesperson in the area, Captain Johannes Motseri

Former Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe is returning to his job in the power utility. Molefe, now an ANC MP, resigned from Eskom last November after the Public Protector's State Capture report named him as having contacted the influential Gupta family over Eskom tenders. He was sworn as member of parliament in February. Eskom's Khulani Qoma has confirmed that Molefe will be in the office on Monday

KG chats about the chronic autoimmune disease Lupus

Following violent protest in the south of Johannesburg, Mayor, Herman Mashaba says he had a meeting with the Provincial SAPS and JMPD to find a peaceful resolution to the on-going protests in Eldorado Park and surrounding areas. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Director of Communications at Office of the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Tony Taverna-Turisan...

The fifth lion that escaped from the Kruger National Park is still on the loose 2 days after a pride of 5 lions was first spotted under a bridge on the N4 highway. Four of the escaped lions were captured on Tuesday in the Mananga area and have since been returned to the park. Residents are being urged to remain vigilant. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to acting head of communications at SANParks, William M...

Johannesburg Housing MMC Mzobanzi Ntuli has again failed to meet with the protesting residents of Kliptown in Soweto over their housing concerns. Ntuli was expected to address the community at Kliptown Square yesterday afternoon after Tuesday's planned meeting didn't materialise. Kliptown residents have been protesting since last Tuesday. More than 10 shops have been vandalised and looted in the a...

Violent protests over the death of a 16 year old boy at the hands of two white males, have heightened in the farming town of Coligny have led to a series of meetings by both government and some political parties. While the provincial government is preaching tolerance and reconciliation - the EFF has encouraged them otherwise as few racial dimensions emerge in the troubled North West town. Lucas Mo...

Northern Cape premier Sylvia Lucas has reshuffled her cabinet, ahead of the ANC's provincial conference expected to kick-start in Colesburg on Thursday. Lucas is contesting the position of chairperson with the party's provincial secretary, Zamani Saul. The four-day conference was postponed in December last year due to disputes. Lucas indicated that the reshuffling follows a consultative process wh...

Hundreds of people protested the firing of the FBI Director outside the White House in Washington as the President's spokesperson revealed that he'd been considering firing James Comey since he was elected to office in January. The timing of the move has split Republican and Democrats while the Vice President dismissed suggestions that President Trump's decision had anything to do with the FBI's p...

Yellow Monday

Police say more than 50 people have been arrested in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, since protests erupted there earlier this week. They're facing charges of public violence, possession of suspected stolen property, malicious damage to property and theft. Some of the suspects will appear in court today. The protests over poor service delivery have since spread to nearby areas including Enne...

The situation at Coligny in the North West remains tense with police still maintaining a high presence this morning. Clashes between police and residents continued into the late night. Residents want the bail of two local men accused of killing a 16 year old boy to be revoked. Learners in the Tlhabologang township remain trapped due to the ongoing violence while a few businessess started operating...

Bussai talks to Dr. Aurient Pholo who is a Physiotherapist talking about people who are living with disability resulting from burns.

The 2012 Lonmin Mine tragedy in Marikana where thirty-four miners were shot and killed by the police during an AMCU led wage increase strike has been dogging Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa. Since his weekend public regret of his comments prior to the shootings, survivors of the massacre have rejected Ramaphosa's apology. Attorney Andries Nkome, who represents the arrested and wounded miners, ha...

Johannesburg's MMC for Housing, Mzobanzi Ntuli, says the Eldorado Park protest leaders who were to meet him today, are facing arrest for unrelated crimes. Ntuli was supposed to meet the aggrieved community leaders over their housing concerns. Residents of Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, engaged in day-long running battles with police, who constantly fired rubber bullets. Several shops were v...

The R503 and N4 road linking Lichtenburg and Coligny and the N14 linking Coligny and Ventersdorp in the North West, have been opened for traffic. They were closed last night following violent protests. This, after residents in the area went on rampage yesterday after a local court granted bail to two men who allegedly killed a sixteen year old Matlhomola Mosweu three weeks ago. Mosweu was killed f...

The Gauteng Health Department has revealed that at least five more mental health patients have since died, from the time when the Health Ombud report was released in February. Gauteng Health MEC, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, briefed the media in Johannesburg on progress made in the implementation of the health ombudsman's report into the tragedy. She said 91 percent of patients have so far been relocated to...

A service delivery protest in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg has turned violent leading to road closures around the area. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini

The office of the President says President Jacob Zuma has accepted His Majesty Vha Venda King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana 's proposal that the Vhembe District Municipality should provide services to the people of Vuwani while a solution on the demarcation issue is being sought. This was announced after Zuma met with the King and other stakeholders in Vuwani. Violence then broke out Nandoni sports grou...

Pro-Makhado task team in #Vuwani have appealed to residents to allow things to return to normality. Sakina speaks to Pro Makhado spokesperson, Ntsobo Sambo. She also speaks to Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Des van Rooyen about Vuwani situation.

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for the way in which the Marikana shootings unfolded, but has denied any involvement in the killing of 34 Lonmin miners almost five years ago. Addressing students at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Ramaphosa said his role at Lonmin was to prevent further killings. He later addressed an ANC Cadres' Forum in Joza, also in Grahamstown. Mcebisi Ngqsina...