Radio 2000 Mixes

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has explained its decision to back Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as leader of the ANC. NUM is the first Cosatu union to publicly pronounce on its preferred successor to head the governing party, which is due to hold an elective conference next year. Ramaphosa was the union's founding Secretary General in the early 1980s. To...

The South African National Blood Service is in need of urgent blood supply. The Blood services says the recent protest action at universities has negatively affected their drive to collect blood from students. Spokesperson for the South African National Blood Service, Vanessa Raju joins us on the line to tell us more

UDM President General Bantu Holomisa wants all Political Parties to meet urgently to review the structure of the IEC. This follows allegations that ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe and his Deputy Jessie Duarte have labelled IEC's Deputy Chairperson Terry Tselane an enemy of the ANC. General Bantu Holomisa joins us on the line to tell us more.

Out-going Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, says she will hand over at least two hundred high profile cases to her successor next month. This is when her seven-year non-renewable term comes to an end. Madonsela has been investigating the Gupta family, for their alleged state capture, and has also looked into into the controversial North West mining account, known as the D-account. Mining houses h...

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says he has a feeling something bad is about to happen in the country. Gordhan was speaking at a Heritage Day Dinner hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in Johannesburg over the weekend. Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki reports...

Two staff cars have been set alight during a student protest at the University of Pretoria. It is alleged the fire was caused by petrol bomb that was thrown by an unknown person. This after the university management decided to close the institution until next month. Operations at Tshwane University of Technology all campuses, except Mbombela in Mpumalanga nd Polokwane in Limpopo, have been suspend...

KG chats to Moshito Ambassador Roger Lucey

KG chats to KUMISA's Thando Nyameni

Wits University students have accused the institution of planting three petrol bombs that were found on the Braamfontein campus in Johannesburg yesterday, to intimidate them. They say the university has threatened to shut down the students residences, a move which could lead to chaos. The students also say the university has been mum on their demand for free education. For the latest we spoke to s...

KG chats to Moshito Executive Mr Karabo Motitjoane

Moshito Music Conference 2016 - Mr Stanley Khoza, Deputy Chairperson of AIRCO

The ANC Youth League has challenged Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to divulge whether he has shares in private companies which do business with State Owned Enterprises. Speaking after its two-day National Executive Committee meeting in Johannesburg, yesterday, the League lambasted Gordhan for acting as if he is the only member of government who is fighting crime. It urged him to account to the Ha...

SABC Non-Executive board member Krish Naidoo says he stands by his decision not to endorse any moves to re-appoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the public broadcaster's acting Chief Operating Officer. This follows media reports that the SABC board is considering a proposal to re-instate Motsoeneng in his original position as Acting COO. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein threw out his application...

ANC struggle veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela says the Freedom Charter's clause on free education needs to be revisited. Madikizela-Mandela was reacting to the country-wide protests by university students over possible fee increases for 2017 during a meeting with young people in Soweto. In 1955, the Freedom Charter promised that doors of learning shall be opened to all. And the ANC's 2007 Polokwa...

A call for the sharing of land among all South Africans, the removal of colonial statues from Parliament and tributes to Kwaito star Mduduzi Mandoza Tshabalala, were some of the issues that surfaced during the Heritage Day Debate in the Nation Council of Provinces today (thursday 22 September). Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more

The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Pietermaritzburg campus has been closed after a stand-off between the police and students. One student was seriously injured. The students threw stones at police and police retaliated with rubber bullets and teargas. Students went on the rampage to protest against the government's proposed fee increases for next year. They are demanding that education should be fr...

As global conservationists and policy makers gather in Johannesburg for the 'Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species' or CITES conference tomorrow (saturday 25 September), Embryo Plus has announced its success with the world's first Cape buffalo calf conceived through in vitro fertilisation. The calf was born in June on a farm in Limpopo. The organisation says this brings hope for...

43 people, 19 of whom are children, will be homeless if the court enforces an eviction order against them. An NGO representing 23 families from Bromwell Street in Woodstock in Cape Town, will be launching an urgent application in the Cape Town High Court today. They want to force the City of Cape Town to arrange temporary accommodation for the families. Mandisa Shandu, an attorney representing the...

Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe wants prepaid electricity to be standardised. He was addressing members of parliament yesterday and says introducing legislation on prepaid metering would solve Eskom's problems. But not all South Africans are in favour of this. Residents of Orlando in Soweto protested against prepaid electricity earlier in the week. We spoke to Seth Mazibuko, a representative from the Orla...

Arts and Culture Minister, Nathi Mthethwa has described the late Mandoza as a giant and a social unifier He was speaking at the memorial service of the Kwaito music legend at the Ellis park arean in Johannesburg. The award-winning artist - whose real name is Mduduzi Tshabalala - died on Sunday from cancer. He was 38-years-old. Mthethwa says Mandoza's music touched everyone locally and abroad. Noma...

At least ten Wits University students have been wounded following clashes with security personnel. Two of the wounded have been admitted to hospital. More than 30 students remain at the Hillbrow police station. They were arrested as they attempted to disrupt academic activities. Protesting students have refused to disclose what they intend to do next, saying that would jeopardise their goal to ach...

The fees must fall protest has also spilled over into the Eastern Cape. In Port Elizabeth, students shut down the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's main campus, forcing the management to suspended all academic activities. Students from Walter Sisulu University have rejected Minister Blade Nzimande's announcement on fees yesterday, while those from Fort Hare gave the institution 48 hours to...

The University of the Free State says that classes will be suspended until Friday. This follows student protests after the Higher Education Minister said universities could increase their fees by no more than eight percent next year. Students are demanding no increases and want the government to intervene. Aphumelele Mdlalane reports...

Rating agency Moody's has commended government for its commitment to fiscal consolidation. The global rating agency says some good work has also been done in addressing problems facing the country's State-owned enterprises. But it has also issued a strong warning against the slow pace of labour liberalization and the possible fiscal repercussions from the fees-must-fall demonstrations. Tshepo Mong...

A large group of students have blockaded the main entrance of the Wits university main campus in Braamfontein Johannesburg. This follows Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's announcement of an 8% cap on fee increases for universities. We ealier on spoke to our reporter, Sashin Naidoo at wits university