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The National African Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc) says any decision to increase the minimum drinking age to 21 years will be challenge in court. The President of NAFCOC, Lawrence Mavundla says the proposed bill doesn't make sense at all and that as soon as the revised version is made public, they will engage it. We caught up with him for more on this story...

President Jacob Zuma says he did not lie to Parliament and the nation when he said he had a loan on his Nkandla home in northern Kwa Zulu-Natal. He was replying to to questions in the National Assembly. Earlier DA leader Mmusi Maimane claimed the president had misled the nation after the Public Protector and the Constitutional Court ruled his family had unduly benefited from non-security upgrades...

There were chaotic scenes in the National Assembly again yesterday afternoon. This, after EFF MPS tried again to prevent President Jacob Zuma from responding to oral questions in the house. After they refused to leave the House when ordered to do so by the Speaker Baleka Mbete, they were forcibly ejected out of the National Assembly by members of parliament's protection servces. Lulama Matya repor...

The National Council of Provinces has passed the Expropriation Bill with the support of all provinces except the Western Cape. One of the objectives of the bill is to give the Public Works Minister the power to expropriate property on behalf on an organ of state if it is deemed in the Public interest. Just and equitable compensation will be key, before any property can be expropriated. Our Parliam...

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

The University of Johannesburg has vowed to have the arsonists responsible for burning its main auditorium apprehended and brought to justice. It is believed that arsonists fire bombed Kingsway campus' main thousand seater auditorium and computer laboratories. The damage is estimated at 100 million rand. Some students have blamed campus security for the fire. We earlier spoke to a student at the U...

Schools in Vuwani are reported to have started on a slow pace yesterday with a low turnout and students left stranded without classes to attend to. Limpopo government says it has expected less that 50 percent turnout on the first day and that numbers to pick up as time goes on. More than 20 schools were burned down during violence, which led to a complete shutdown of schools for two weeks. Sakina...

President Jacob Zuma's oral reply session and a snap debate on the crisis facing Vuwani in Limpopo are expected to take centre stage in Parliament today. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent looks at what is expected to happen in Parliament today and she filed this report...

Gauteng government has condemned what it calls the "rowdy behaviour" of a group of meter taxi operators. This after MEC for Roads and Transport in Gauteng, Ishmael Vadi was intimidated following an announcement that his department is to start issuing licenses to Uber drivers and regulate them like metered taxis in the province. The move has angered some operators who wants Uber drivers not to be a...

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

The recent gang violence in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth, has attracted the attention of DA leader Mmusi Maimane. He paid a visit to the Ruiters family whose two-year-old daughter was killed when a stray bullet hit her in their yard in Helenvale. It happened in December during a gang war that is continuing in the area. Veronica Fourie reports ..

The EFF leader, Julius Malema, says if his party wins the Cape Town Metro, it will expropriate land without compensation. He was addressing party members in a packed Gugulethu Sport Complex on the Cape Flats. Malema says they are willing to test the Constitution in court regarding the land issue. He says that taking over Cape Town after the Local Government elections in August, is his party's prio...

Schooling is today ( Monday 16/05/16) expected to resume in over one hundred schools in Vuwani and surrounding villages in Limpopo. Residents have been protesting against the inclusion of their areas into a new municipality. The violent protest action has left twenty schools gutted and vandalised. Sakina Kwamwendo speaks to our reporter in Vuwani Witness Tiva

The Presidency has dismissed reports that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan faces an imminent arrest. The Sunday Times newspaper has reported that the Hawks want Gordhan to be charged of "espionage" in a case related to the activities of the SA Revenue Service's so-called "rogue unit". For more on this we are joined on the line by Associate Editor at Daily Waverick, Ranjeni Munusamy...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian stocks as they rise, Africa's Growth prospects still great and Uber China Rival Didi to consider U.S. IPO as soon as 2017

ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe says the ANC is not made up of saints and that the party leaders can commit mistakes from time to time. Addressing a church congregants at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape he reiterated that there'll be no recall of President Jacob Zuma despite widespread calls. Nkululeko Nyembezi reports

Mohammed Nalla, Head of Strategic Research at Nedbank Corporation and Investment Bank looks at how reports around Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan could cause some rand volatility and Moody's downgrades Saudi Arabia

The Tshiko-nelo royal council will appeal a high court decision giving the demarcation board the green light to establish a new municipality in the Vhembe district in Limpopo. The new municipality is to include Vuwani and surrounding villages. The council is part of those who lost the bid to have the high court reverse the board's decision. A top government delegation is in Vuwani in a bid to end...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged investors attending the World Economic Forum in Kigali, Rwanda to invest in South Africa's infrastructure. Ramaphosa was speaking during a panel discussion on infrastructure investment. He told delegates at the forum that South Africa still has a large number of infrastructure projects. Tshepo Mongoai reports….

Vaal University of Technology management has admitted that allegations of theft made by students against campus security guards are true. This follows this violent clashes between students and the guards at the university's main campus in Vanderbijl Park, south of Johannesburg. Some students were injured. The students are demanding improved security within campus following burglary incidents. They...

Brazil has been plunged into renewed political turmoil after the Senate voted to impeach president Dilma Rousseff. The Senate voted in favour of putting Rousseff on trial, for breaking budget laws by 55 votes to 22. To unpack this, Sakina Kwamwendo speaks to Tom Wheeler, an independent commentator and former diplomat.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has orderd the directors of Aurora Empowerment System to pay the workers or be sequestrated. President Jacob Zuma's nephew, Khulubuse Zuma is one of the three directors ordered to pay. His Spokesperson Vuyo Mkhize says Khulubuse Zuma is not liable for making any payments and that what Trade Union Solidarity is saying is misrepresentation.