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President Jacob Zuma has committed his cabinet and government to respect the independence of the judiciary and to enforce court orders issued against the state. He was speaking after an unprecedented meeting with the judiciary at the Union Building last night. The judiciary requested the meeting a month ago to discuss what it called unfair attacks on the courts. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo I...

Municipal Demarcation Board is sticking to it's guns regarding newly revised municipalities and wards boundaries. The board handed over the new boundaries to the Independent Electoral Commission in Pretoria. This is to allow IEC to prepare for next year's local government elections. The board's decision on new municipal boundaries has been met with fierce objections. Maluti Obuseng / Dineo Sekgara...

Constant criticism of the Judiciary and authority of the courts by the Executive undermines the country's justice system and erodes public confidence, this is according to former NPA boss, Vusi Pikoli. He made the comments at the ninth annual Helen Joseph Lecture on "An Independent Judiciary" at the University of Johannesburg. The lecture coincidentally fell on the same day Chief Justice Mogoeng M...

Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu's, doctors are pleased with his progress in a Cape Town hospital. The Arch, as he is affectionately known, was hospitalised more than a week ago. Addressing a media briefing in Cape Town, his daughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu, said her father was halfway through his intravenous treatment. Berenice Moss reports

Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Jacob Mamabolo has conceded that the current process used by the department for housing applications and issuing of tittle deeds is not reliable and is also open to manipulation and corruption. Many people in Gauteng have complained that they've been allocated houses but their houses are occupied by other people. And in some instances people who recently registered fo...

Government is considering the use of sea water for human consumption. This is aimed at alleviating the strain on the country's stretched water resources. The minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane made this annoucement at World Water conference in Stockholm Sweden. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the spokesperson for the department of Water and Sanitation, Mlimandlela Ndamase

1. Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for July was released yesterday and at 3.3% it's quite a bit lower than both the June reading of 3.7%, but also than what was expected. Surely this is good news for the economy and especially for the consumer? 2. So I guess it is really that number of 12.2% increase for water and electricity that is of concern. Earlier in the week we spoke about the impact that th...

Higher Education and Training concerned about situation at Stellenbosch University following the release of a 32 minutes documentary where black students recount incidents of racial prejudice within the university and the town. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo this morning Khaye Nkwanyana, spokesperson for the Department of Higher Education said, there is nothing wrong with dual education, but Afrikaan...

1. China's Stocks Rise After Worst Five-Day Decline in Two Decades 2. Japanese stocks jumped for a second day, heading for the biggest two-day rally since November 3. Thursday Investment Theme: Bond Investing

Portfolio Committee on Public Works expressed satisfaction with the level of engagement and submissions received on the Expropriation Bill. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Chairperson of the portfolio committe on public works , Ben Martins

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir signed a peace and power sharing deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month civil war in the country. Kiir however told regional leaders, who were in Juba to witness the signing, that he had serious reservations. Kiir signed the deal a day after threats of United Nations sanctions. Rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar signed the accord last week in Ethiopia. Sakina Kamwendo spo...

Several students were injured after the EFF and SASCO student representatives clashed. The students pelted each other with stones on the Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria West campus. The violence erupted while the Economic Freedom Fighter's leader, Julius Malema, addressed students, ahead of SRC elections tomorrow. TUT management condemned the violence. Maluti Obuseng reports

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir signed a peace and power sharing deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month civil war in the country. Kiir however told regional leaders, who were in Juba to witness the signing, that he had serious reservations. Kiir signed the deal a day after threats of United Nations sanctions. Rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar signed the accord last week in Ethiopia. Sarah Kimani report...

President Jacob Zuma will attempt to heal the rifts between the ANC government and the judiciary when the two arms of state meet today. The meeting was requested by the judiciary last month to discuss, what they called, unfair attacks on the courts. The unprecedented meeting has been described by analysts as a bold move. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng looks back at what has precipitated...

1. This week in stock markets has been one of the most volatile on record, and it's only Thursday morning! The US markets ended very strongly last night, and this morning Asian markets have followed suit. Does this mean that the worst is behind us now and that from here on it can only get better? 2. This week we also had news out about our own economic growth, and the dreaded "R"-word, recession,...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has unveiled a ten point plan aimed at reversing that country's economy crisis. President Mugabe's state of the nation address comes as almost 20 thousands workers have lost their jobs and the economy is expected to shrink even further. Shingai Nyoka reports

The race is on for a new leadership of the ANC Youth League. The League will finally hold its national elective congress from the 4th to the 6th of September after numerous delays. The body has been under the administration of a national task team after it was disbanded by the ANC's National Executive in March 2013. This after its then-President Julius Malema was dismissed and a number of his exec...

President Jacob Zuma has officially opened the state-of-the-art Makgato Lewanika Mandela school in Mvezo in the Eastern Cape. The multi-million rand school has been established after the merger of Inkwenkwezi and Mvezo Junior Schools due low numbers. The school boasts modern buildings, a computer lab and up-to-date teaching equipment . Makhaya Komisa has more

Interview on a form of exercise called Calisthenics.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is taking the University of the Witwatersrand to court to interdict this week's Student Representative Council elections. This after the university suspended seven EFF supporters following a scuffle during a pre-election debate. The two parties met yesterday to try iron out their differences on the matter. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Chairperson of the EFF, Advocat...

1. Asia Stocks Climb With U.S. Futures After $2.7 Trillion Wipe-out 2. Biggest Day in Years for Currencies as Investors Flee Risk 3. Highly priced equity markets continue to feel the pinch of the sell off

The Transport department says it will abide by the recommendations of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela into financial irregularities at the Passenger Rail Agency. Madonsela has urged Transport minister Dipuo Peters to take cognisance of damning findings against Prasa. Madonsela has found evidence of widespread impropriety in the awarding of tenders and urged steps against ousted CEO Lucky Montana....

Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana has described the Public Protector's report on irregularities at the Passenger Rail Agency as inaccurate. Montana, who resigned after reports of irregularities started to surface last month, has denied all allegations against him and says he will take take legal action...

The Public Protector has named and shamed some of the companies and individuals implicated in the maladministration and alleged irregular awarding of tenders involving former CEO of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Lucky Montana. Some of the companies mentioned in the Public Protector's demning report include Siemens and Reakgona cleaning company. The report also mentions names of board membe...

The saga surrounding the illegal renditions of Zimbabweans by the HAWKS is far from over. Gauteng Hawks boss Major-General Shadrack Sibiya will be challenging his dismissal following an internal disciplinary hearing last week. The hearing found that Sibiya, in his capacity as Hawks boss, had failed to prevent the rendition of six Zimbabwean nationals in 2010. The matter has seen a number of high l...