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Eastern Cape health officials have condemned an attack on female nurses and staff at the Uitenhage Provincial Hospital at the weekend.  This after staff at the facility were left traumatised following an attack by three men on Sunday. Its alleged three men had brought in a friend who was shot and demanded that the nurses fetch him from their car. One of the nurses was assaulted as the suspects. Th...

King Misuzulu ka-Zwelithini will tomorrow be performing the ritual called Ukungena Esibayeni, loosely translated as Entering the Kraal. The family says this is a significant step towards the coronation where the King is introduced to the ancestors as he prepares to ascend the throne. The ritual will take place at KwaKhangelamankengana palace in KwaNomngoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Udo Carelse sp...

Another fight between groups of learners has caused havoc at Ngwenze Senior Secondary School in Dutywa in the Eastern Cape .The Learners who are from Xawuka location and Bolotwa Administrative Area are fighting with learners from Silityiwa location. The schools' principal Lihle Mzimba says some learners from Silityiwa are not attending school because they are afraid. He says they are using dangero...

The bail application of two men accused of the murder of Hillary Gardee has been postponed to the 2nd of September. This comes as police in Mpumalanga have said that they are confident that they will provide the NPA with an expert statement linking the fifth suspect  to the murder case. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday but was later released. The National Prosecuting Authority has provisionally...

A section of Parliament's entrance which was cordoned off has been reopened following a parcel that was dropped of by a person just outside 90 Plein Building. Earlier police did not rule out  that the parcel might be potential explosives. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC Parliamentary Correspondent, Mercedes Besent.

A fifth suspect in the murder case of Hilary Gardee is expected to make his court appearance today at the Nelspruit Magistrate's court in Mpumalanga. The suspect, a Nigerian national was taken in for questioning on Sunday and placed under arrest Yesterday. This brings to five the total number of people arrested in relation to the murder case.  Sakina Kamwendo spoke to reporter in court, Tumelo Mac...

here continues to be mixed reaction to the decision to ban all movement of cattles in the country in order to contain the outbreak of food and mouth disease. Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza suspended the movement of cattle from one property to another for 21-days. However there are exceptions for cattle meant for direct slaughter at registered abattoirs and slaughter for ritual purposes. Sakina...

The close working relationship between the office of the Public Protector and the State Security Agency has come to light at the impeachment hearing of Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Acting head of corporate services at the office of the Public Protector, Gumbi Tyelela has told the hearing how an official from the SSA was seconded to the PPSA after the then Chief Operations Officer...

The newly elected ANC North West Chairperson, Nono Baloyi has called on party members to unite behind the leadership of the province. Maloyi who defeated the current premier, Bushy Maape for the position of the ANC provincial chairperson, was delivering his acceptance speech at the party's provincial elective conference in Rustenburg. Other members elected with Maloyi, include his deputy Lazzy Mok...

Trade union AMCU says over 20-thousand people are expected to attend the tenth Marikana commemoration at the infamous Koppie in the North West. The program kicked off earlier today and we shall take you live to some of the proceedings at a later stage. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Itumeleng Kgajane

Non Profit Organisation, Right2Know Campaign has staged a picket outside the offices of the National Prosecuting Authority in Pretoria in protest against the non-prosecution of the police officers who shot and killed 34 striking Lonmin Mine workers on 16 August 2012. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Right2Know's Sthembiso Khuluse, he is the National Programs Coordinator

Parliament's Section 194 Committee which is currently probing the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office, has declined her request for the committee to subpoena President Cyril Ramaphosa to appear before it. Earlier today, former Senior Investigator in the Private Office of the Public Protector, Advocate Nditsheni Raedani, told the committee that former Free State Premier, Ac...

The Durban Magistrate's court has granted R3000 bail to 20 alleged instigators who have been charged with public violence in relation to last year's unrest in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The Hawks say efforts by a multi-disciplinary team led to the arrests in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West, Free State, Western Cape and the Northern Cape. It is alleged that the suspects used so...

The attorney for parliament arson accused, Zandile Mafe, has told the High Court in Cape Town that his client is on a hunger strike. Mafe was scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trail conference today but refused to enter the dock from the holding cells. Mafe came to court in pyjamas and reportedly lay firm on the ground not cooperating with the bailiff. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter,...

Rand Water says its hard at work with its integration of a newly installed S4 pipeline that will see water disruptions to at least six of Gauteng municipalities. The 53-hour planned water outage began last night as part of Rand Water's strategy to refurbish and upgrade its infrastructure for sustainable purposes. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Executive Manager of one of the water plants at Rand Water,...

ActionSA president, Herman Mashaba has expressed shock and horror after a member of his family was found brutally killed on Wednesday. Mashaba says his wife's aunt was raped and murdered by two men in North West on Saturday. The body of the 77-year-old woman was only discovered on Wednesday as she lived alone. Mashaba was speaking to the media outside the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court where seven...

The lead investigator who assisted the Public Protector in the CIEX report, advocate Livhuwani Tshiwalule, says unbeknownst to him, there were changes made to the final report. Tshiwalule is appearing before Parliament's Section 194 committee that is investigating suspended Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane 's fitness to hold office. The report had recommended that Absa must repay one-...

 The two men accused of the murder of the mayor of the Collins Chabane Municipality, Moses Maluleke have abandoned their bail application in the Malamulele Magistrate's Court in Limpopo. Maluleke was gunned down at his home in Xikundu village last month. The accused, Avhatakali Mulaudzi and Shumani Nemadodzi, have had their case postponed to the 19th of next month for further investigations. Sakin...

Some of the suspects arrested in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, have been positively linked to the rape of 8 women, last month. The 81 men are appearing at the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court. The women were part of production crew shooting a music video at an abandoned mine dump when they were gang-raped. The matter was postponed was earlier postponed to today to allow the state to conclude DN...

ActionSA says it will continue to work on growing the party despite the immediate dissolution of its Provincial Executive Committee in KwaZulu-Natal. The party in the province has been marred lately by internal squabbles which saw resignations of regional chairpersons such as Muhammad Khan and Busisiwe Ntshingila from the eThekwini region. Ntshingila likened ActionSA to the ANC in her resignation,...

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has emphasized the importance of road maintenance - as government embarks on a project to repair potholes nationwide. Operation Vala Zonke is part of a 16-month campaign with SANRAL. In this speacial outside broadcast, the team took to the Vaal to witness first-hand the launch of this project...

One person has reportedly died in Kagiso as residents are protesting against illegal miners operating in the area. Police are currently in Kagiso firing rubber bullets on the protesting community. The protest comes after eight women were raped in nearby Krugersdorp last week. Since then police have conducted three operations, arresting over 120 men and boys. Udo Carelse spoke to police spokesperso...

Former Democratic Alliance member, Makashule Gana says he holds no resentment towards the party after he resigned from the organisation, as well as from his position at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. Gana joins a long list of black leaders who have left the DA over the years, including Phumzile van Damme, Mmusi Maimane, Bongani Baloyi and Mbali Ntuli. Udo Carelse spoke to political analyst, D...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has arrested about 30 people for  possession.of about 300 sassa cards in Springs mall, east of Johannesburg (East Rand). The individuals believed to be loan sharks were also in possession of more than R100-thousand. Udo Carelse spoke to SASSA spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi 

The Nelspruit Magistrate's court in Mpumalanga has denied bail to one of the three men accused of killing, Hillary Gardee. Sipho Mkhatshwa and his co-accused, Philemon Lukhele and Mduduzi Gama are facing charges of kidnapping, murder, rape, defeating the ends of justice and conspiracy to commit murder. Lukhele and Gama have separately applied to be released on bail. The accused were arrested after...