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Eskom says it will stop supplying Letsemeng Local Municipality with electricity. The power utility says this was as a result of the Municipality's contravention of the payment conditions with them. Eskom says despite numerous demands the Municipality has failed to honour payment of its electricity accounts. We spoke to Senior Manager for Customer Service in the Free State, Bibi Bedir...

Women and Men Against Child Abuse are today at the Oberholzer Magistrates Court, for the case against Nelli Senwametsi, who was captured in a series of videos that went viral in April 2019 severely assaulting 3 young children. It is now almost a year and as Women and Men Against Child Abuse we are deeply disappointed by the absolute lack of progress in this case, as well as an apparent lack of eff...

A 14-year-old rape survivor is testifying in the Upington Magistrate court in the case against her alleged rapist. The teenager is suffering from cerebral palsy and has problems talking and she will be testifying through a tablet device - with programs similar to those being used by people suffering from Motor Neuron Disease. The alleged rape took place 7 years ago, when the teenager was 7 years o...

The man who allegedly kidnapped an 18-month-old baby in Shawela outside Giyani has been found dead, in police cells this morning. Circumstances around his death are not yet clear. Moses Mongwe disappeared with the child after he met her mother on social media two weeks ago. He appeared at the Giyani Magistrate's Court yesterday and was due appear again today. We spoke to our reporter in Limpopo Mi...

Former President Thabo Mbeki has joined South Africans in condemning utterances made by former President FW de Klerk when he said apartheid was not a crime against humanity. Mbeki was speaking on the side-lines of the ANC KZN PEC political school in Durban. Meanwhile the former president says he will avail himself to campaign for the ANC during next year's municipal elections. Vusi Makhosini repor...

The high court in Pretoria has formally withdrawn charges against three former SARS employees - citing lack of successful prospects to prosecute. Former acting Commissioner Ivan Pillay, Andries Janse van Rensburg and Johan van Loggerenberg were charged with various counts of corruption and were accused of setting up the so-called rogue unit at SARS. We speak to our reporter, Phanuel Shuma...

An interim court order has been granted by Western Cape high court acting judge, Daniel Thulare, to the City of Cape Town, to have the refugees and asylum seekers removed from the Central Methodist church and surrounding areas. More than 700 Cape Town refugees have been living in and around the Central Methodist Church on Greenmarket Square for nearly four months. They refugees were forcefully rem...

National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise has been asked to investigate the office of the Public Protector for alleged financial mismanagement. In a letter, the Public Protector's representative in the Free State Sphelo Samuel says he has no other recourse but the speaker's office. Among the allegations is that staff members are unable to perform their duties as they are not provided with resources....

The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development Thoko Didiza has lifted a national ban on livestock auctions in South Africa since the outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth three months ago in the Molemole District in Limpopo. However there are preconditions for the resumption of auctions. Didiza made the announcement at a media briefing in Cape Town today. We spoke to the Director for Animal...

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) say they condemn the Business Rescue Practitioner's decision to cancel 11 domestic routes. From the 29th of February domestic destinations such as Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth, will cease to be operated by SAA. NUMSA and SACCA say this will obviously result in job losses in tho...

The Gauteng Education Department has changed the policy on school outings following the death of 13-year old Enock Mpianzi. The Parktown Boys High School learner drowned last week in the Crocodile River in Brits. He was attending a Grade 8 Orientation Camp at the Nyati Bush camp site. Schools are now expected to seek authorization from the department if learners are going to embark on physical act...

Parents from Mthwane High School in Umzimkhulu on the KZN south coast are calling for the provincial education department to build a new school, after they found a newly installed tombstone in one of the classrooms. They believe it has been erected on top of an old grave spot by a family who believe the school was built on their family land. We spoke to the HOD of Department of Education in KZN, D...

KZN's Education HOD Dr Vusimuzi Nzama explains why about 20 employees of the department have been housed in Zimbali Resort since October 2019 finalizing a national school feeding scheme tender.

Concerned South Africans and parents have been protesting outside of Parktown Boys High School in Johannesburg. They have been protesting since the news of a Grade 8 learner Enock Mpianzi who drowned and died in a river during a school camp orientation activity at the Nyati Bush and River Breakaway in Brits, North West on Wednesday 15 January We spoke to Vanita Daniels who is a concerned citizen-...

Parents from Mthwane High School in Umzimkhulu on the KZN south coast are calling for the provincial education department to build a new school, after they found a newly installed tombstone in one of the classrooms. They believe it has been erected on top of an old grave spot by a family who believe the school was built on their family land. We spoke to our reporter Nonkululeko Hlophe who visited...

The South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled some of its local and international flights. The cash-strapped airline was placed under business rescue in December, requiring R4-billion to kick start the process, led by practitioner Les Matuson. We spoke to the President of the South Africa Cabin Crew Association, Zazi Nsibanyoni-Mugambi and Accountant and commentator, Khaya Sithole

The body of a Johannesburg learner who went missing while on a school camp has been found. The Grade 8 learner, from Parktown Boys was participating in an Orientation Camp. Police Search and Rescue teams have been tirelessly searching the river since yesterday where the boy went missing. The camp has been cancelled and all learners will return home today. We speak to Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza...

While others got off to a good start of their schooling- the same cannot be said to some learners at Copeville Combined School in Pietermaritzburg. Some learners were denied an entry into the school as they did not have proper documentation. We spoke to one of the parents at the school, Thobile Ngubo. We also spoke to MEC of Education in KwaZulu Natal, Kwazi Mshengu on this matter

Earlier this week we spoke to Melissa (pseudo name) regarding her unhappiness with the Standerton Magistrate’s court granting the man who allegedly raped and impregnated her 12 year old daughter R1 000 bail. Here is a short clip of how that conversation went… Melissa also joined us again for an update on this matter. We also spoke to The Association of Regional Magistrates Southern Africa (ARMSA)...

Friends, former colleagues and family of the late businessman icon Richard Maponya gathered at the Rosebank Union Church in Rosebank for his memorial service. Maponya died on Monday morning at a hospital in Johannesburg after a short illness at the age of 99. He started his business empire in Soweto in the 1950's. Maponya's business interests included retail stores, car dealerships and property de...

Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was buried in his hometown of Kerman earlier today, just hours after Iran attacked two Iraqi military bases that house US troops in retaliation for the US airstrike that killed him. Soleimani was killed by a drone strike in Baghdad on Friday in a dramatic escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran. We spoke to Na'eem Jeenah, Executive Director of the Afro-...

eNCA Statement: eNCA has parted company with its Director of News Kanthan Pillay with immediate effect. This follows outrage and condemnation after a tweet he posted. The tweet does not represent the views of e-Media Investments and the channel. After intense overnight investigation and consultation, the channel decided it had no alternative but to end its relationship with him. Although he was ac...

Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs MEC Xolile Nqatha has expressed shock at the CRL Rights Commission's declaration to shut down 15 initiation schools in four regions of the province. CRL Rights Commission Chairperson David Mosoma has called on communities to help put an end to non-compliant initiation schools. 24 initiates have already died in the current summer season. We speak to MEC Nqatha

Former Lily Mine workers near Barberton in Mpumalanga, who went underground to search for the bodies of the three workers who remain trapped, say it will take them at least about four months to retrieve their bodies. Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyarenda and Yvonne Mnisi were trapped underground when the mine collapsed three years ago. Families of the workers have been camping near the mine in an atte...

Eskom is implementing Stage 4 rotational load shedding which is expected to continue until 11pm tonight. This follows Eskom implementing Stage 6 load shedding last night after power supply to the incline conveyors feeding coal to the silos at Medupi power station failed. This resulted in a loss of a number of units while flooding at both Kriel mine and the power station located in Mpumalanga led t...