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The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. He is the 100th winner of the prize - which was awarded for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation. Ethiopia reached a peace deal with Eritrea last year, ending a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war. A total of 301 candidates had been nominated for the prestigious aw...

Chairperson of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings, Dr Iqbal Survé says the recent raids at his offices are aimed at intimidating him and discrediting his companies, because certain politicians say he cannot “control” his journalists. Dr Iqbal Survé says there is nothing untoward in the business of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings and the raid was uncalled for. He says he has been put under enormous pressu...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that Stellenbosch University's language policy which stipulates using English and Afrikaans inter-changeably as mediums of instruction is constitutionally justifiable. The former Afrikaans university says the aim of its language policy is to ensure equal access, multilingualism and integration. Pressure group, Gelyke Kanse (Equal Opportunities) is opposed to the...

South African Airways (SAA) says it believes that it had in the past been infiltrated by an international crime syndicate which looted hundreds of millions of rands through corrupt tenders in the procurement of aircraft parts. SAA says some of this dates as far back as 2015/ 2016 . The airline says it has launched an investigation to look into whether it had been supplied with dodgy parts that fai...

Business owners in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality say they may have to shut their doors as a result of the persistent drought. Companies in the metro say they would be forced to shed thousands jobs leaving breadwinners without their sources of income. The municipality is experiencing a devastating drought as five of its dams run critically low. The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has accused...

An investigation looking into whether there was nothing irregular in the final Fellowship of the College of Surgeons (FCS) exam will be launched. This comes after only fifteen of the 46 candidates from eight universities who sat for the FCS exams passed. Candidates from Wits University, University of Cape Town (UCT), University of Pretoria, Walter Sisulu University and University of the Free State...

During an address at the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU)'s elective conference, the minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga announced that the department is looking into introducing a General Education Certificate (GCE). Motshekga says the planned introduction of the GCE forms part of the initiative to deal with the quality and efficiency through the implementation of standar...

The Labour Court in Johannesburg has interdicted South African Society of Banking Officials (SASBO) 's planned nationwide protest. Judge Hilary Rabkin-Naicker says the unions failed to comply with section 77 of the Labour Relations Act. She says that COSATU and its affiliate SASBO should not entice workers to participate in the strike as it is deemed unlawful. The matter comes after Business Unity...

Operation #OkaeMolao by Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) stopped Chinese nationals who they suspect are in the country illegally. While being interrogated on the spot they confirmed to have paid R5000 for the documents they had in their possession. Operation Okae Molao has uncovered corruption at some testing stations around the city of Joburg. Here is an audio recorded at one of...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the President does not have to provide reasons nor a record of his decision to hire and fire ministers. In a judgement today the court found that rule 53 that regulates the review of applications before the courts does not apply to the president. The matter had been brought to the High Court by the DA after the dismissal of then Finance Minister Pravin Gordh...

The Constitution court has ruled that the common law defense of reasonable & moderate parental chastisement of children is unconstitutional. This comes after a man convicted for assaulting his 13-year-old son argued in his defence before court that he administered moderate and reasonable chastisement under common law. The case was brought before the apex court by Freedom For Religion South Africa....

Businessman Adam Catzavelos has agreed to pay a 150-thousand rand fine and issue a public apology over his racial outbursts in August last year. He has reached a settlement agreement with the Human Rights Commission in the Equality court sitting in the Randburg Magistrates court north of Johannesburg. The Human Rights Commission brought the application after a self-recorded video of Catzavelos eme...

The SABC's Chief Financial Officer Yolande van Biljon says the organisation is technically insolvent. She says its dire financial position has made it difficult to produce content that people want. This in turn is driving away audiences and with them potential advertisers. She says several of the SABC's content suppliers have ceased production because they have not been paid. She had told the NCOP...

The premier of the North West, Professor Job Mokgoro has released a report by Maluleke Commission of Inquiry into the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela traditional leadership. In 2016, the provincial government instituted a commission to determine who is the rightful heir and also look into the flow of financial benefits in any transactions conducted by the traditional leadership. We spoke to spokesperson of th...

Transformation in the workplace is still NOT improving. This is according to the Commission for employment equity (CEE). The commission's report reveals that white males still occupy a big chunk of the pie in managerial positions. Chairperson of the Commission Tabea Kabinde says companies have many excuses why they are failing to comply with workplace transformation. The Commission for Employment...

Insurer Old Mutual has again fired its Chief Executive Peter Moyo. This is despite a court ruling last month that he should be reinstated. The insurer fired Moyo in June over an alleged conflict of interest. We speak to Old Mutual spokesperson Tabby Tsengiwe and Eric Mabuza; Peter Moyo's lawyer.

The Equality Court has declared the gratuitous display of the Apartheid flag as hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment. The Nelson Mandela Foundation brought the matter to court - stating that the display of the flag amounts to hate speech and unfair discrimination against black South Africans. Lobby group, AfriForum, challenged the move - saying it will violate freedom of speech. South...

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has reviewed and set aside the findings of Seriti commission. The commission cost the tax payer about R140 million. Civil organisations, Right2Know and Corruption Watch argued that Judge Willie Seriti's 2016 findings misled the public by exonerating politicians and public servants in wrongdoing during the arms deal saga. R2K says it believes the commission...

It has been over three months since the floods that left over 71 people died in Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the people who were dispalced are still living in the temporary shelter. National treasury allocated over 150 million rand releif fund to assist victims and their families.

Thousands of mine-workers are trickling in at the infamous Koppie in Marikana - the shooting scene of 34 miners on August 16th in 2012. They are attending the commemoration event marking 7 years since the massacre happened. Members of different political formations, the clergy, social activists and families of the victims have also arrived. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Am...

Investors are reportedly dumping South African government bonds at a rate of almost R2 billion a day. The sales have wiped out inflows at a time when the country needs foreign investment to close a current-account deficit that was equivalent to 2.9% of gross domestic product in the first quarter.

The New Nation Movement wants to convince the Constitutional Court to change the current electoral system to allow for a more accountable system of government where eligible South Africans can stand for election to the National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures other than through party list. The former IEC chairperson Advocate Pansy Tlakula says it's important to carefully examine any electoral...

The Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she will seek leave to appeal the cost order against her. This come after the High Court in Pretoria ruled that Mkhwebane should pay seven-point-five per cent of the costs in her personal capacity and her office 85 per cent, in the case which relates to her Vrede dairy farm report which was previously set aside as unconstitutional. The Council for the A...

Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) boss Dr Nkosinathi Sishi is allegedly on the verge of signing a controversial multi billion dollar deal. This according to a Daily maverick article. Sishi allegedly unilaterally and secretly negotiated a multi billion rand deal agreement that allows the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to extract management fees in excess of R400-million for proposing...

Supporters of the axed eThekwini Mayor - Zandile Gumede say the decision by the KwaZulu-Natal ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) to recall Gumede without clear terms of reference in terms of what they are looking for, shows that the former mayor is being persecuted. Their comments, came after the PEC took a decision to recall Gumede and the rest of the Durban metro's executive committee, cit...