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Over 775-thousand South Africans who have applied to cast a special vote are marking their ballot papers today and tomorrow. The IEC says the elderly, sick, disabled and pregnant voters who are unable to make their way to voting stations are being visited at their homes. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to IEC's Deputy Chief Electoral Masego Shiburi..

A fifteen member syndicate involved in fraud using people's forged personal details to purchase items is appearing in the Nigel Regional court on Gauteng's Eastrand facing more than 84-thousand charges. The charges range from fraud, forgery and Contravention of the Identification Act. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Gauteng Spokesperson, Colonel Lungelo Dlamini...

The Equality Court has ruled that Black First Land First (BLF) political slogan "Land or Death" is hate speech. The court has also instructed BLF to remove the slogan from its social media accounts, website and other places within a month. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to reporter, Busisiwe Jemsana...

The KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Willies Mchunu says the Ethekwini Municipality has confirmed the alleged salary increases for some municipal employees. Striking workers gridlocked the city after demanding salary increases similar to those promised to uMmkhonto weSizwe veterans. The eThekwini Municipality has now decided to halt this process. Premier Mchunu says they have launched an investigation into...

Four people have been shot dead this morning in Hout Bay in Cape Town. It is alleged that the shooting is linked to taxi violence over routes. Last week a taxi driver was shot and killed in the area. Crime scene experts are on the scene combing for clues. We spoke to Hout Bay Ward Councillor Roberto Miguel Quintas

The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) says its concerned about the spread of mafia and gang-related activities in the construction industry. ASAQS says a major intervention is needed to protect infrastructure projects, investor confidence, and the safety of professionals in the built environment who are working on project sites. According to ASAQS, construction projects worth...

The top ANC leader in KwaZulu-Natal arrested in connection with the death of former ANC Youth League secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa is appearing in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate's Court. Magaqa's family has expressed shock and disappointment following this arrest. Meanwhile, the ANC yesterday confirmed that a senior party leader in the province and a mayor in one of the municipalities in southern KZ...

Disgruntled prosecutors say they have tried numerous times to have a meeting with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi but she could not avail herself. They say hence today they decided to march to NDPP's offices in Pretoria to hand over their memorandum of grievances. Representatives from each province were chosen to take the memorandum to the NDPP, and the memorandum will...

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has apologised to South Africans for the inconvenience caused by the current load shedding incidents and says it will take some time to solve the crisis. Gordhan says more technicians have also been assigned to Mozambique to manage the cut in power supply to South Africa. Gordhan has acknowledged that Eskom has not communicated sufficiently with the pu...

What was meant to be a campaign trail with commuters by President Cyril Ramaphosa ended up being a disaster when he got stuck for almost 3 hours on a journey that was meant to be 45 minutes. President Ramaphosa was on his way to Tshwane to interact with commuters during a train ride from Mabopane to Pretoria City centre.

An ANC mayor from one of the municipalities in southern KwaZulu-Natal will appear in court tomorrow . The ANC mayor was arrested yesterday by the police's national task team investigating political killings in the province. The senior party leader in the province is believed to be linked to the murder of former ANCYL Secretary General - Sindiso Magaqa - in 2017. Meanwhile, the ANC in the province...

British MPs will vote today on a No Deal Brexit after they again rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal last night. May was again heavily defeated with MPs rejecting her Brexit plans by 391 to 242. If MPs vote against no deal, they would then go on to a further vote tomorrow on a Brexit delay. Meanwhile South Africa may bear the brunt economically if the United Kingdom (UK) leaves the E...

A grade 11 learner has been stabbed to death at a school in Mondeor south of Johannesburg. Sashin Naidoo gives us the latest

A child-headed family from Boitumelo township in the Vaal has accused the police of not doing enough to bring to justice the man, who allegedly murdered their sister, Palesa Mokhele. They say 24-year-old Mokhele was allegedly killed by her boyfriend in May last year -- around the same time Karabo Mokoena was brutally murdered by her boyfriend -- Sandile Mantsoe. The Mokhele's says the suspect is k...

In the wake of the so-called resurrection there are fresh allegations against Prophet Alph Lukau's Alleluia Ministries International in Sandton north of Johannesburg. It's emerged that some congregants are being used to fake illnesses and disability during sermons to stage miracles.

SABC CEO Madoda Mxakwe says cash flow is depleted at the public broadcaster and they have been engaging with the Department of Communications. He says figures shows that SABC will be in factual solvency by end of March. At the end of February creditor's were owed R1.4 billion including Supersport, SAMRO and Sentech. SABC Executives are appearing in Parliament before the Communications Committee ov...

Aviation authorities are continuing their investigations into yesterday's Ethiopian Airlines plane crash. The Boeing 737 Max-8 - en route from Addis Ababa to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi crashed six minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people on board.

Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi addressed teachers, learners and parents at Crystal Park High following a video footage depicting some girl learners assaulting another girl learner. The video went viral on social media.

The government of the Bahamas has agreed to release the body of 29-year-old South African woman who died in the country. Nobuhle Bhengu from Umlazi south of Durban, was working on a cruise ship when she fell ill and was admitted to a hospital in the Bahamas. The government has been refusing to release her body since she died in February and planned to cremate it over concerns that her unexplained...

:There is victory for people in same sex relationships and are members of the Dutch Reformed Church. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this morning overturned the church's decision not to recognise same-sex unions within the church. Same sex marriages have been legal in South Africa since 2006. We spoke to Laurie Gaum who is a Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church working in the field of gender e...

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha approved the parole of Ferdinand Barnard with effect from April 2, this year. Barnard was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1998 after being convicted on numerous charges including, murder, attempted murder, defeating the ends of justice and unlawful possession of firearms. One of the two murder charges was in connection with the kill...

Protest action by students at Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in the Eastern Cape, continues today. Students are protesting over registration and accommodation problems at the institution. Students have barricaded various entrances to North and South campuses of the institution. Classes for the day have been postponed until further notice. Meanwhile Academic activities also remain suspended at the...

There is a new SASSA scam, preying and ripping off pensioners of their garnts. A 77 year Hleziphi Thwala has allegedly been defrauded of her SASSA money for about three months. She alleges that when she went to withdraw at the end of January, there was no money.

EFF leader Julius Malema has accused eNCA journalist Karima Brown of being a state security spy. This after Brown accidentally wrote an editorial note on the EFF's WhatsApp media group last night which was directed to her media house. In it, Brown directs the group to monitor Malema's event on the East Rand where he met with the elderly to hear their grievances ahead of the May 8 polls. The EFF le...

The challenges the country's educators are facing are under the spotlight today as the South African Council for Educators (SACE) launches a campaign on teachers' rights, responsibilities and safety. This comes after a spike in what the council says are attacks directed at teachers from both learners and parents. The aim is to create awareness on the rights and responsibilities of teachers. Recent...