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Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says he has granted an order that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's evidence be heard on Monday November the 19th. Justice Zondo made the announcement at the commission's hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg, where former Public Enterprises minister Barbara Hogan has resumed her testimony. Just...

The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Reserve Bank can liquidate the assets of VBS Mutual Bank. The bank had made the application last month saying there is no hope of saving the bank following massive looting and fraud amounting to 1.2 billion rand. "The Great Bank Heist" report by advocate Terry Motau also recommended that the bank's operations be wound down. It lists 53 people as having...

Eskom has warned of possible loadshedding due to a constrained power supply system. The power utility says there's insufficient coal supply at its eleven power stations. Eskom says they're currently transporting coal from the Medupi power station in Limpopo to affected power stations in Mpumalanga.

Former president Jacob Zuma wanted Siyabonga Gama appointed as Transnet CEO. Gama was fired by the board last month following allegations that he may have acted unlawfully in the deal involving the purchase of locomotives. This has come out at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry where former Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan has been testifying.

The two suspects facing charges of murdering seven family members in Valkfontein south of Johannesburg last month, will be detained at different facilities after one of them 27-year old Ernest Mabaso alleged that his co-accused 61-year old Fifita Khupe, was threatening him. They pair appeared in the Lenasia Magistrates Court earlier today and their case has been postponed to next Tuesday. Mabaso h...

The Gauteng Education Department is considering suspending the school principal of the Mpontsheng Secondary School in Katlehong in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, following allegations that he gave an answer sheet to learners who were writing the Geography 1 exam paper recently. The alarm was raised by a concerned parents who reported the matter to exam quality body Umalusi. The Department of Basic Education...

The bail application of the two men arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of a Vlakfontein family near Lenasia south of Johannesburg has been adjourned to the 20th of this month. Twenty seven-year-old Ernest Mabaso and 61-year-year-old Fifita Khupe appeared in the Lenasia Magistrate's Court. They are facing seven counts of murder in connection with the murder of seven relatives two weeks...

Hundreds of ANC members from the North West are attending the High Court in Johannesburg where Mahumapelo is challenging the NEC's decision to disband their PEC. The members want the NEC's decision to be overturned, claiming it was invalid and irrational. Mahumapela was forced to resign as premier after violent protests erupted to show their dissatisfaction with his leadership. Advocate William Mk...

The SABC has distanced itself from a list circulating on social media revealing the names of those who allegedly benefitted from irregular appointments, promotions and salary increases. The organisation is seeking to review the employment contracts that were not enter into legally. This comes as SABC employees embark on lunch-time pickets across the country to protest against the proposed retrench...

MyCiti employees who are contracted through labour brokers say conditions under labour brokers are bad for workers. They now want to be employed directly by the City of Cape Town. The workers have been on strike for four weeks now over this demand. Two MyCiti buses were set alight this week, one in Milnerton and another in Khayelitsha. Last month, another bus was stoned and petrol bombed, also in...

The Eastern Cape Health Department says it will be taking disciplinary action against the emergency services workers who embarked on an illegal strike since Monday. The workers were protesting over unpaid overtime due to some of them from as far back as 2003. An agreement was reached yesterday, to pay some of the money and to refer other cases to for mediation. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the departm...

Former North West Premier and former ANC Provincial Chairperson, Supra Mahumapelo has, for the first time, responded publicly to allegations of a plot to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa. A Sunday newspaper reported in September that former President, Jacob Zuma, held a clandestine meeting with top ANC officials in this regard. Patrick Dintwa reports.

Workers at the Tswaing Local Municipality in the North West who are affiliated to trade union SAMWU have emabrked on a protest action. They are raising concern about the municipality's failure to pay statutory deductions of their employees. According to the union over 8 000 of their members have been affected. Some workers say they have been warned that their policies will lapse due to non-payment...

Arguments in mitigation and aggravation of sentence in the case against businessman and property mogul Jason Rohde will be heard on the 21st of November. Rohde has been found guilty of killing his wife Susan in July 2016 at the Spier Wine Estate. Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe of the High Court in Cape Town says the evidence proved beyond reasonable doubt that Rohde murdered his wife and then staged he...

Former Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille says she is taking legal action against four DA leaders as a matter of principle. She laid charges of fraud and crimen injuria against Mike Waters MP, Bronwynne Engelbrecht MP, Shehana Kajee and Henk Hugo at the Cape Town police station earlier today. This relates to a post that they circulated on social media alleging that she had a hand in tender irregula...

US president Donald Trump's Republican party has lost control of the House of Representatives during the mid-term elections. This was a first win for the Democracts in eight years and will make it difficult for Trump to push his programme through Congress. The much anticipated polls, seen as an indicator of what is to come in the next elections, took place yesterday. Leader of the Democrats in the...

The Capricorn District Municipality executive mayor, John Mpe, says his predecessor, Gilbert Kganyago, was allegedly directly involved in investing public funds in the troubled VBS Mutual Bank. Mpe says that records indicate that Kganyago chaired the mayoral committee meetings which took a decision to invest 60 million rand in VBS between 2015 and 2016. The money was later withdrawn. Jabulani Balo...

More details are yet to come to light on the meeting between House Chairperson Thoko Didiza who has been meeting with political party chief whips to discuss how to deal with unruly behavior by some to the MP. Chaos broke out in Parliament yesterday during President Cyril Ramaphosa's last oral reply session in the house this year. Steenhuisen referred to EFF MPs as VBS looters. Our Parliamentary Co...

A group of parents at the Rustenburg Girls' Junior School in Cape Town who identify themselves as Parents for Change say they want their children to be taught in a school environment that prepares them to live and work in a diverse community. They believe that the school refuses to transform after it made headlines following the resignation of a grade five teacher who was the first Black class tea...

The SABC's inquiry into sexual harassment has found that the leadership at its KwaZulu Natal offices failed to correctly handle allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour and has urged the public broadcaster to deal with the matter. The commission, which was established in June this year, says it received the majority of its complaints from the SABC's radio division. The inquiry's Barba Wats...

51-year old Sibusiso Tshabalala who is facing a charge of murder for shooting his 16-year old son dead outside his school in Ennerdale in June, will be back in court on December 11. He appeared briefly in the Lenasia Magistrates Court this morning. It is understood that he wants to plead guitly to a lesser charge of culpable homicide and the postponement will give both the defence and state time t...

It is reported that HHP's family intends to challenge the order handed down by the Johannesburg High Court on Friday. Publicist Lerato Sengadi emerged victorious after being lawfully named the customary wife of deceased rapper Jabulani 'HHP' Tsambo. Her application to halt the muso's funeral was however, denied by Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng on the grounds of Ubuntu, and because HHP was a public figu...

The case against two suspects, arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of a Vlakfontein family near Lenasia in the south of Johannesburg, has been postponed to Monday next week in the Lenasia Magistrate's court. They are facing seven charges of murder, while three charges of rape have been added for one of them. Both accused are allegedly foreign nationals. Seven people were killed at Vlak...

Women at the Gender Summit being held in Centurion Pretoria, say the corporate sector is also responsible for the oppression of women. They have been speaking about ways to end gender based violence in a first such gathering in the country. Yesterday women told their individual stories about sexual abuse and rape. Fatima Shabodiem who is one of the commission coordinators at the summit, says it is...

President has filed an answering affidavit after former SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane’s notice that he is challenging amongst other things, his dismissal in the Constitutional Court. Moyane is also questioning the validity of the Nugent Commission set up to probe governance issues at SARS. Ramaphosa sacked Moyane based on a draft report by Judge Robert Nugent. The Presidency had defended Ramaphosa'...