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Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, Deputy Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo has called on ministers who were summoned to the Gupta residence in Saxonwold Johannesburg, to discuss government business to come forward. Former GCIS CEO Themba Maseko has told the commission that Ajay had revealed during their meeting in 2010 that if ministers did not cooperate they were called to t...

The Somali Community Board in South Africa has denied that spaza shop owners intentionally sell expired and fake products. It says its members buy their goods from reputable wholesalers. This comes after some communities around country decided to remove counterfeit products and those that have reached their sell-by-date. Three people died in Soweto yesterday following what police have described as...

Danielle de Bruyn a teacher at Westville Girls High School, resigned on Monday following an incident last week in which she is accused of calling black people the k-word. It is understood that de Bruyn was embroiled in a heated debate with her English class over drawing similarities between a set book‚ Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'‚ with the South African political landscape and farm killin...

Former Government Communication and Information System head Themba Maseko has taken the stand at the Zondo Commission currently on-going at Parktown in Johanneburg. Maseko is the fourth witness to come forward with testimony of how the Guptas, with former President Jacob Zuma's assistance, allegedly tried to force him to redirect R600-million of government advertising to the New Age newspaper.

Retail giant Steinhoff is under pressure from Parliament's joint sitting committees seeking to find answers to the reasons which led to the crash of its shares to give times frames on investigations into the matter. The company's board chairperson Heather Sonn is briefing the committee on the latest regarding their investigations.

Former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor says it was shocking for her to hear that Ajay Gupta was privy to top secret government information. Mentor has been giving testimony for the second day, at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg. She says Ajay Gupta revealed the information while they were at the Gupta residence in Saxonwold before offering her a ministerial post.

British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says Britain supports South Africa's land reform programme, provided it's carried out legally. She was addressing a business meeting in Cape Town earlier today ahead of bilateral discussions with the South Africa government. May arrived in the country this morning. Last week United States President Donald Trump caused a stir when he tweeted that he had called o...

The DA says voters will not forget that their wishes for change have been undermined by the new coalition that took over yesterday. Athol Trollip was outsted as the mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro after opposition parties that include the EFF, the UDM and the ANC voted him out. A DA councillor who abstained during the vote has had his membership terminated by the party. The coalition has bee...

EFF Leader Julius Malema says there is something untoward about the deal between MultiChoice and Newzroom Afrika, which is the winning bidder for the 24-hour news channel to be broadcast on DSTV next year. MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela says the company is black-owned and that half of the shareholders are women. He says it met all the criteria, but Malema says he has evidence to prove otherwise. Mul...

Former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor has revealed to the State Capture Commission of Inquiry how she received a call while on a trip in China from one of the Gupta brothers, who told her that former President Jacob Zuma would like to meet her. Mentor began giving testimony at the commission in Johannesburg this morning. She says she was called from reception in her hotel room, by the Guptas who told her th...

The Pan African Student Movement of Azania (PASMA), has confirmed that the person killed during last night's violence at the Tshwane University of Technology's Soshanguve campus in Pretoria, was its member. The commotion started after allegations emerged that SRC elections at the campus were rigged. Police were called in and it's alleged that the SAPS members are responsible for the death. Univers...

Former chairperson of the ANC in the Northern Cape, John Block, and businessman businessman Christo Scholtz are expected to apply for bail on Monday. It was earlier reported that they have been declared fugitives for failing to hand themselves over to start their 15-year sentences for fraud and corruption relating to lease agreements between 2006 and 2008 with state entities. The pair's appeal cas...

Former Deputy Finance Minister, Mcebisi Jonas has revealed that Ajay Gupta had allegedly threatened to kill him if he spoke about a meeting where he was offered 600-Million rands and the position of Finance Minister. Jonas has been giving his testimony at the Zondo Commission into State Capture currently underway in Parktown, Johannesburg. Jonas says former president Jacob Zuma' son Duduzani Zuma...

The Social Justice Coalition has argued that it's unjustifiable that its activists cannot find employment because they have criminal records for engaging in a peaceful demonstraton. The Constitutional Court on Tuesday heard the matter of 10 activists who were convicted for protesting at the Cape Town Civic Centre in 2013, over poor sanitation in Khayelitsha, without giving notice. The Western Cape...

This Women's Month, the taboo subject of women perpetrating violence against each other, came under the spotlight. A young female DJ was allegedly attacked by an older female patron at a restaurant in Umhlanga, north of Durban. Carly Bernadette Oosthuizen, popularly known as DJ Carly O, took to social media after her alleged attack. She says she wanted to speak out against women-on-women violence....

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe is considering withdrawing the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) Amendment Bill. The minister says the current act can govern the mining sector, and the petroleum sector can have its own legislative framework. This follows several delays in Parliament. Elvis Presslin spoke to Department of Mineral Resources spokesperson Ayanda Shezi.

The DA has asked the High Court in Kimberely in the Northern Cape, to declare a meeting that saw former Mayor of the Sol Plaatje Municipality, Mangaliso Matika ousted, as legal. Matika was removed during a special council meeting last month and Pule Thabane was elected as the new mayor. Other opposition parties including the ANC and the EFF are also in court. The DA says should the court find that...

Companies doing business with St. George's Fine Foods have distanced themselves from one of the shareholders, Adam Catzavelos, and the comments he made regarding black people. There has been an outrage after a video emerged in which Catzavelos calls black people the "k" word and expresses that he is happy that there are none at the beach he was at in Greece at the time. His family has also dismiss...

Opposition parties in Zimbabwe that wanted to make submissions to the Constitutional Court regarding the MDC Alliance's legal challenge against last month's elections have been dismissed. The court says the documents were not handed in on time. Senior Counsel for the MDC Alliance, Thabani Mpofu is currently in court arguing that the July elections should be nullify because of alleged rigging on ZA...

The Chief Financial Officer of the SABC has told Parliament that the public broadcaster is in a dire financial situation. Yolande van Biljon says the organisation will only have R26 million at the end of this month. The SABC together with the Communications Minister are appearing before the Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications today. Our Parliamentary correspondent Mercedes Besent is...

Procument issues have come under the spotlight during the first day of testimonies at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry. Acting National Treasury Chief Procurement Officer, Ndleleni Mathubula is the first witness and he has told the commission that the bidding process must be more open and competitive. His was answering questions from the commission's evidence leader, Advocate Leah Gcabashe.

Scores of residents have started to gather at the offices of the local municipality in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape where the MEC for Roads and Transport Weziwe Tikana, is expected to address them. The community has shut down the the rural town over a demand for proper roads. There was a violent protest last week during which the residents were raising issues of poor service delivery. Three state...

The Department of Water and Sanitation says it has so far issued 11 notices to the Emfuleni instructing it to stop the pollution in the Vaal River but it has not been cooperating. Raw sewerage has been spilling into the river and is having a dire effect on many business owners who have built their lives and livelihoods there. Guesthouse owners, adventure tour companies and fishing expeditions who...

The South African rail, port and pipeline company, Transnet, has seen an 11.3% rise in revenue for the year ended March 2018. It's revenue is now at R72,9 billion. The company has had negative results with irregular expenditure running into millions. It is also one of the state-owned enterprises embroiled in the state capture scandal. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama about the...

The High Court in Cape Town has dismissed Henri van Breda's application for leave to appeal his conviction and sentence. He was found guilty of murdering his parents and his brother at their home in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape. His sister was severely injured during the attack. He hacked his family with an axe in 2015. Van Breda was sentenced to life for the murders and an additional 15 years...