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Today is the last day of the 10th BRICS Summit in Sandton. Leaders from across the world met to discuss issues of the economy and other ways of strengthening their partnerships to the benefit of their nations. Journalists from across the world also flocked to the conference and Sakina Kamwendo spoke to some of them.

EFF leader Julius Malema has once again made a call for land to be expropriated. He was speaking outside the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court where he is facing charges of contravening of the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act after allegedly inciting his supporters to invade land during the party's inaugural conference in 2014. The case has been postponed to the June 21st next year. Malema says they are...

The case of former president Jacob Zuma has been postponed to November the 30th of this year 2018. Zuma appeared in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal this morning facing 16 charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering stemming from a multi-billion-rand arms deal. This after both the defence and the prosecution agreed on the postponement. Zuma's new legal teams requested more tim...

Today's Constitutional Court ruling on labour brokering is being hailed as a victory for labour. The judgment means that workers may only be in the employ of both a labour broker and a main employer for three months. After that period, they no longer fall under the umbrella of the labour broker, but only the main employer. The Concourt has dismissed with costs TES labour brokering firm's appeal ag...

More people are going to die of AIDS-related deaths globally, due to insufficient funding from donors. This is a warning issued at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Intenational advocacy organisation, Health Gap, says while HIV prevention and treatment tools have been proven to work, millions of people will continue to die unnecessarily. Thabile Mbhele reports

The South African Heath Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has issued a recall on blood pressure and heart condition drug, Dynaval Co, due to cancer fears. This follows findings that one of Dynaval Co's ingredients has been contaminated with chemicals that can possibly cause the disease. The contamination was found in Valsartan, which is imported from China. Similar recalls were recently made...

World leaders and business people are meeting in Johannesburg to discuss issue of trade amongst BRICS nations. The 10th Business Summit kicked yesterday with South Africa's Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies calling for more cooperation. We broadcast live from the Sandton where we spoke to variouys role players and analysts.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane has called on government to urgently reduce the fuel levy by 20 cent per litre. He made the appeal at a media briefing in Pretoria as the petrol price in South Africa reaches record highs. Several organisations including the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, taxi and transport associations were represented at the media briefing. Maimane announced planned action in relation to...

Sibusiso Tshabalala who shot his teenage son to death at Fred Norman Secondary School in Ennerdale last month, has appeared briefly in the Lenasia Magistrates Court on a charge of murder. He says he accidentally shot Luyanda after mistaking him for a criminal who wanted to hijack him. Tshabalala was sleeping in his car when his son knocked on the window on his return from his evening classes. His...

It has emerged that the taxi shooting near Colenso in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands relates to taxi wars in the areas of Matimatolo and Ngulwane which have been ongoing for years. 11 people were killed while returning from a funeral of a taxi boss who is said to have been constantly on the run because he feared for his life. 4 people were injured and two were unharmed. Most of those killed were drive...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has told delegates at the party's provincial elective conference in Gauteng that candidates contesting for positions should not view each other as enemies. He was delivering a keynote address at St George Hotel, Irene in Tshwane ahead of the start of the conference. An attempt by a group from Ekhurhuleni to stop the conference from taking place, failed yesterday. The...

Researchers at the University of Cape Town have developed a groundbreaking rapid test which diagnoses TB embedded outside the lungs. This TB test kit is known as IRISA-TB. Clinical trials have been completed successfully. Thandiswa Mawu reports

The circumstances around the shooting of a 17-year old boy at Makgolokwe Secondary School in Batlharos Village in the Northern Cape, are still unclear. The boy died after being allegedly shot by a 38-year old man who was standing outside of the school premises. The suspect handed himself over to the police on Wednesday and is appearing in the local court today. Our reporter Refilwe Makoe is on the...

A Khoisan group led by King Khoebaha Calvin Cornelius the 3rd, has given Parliament and government until today to vacate the premises. An eviction notice was placed at the visitors centre of Parliament on Monday but was later removed by the police. Cornelius gave parliament official notice that the Khoisan people have seceded from South Africa to establish the Sovereign State of Good Hope. But the...

Registration proceedings for the much-anticipated ANC KwaZulu-Natal elective conference at the Moses Mabhida Stadium are running smoothly despite an earlier delay. The conference was halted last month by the Pietermaritzburg High Court as some party members claimed that there was undue interference in some regions of the province which include the Lowe South, Harry Gwala and Moses Mabhida. The cou...

The Department of Basic Education says it will use details coming out of today's court judgment to improve infrastructure at schools around the country. This comes after the Bhisho High Court in the Eastern Cape ordered government earlier today, to ensure that every school has water, electricity, functioning toilets, internet and safe classrooms amongst others. The matter was taken to court by the...

Businessman and former Steinhoff chairman Christo Wiese says facts around allegations that he is involved in tax invasion have been misinterpreted. The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism misinterpreted is reporting that Wiese and several companies and individuals are being pursued by SARS for tax running up to billions of rand. Wiese spoke to our presenter Sakina Kamwendo this afterno...

City of Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga and his city manager Moeketse Mosola have been summoned to appear before the Human Rights Commission within 48 hours following allegations of contaminated water in the Hammanskraal area north of Pretoria. The HRC has also launched a probe into the local Jubilee district hospital following reports of poor service delivery. Solly Salang Motsepe and Maluti Obuseng...

Security is tight at the Emmet Cecil Hall at Vryheid in northern KwaZulu-Natal, where public hearings on the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the constitution are taking place. The amendment will give or allow government to expropriate land without compensation. Police have been deployed to do a security check on everyone who enters the hall. Hundreds of community members have turned up to make...

Police in the Western Cape are investigating the murder of a 37-year-old woman from the small town of Ashton in the Boland. The woman's body was discovered in her shack. She had been stabbed to death. The incident follows only days after the body of 16-year-old Berodine Boyce, was found in Laingville at St Helena Bay, after she was reported missing. Berenice Moss reports.

The International community is celebrating Nelson Mandela centenary today. His birth place at Mvezo village, outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, is abuzz with activities, with former presidents and Miss World gracing the occasion. It's set to host the biggest celebration, attended by president Cyril Ramaphosa, who will give the keynote address. Former presidents from South Africa, Kenya and Tanza...

Former US president, Barack Obama says Africa's young people can effect change in many ways but warns against the idea that politics do not matter. Obama has been engaging with young people from across the continent at the African Leadership Academy in Honeydew, Johannesburg. He says young people should not shy away from politics.

Consumers will start paying a little more at the till following a jump in inflation. Statistics South Africa has reported that inflation increased by 0-point-2 percentage points taking inflation to 4-point-6 percent in June 2018, from 4-point-4 in May 2018. Sakina has unpacked these figures SABC economic editor Thandeka Gcubule.

Former First Lady Graça Machel says the planting of one hundred trees in Johannesburg ahead of the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture this afternoon encapsulates the spirit of Madiba. Machel together with former US Secretary General Kofi Annan are among a group of prominent Elders involved in seeking peace, health and security across the globe. They have been joined by scores of NGO's in the one h...

A report by the Human Sciences Research Council shows that the number of new infections is increasing among young people between the ages of 15 and 24. It has also revealed that incidence of HIV have dropped significantly by 44 percent when compared to the numbers in 2012. The organisation addressed the media this morning in Pretoria where it unveiled the 2017 HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour...