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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has slammed the Grindrod Bank for distributing what is says are misleading pamphlets which depict the bank's green card as one of SASSA's banking accounts of choice. SASSA says it has not been endorsed the card. The agency has given Grindrod Bank and Net1 five days to retract the pamphlet. SASSA accounts have for the last six years been held at the...

Trade union involved in the bus strike are meeting today. The nation wide strike is now in its 14th day. Talks between the unions and employers are still deadlocked even after a meeting with the Transport and Labour Department Ministers last week. SATAWU says the ministers did not help them at all. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to John Dammert from employer organisation the South African Road Passenger Ba...

As South Africa celebrates Freedom Day, incidents of racism appear to be on the rise, raising concern about just how far the country has come in eradicating this scourge. This week, a group of white people were photographed hanging a life-size doll dressed in an ANC T-shirt and a picture of Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, on a tree outside the offices of the Basic Education Department in Pre...

Freedom Day was marked a day early in New York City with South African diplomats expressing their appreciation for the support the international community played in defeating Apartheid and for their continued support during the last 24 years of democracy. Around 200 people gathered to mark the day under the theme "The year of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: towards the full realization of our freedom t...

A first ever Land summit has called for people to take up arms to return the land to its rightful owners. The summit held in Johannesburg was hosted by organisations claiming to represent Khoi-San people. Those in attendance included Professor Ruth Hall, Kallie Kriel from Afriforum and Andile Mngxitama of the Black First Land First movement. Candice Nolan has the details on that.

At least seven people have died in a collision between a train and a bakkie early this morning at the Buttskop level crossing, outside Cape Town. Metrorail has blamed the crash in Blackheath on human error, saying the bakkie driver ignored boom signals. Residents have called for urgent interventions at the crossing, following numerous deaths there. Berenice Moss reports.

The IAAF maintains that its new regulation for female classification is to ensure a level playing field for athletes. The new law prohibits athletes with a set testosterone level from competing in international events. The federation says research shows that high testosterone circulation, either naturally produced or artificially inserted into the body provides significant performance advantages i...

The North West Health Department has been placed under administration. Cabinet has announced that a team from Treasury and the National Health Department will be sent to the province to assist as the state of the department deteriorates with poor service delivery issues being worsened by the current workers' strike.

ICASA says from now on consumers will no longer be billed out of data bundle rates. It also says consumers will be allowed to carry over their data to the next month. Data will no longer expire and be forfeited if not used up at the end of 30 days. This as high cost of data & expiry of data bundles and out-of-bundle business rules applied by network service providers is on the spotlight today.

Senior public servants who often resign to avoid consequences when facing corruption and maladministration charges, will now find it hard to evade prosecution. The Special Investigating Unit is determined to clamp down on these officials. Some of them later emerge in other provinces where they are appointed to government departments or public entities. This emerged during a consultative meeting be...

The Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) and the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA), want a meeting with Transport Minister Blade Nzimande to discuss the deadlock with employers over a wage increase. The workers have been striking for a week now leaving commuters stranded, forcing them to use taxis which are expensive for many of them. The unions have come down from a d...

Thousands of members affiliated to labour federation SAFTU are marching across the country to highlight their dissatisfaction with government's proposed 20-rand per hour minimum wage and amendments to the labour laws. The marchers have been making their way through the streets of major cities such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein and Durban amongst others. The EFF and Ri...

Three of the four ANC regional structures in the North West say premier Supra Mahumapelo should not resign because he has done an excellent in his position as leader of government in the province. The organisation is currently briefing the media after violent protests broke out last week across the province, with communities calling on Mahumapelo to leave office for poor performance. Dr Kenneth Ka...

The Helen Suzman Foundation launched the court challenge in 2013 after Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett SC failed to make it onto the list of recommended candidates for a position as a judge in the Western Cape High Court. The foundation says the interviews for judges are to be appointed by the president take place in public, however, the discussions happen in secret. The JSC consists of judges, members...

The Public Servants Association of South Africa, which represents more than 230 000 public service workers is threatening a nationwide shut down of government departments if the state fails to come back to the negotiating table by 3pm this afternoon. This follows the request for more time for further consultation made by the Public Service and Administration department. Menawhile, Numsa has called...

The District Six Working Committee says it is seeking a court interdict against the state for failing to provide adequate restitution since being forcibly removed from the area. The committee which represents over two-thousand families says they want to know when those who opted for financial compensation will be paid, and specific timelines for land restoration.

The high court in Pretoria has heard that the granting of an Australian company a licence to mine at Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape without the consent of the villagers would result in economic displacement for about 600 people. Xolobeni villagers are seeking declaratory relief to prohibit the Mineral Resources department from granting the company a licence to mine without the consent of the communi...

Premier Soccer League chairperson Irvin Khoza has condemned the violence by Kaizer Chiefs fans at Durban's Moses Mabhida stadium on Saturday, in which 18 people were injured and a security guard badly beaten. Khoza has been addressing a media conference:

The man who was caught on video flinging his baby from the top of the roof of his shack, has been released on a warning by the Port Elizabeth Magistrates court where he appeared earlier today on charges of child abuse. The one-year old was caught by a metro police officer and was unharmed. The man climbed onto the roof with the child as their homes at Joe Slovo informal settlement were being demol...

The High Court in Polokwane has dismissed a claim for damages by the parents of five-year-old learner Michael Komape, who drowned in a pit toilet in 2014. The family, with the assistance of civil rights groups Section 27, launched a civil case against both the national and provincial education departments. Komape was a learner at Mahlodumela Primary School in Chebeng Village outside Polokwane. His...

It's day two of the murder trial of Sandile Mantsoe who is accused of killing his 22-year old girlfriend Karabo Mokoena last year. Today Mokoena's younger sister gave her testimony.

ANC Councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Andile Lungisa, has been found guilty of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Lungisa who appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court was convicted of the assault of DA councillor, Rayno Kayser, with a glass jug during a brawl in the first council meeting in October 2016. His co-accused, another ANC Councillor Gamelihle Maqula was ac...

Coal supply challenges at Eskom could potentially be 'as serious, if not worse' than those experienced before the load shedding of 2008. Reports suggest that 7 of Eskom's power stations don't have adequate coal supply at the moment. The power utility says it's doing its best to avoid load shedding and insists the situation is not an emergency as yet.

Residents of Windsor East have accused the red ants of theft, following evictions in over ten flats and townhouse complexes. The raid seems to be targeting particular units in the buildings. Many residents had begun to move their belongings onto the streets, before the Red Ants arrived.

The State Security Agency has announced that its Director- General Arthur Fraser has been moved to the Correctional Services Department. The agency's spokesperson Brian Dube says the transfer follows consultations between President Cyril Ramaphosa, State Security Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba and Fraser. Loyiso Jafta has been appointed to act as the agency's Director-General until the appointment p...