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Civil Society group, Black Sash, is back in the Constitutional court today to argue the case for the uninterrupted payment of social grants next month. Black Sash will be represented in court by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS). In March 2017‚ the Concourt suspended invalidity of the contract between the current service provider‚ Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) and SASSA‚ for a second tim...

At least six SADeC countries have now confirmed their decision to suspend imports of processed meats from South Africa. Zimbabwe is the latest after Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia announced their decision earlier. Pick 'n Pay and Shoprite-Checkers say they have offered full refunds on some Enterprise and Rainbow products.

Director & Head of Analytics at ETM Analytics George Glynos, looks at Finance Minister Nhalnhla Nene's optimism that SA’s growth outlook will be revised higher and that SA may have done enough to avoid a downgrade in March, Parliament's debate whether to nationalize the SARB and what consequence this will have on investors and the financial markets and SA GDP stats for Q4 that will be released lat...

Ashburton Investments Portfolio Manager, Wayne Mccurrie looks at whether ramaphoria is over with the rand falling almost to 12 against us dollar, Mtn trading update released after trading and Enterprise products that have been recalled due to listeria break out.

Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has urged the public to stop consuming ready to eat, processed food products, such as polony, viennas and chicken sausages. The minister revealed that the source of the Listerioris outbreak, which has claimed the lives of 180 people in the country so far, has been traced to an Enterprise food production factory in Polokwane, Limpopo. The confirmed number of listeri...

Director & Head of Analytics at ETM Analytics George Glynos, looks at political developments in the US and EZ, Trump’s tweets about trade wars being a good thing, are we to take these views seriously and what expropriation without compensation might look like.

Students have been out of class at Eldorado Park high school for days as a stand off between the South African Democratic Teachers Union, the School Governing body and School Principal continues.

The shutdown at the Gupta linked Optimum Coal Mine in Mpumalanga is continuing on Friday because on non-payment of salaries to some mine workers. The National Union of Mine Workers says the mine only paid salaries to permanent employees while the contractors have not been paid, allegedly for three months now. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to NUM's Regional Secretary in Mpumalanga, Tshilidzi Mathavha

The Right2Know Campaign is marching to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Friday morning, to challenge apartheid-era Intimidation Act. The non-profit advocacy organisation says it is doing this in solidarity with two cases of activists, General Alfred Moyo and former Marikana Women's Group leader Primrose Sonti, who is now a Member of Parliament. The Activists wants the court to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is now expected to initiate the process of re-establishing the SADC Tribunal after the Pretoria High Court on Thursday declared that former president Jacob Zuma's participation in the suspension of the Tribunal in 2012 was unlawful, irrational and unconstitutional. The Tribunal was set up in 2005 as a judicial body to resolve disputes between Southern African states as we...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says human trafficking needs the co-operation of a bigger crime prevention cluster and home affairs to nip it in the bud. SABC radio news spoke to Cele following shocking revelations of human trafficking that was revealed by the Hawks when they appeared before the Police Committee in Parliament earlier this week. Cele also says he wants to bring cash in transit heists to...

Controversial businessman Atul Gupta and the Bank of Baroda have vehemently denied wrongdoing in the alleged Estina dairy corruption scandal. They have taken their fight to the High court in Bloemfontein to oppose a court order to freeze their assets. The more than 220-million rand Vrede farm project was meant to benefit black farmers in the area. Ishmael Modiba reports..

Former senior prosecutor and current DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach and her former lawyer Gerhard Wagenaar have been found not guilty of contravening the NPA act and defeating the ends of justice. Magistrate Brian Nemavhidi delivered the judgment in the Pretoria North Magistrates Court. The state also withdrew fraud and perjury charges against Breytenbach. Maluti Obuseng reports...

The Constitutional court has reserved judgement in a case brought forward by Freedom Under Law, Corruption and Watch and others against the NPA boss Shaun Abrahams. The parties were seeking a confirmation order to the December 8th judgment by the High Court in Pretoria, which declared the appointment of Abrahams as the National Director of Public Persecutions as well as the removal of his predeces...

The human trafficking division of the Hawks have revealed shocking incidents of human trafficking in the country. The Hawks appeared before the Police committee in Parliament on Wednesday to brief it about progress made on high profile cases. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent was there .......

The newly appointed Police Minister Bheki Cele has warned members of parliament to be careful not to encourage a situation where the people are armed with guns as an excuse of fighting crime and self protection. Making his maiden speech in the National Assembly, Cele was responding to calls by some members of the House for the government to arm citizens in the wake of the spate of the shootings an...

Market analyst, George Glynos of ETM Analytics (Pty) Ltd looks at South African markets as Rand has been weakening ever since the cabinet reshuffle,a sharp deterioration noted in the Jan trade numbers released yesterday and most important data released yesterday

People of gaModjaji in Limpopo will on Thursday hold celebrations for the recognition of their Queenship Status. This is the first Queenship in South Africa. In 2016, after a long campaign and succession dispute, the Balobedu queen, also known as Queen Modjadji or the Rain Queen, was officially recognised. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Balobedu Queenship spokesperson, Mampuele Phetole..

INTRO: The EFF's political schizophrenia will only harm the people of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMB) in Port Elizabeth. These are the words of the Democratic Alliance responding to threats by the EFF to pass a motion of no confidence in the DA Mayor Athol Trollip. The Leader of the EFF, Julius Malema announced in Parliament on Monday that his party intends to pass this motion against the NMB Mayor...

Investigative journalist, Jaques Pauw, says its absurd that his house in Riebeek Kasteel in the Swartland of the Western Cape was searched by the Hawks. He says members of the hawks linked to the Crimes Against the State Unit arrived at his home with a search warrant. Pauw's blockbuster book - "All the President's Keepers" - was published last year and alleged, among other things, that then Presid...

The National Assembly has passed a motion on land expropriation without compensation. It was tabled by the Economic Freedom Fighters for debate. The process will now be taken to the Constitutional Review Committee to look at possibly amending section 25 of the Constitution. Tabling the motion before the house, the EFF called for an urgent amendment of the Constitution to allow land expropriation f...

Neglected buildings within the City of Johannesburg will soon be expropriated. The City says they are investigating reports of about 265 buildings alleged to have been hijacked. The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Herman Mashaba spoke to Sakina Kamwendo and says it is important that they find new, innovative ways to address the crisis of derelict buildings in the inner city.

Invesment Analyst Nadir Thokan of 27-Four-Investments looks at South African markets as Shoprite results that were released yesterday, where the opportunities lie in the South African banking sector and the current conundrum facing US equities.

SABC Senior Economics reporter, Nompumelelo Siziba looks at Asian Markets

Eastern Cape Social Development Department has laid out a new road map in the aftermath of the Ncgobo tragedy. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Mzukisi Solani, the spokesperson for the province's Social Development MEC, Nancy Sihlwayi.