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The High Court in Cape Town has ordered the speaker of the City of Cape Town Council to exercise his discretion in deciding whether a vote of no confidence in Mayor Patricia de Lille should be held in secret. Judge Robert Henney says the speaker should also consider that not all councillors in the DA caucus support the motion. He says the speaker should note that all members are free to vote with...

Political parties across the spectrum have welcomed Jacob Zuma's resignation. The ruling ANC says Zuma's decision shows he's a dedicated member of the party. Opposition parties say they hope this marks the beginning a of a new era away from the corruption and state capture that came to characterise his tenure. Sakin Kamwendo spoke to SABC senior journalist, Mercedes Bessent....

SABC Senior Economics reporter, Nompumelelo Siziba talks Asian markets as the eagerly anticipated US consumer inflation number came out, some of the Asians are doing the Lunar New Year and how has that affected trade in the region and markets react to resignation by president, Jacob Zuma

Political Analyst, Zamikhaya Maseti says former President Jacob Zuma's resignation speech was confusing and poorly planned. Maseti says Zuma's introduction sounded as somebody who was ready to challenge his party for recalling him but at the end it he announced his resignation. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana

President, Jacob Zuma has announced in a televised statement that he is stepping down as the country's leader. Zuma's resignation comes hours after the ANC NEC earlier in the day said they would be tabling a vote of no confidence against him in parliament after he initially refused to heed their call to step down. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to lecturer at the University of Cape Town's School of Law Kgo...

Market analyst, Nadir Thokan of Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at South African markets as investment case for Mondi, US inflation numbers coming out and Zuma's decision to decision

Opposition parties want the motion of no confidence in president Jacob Zuma brought forward or they will go to court. The parties also want parliament to be dissolved and a new election called. This is part of the agreement reached when the parties met in parliament on Monday. Joseph Mosia reports

The United Nations has expressed its grave concern over allegations against four SANDF peacekeepers who stand accused of sexual exploitation and abuse in addition to a separate case of physical violence perpetrated against a 17-year old boy in the DRC. The UN also welcomed a statement by the SANDF that a formal investigation has been instituted and that an investigating team has been dispatched th...

As Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille challenges her party in the High Court on Tuesday to allow the use of secret ballots in the motion of no-confidence in her, our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent reflects on De Lille as a Member of Parliament, and what the future hold for her.

Illegal miners have caused about 800-million rand in damage to the sewerage network in the cash-strapped Matjhabeng Municipality in Welkom in the Free State. Mayor Nkosinjani Speelman says the illegal miners - known as Zama Zamas - use sewage water to separate gold from gold-bearing rocks. In order to get the water, they are destroying the sewerage system in Thabong. The community has also been li...

The State in the Henri van Breda axe murder case has submitted to the High Court in Cape Town that Van Breda be found guilty as charged. Susan Galloway argued that circumstantial evidence is so overwhelming that Van Breda is the one who attacked and killed his mother, father, brother and attempted to kill his sister at their Stellenbosch home in 2015. Galloway submitted to Judge Siraj Desai that V...

Opposition parties want the motion of no confidence in president Jacob Zuma brought forward or they will go to court. The parties also want parliament to be dissolved and a new election called. This is part of the agreement reached when the parties met in parliament on Monday. Joseph Mosia reports...

The ANC will hold a media briefing at twelve noon, at which it's expected to formally announce the decisions taken by its NEC on President Jacob Zuma's future. The briefing follows the marathon meeting held by the party's National Executive committee in Irene outside Pretoria last night, where the NEC decided to call for a motion of no confidence in the president. Party president Cyril Ramaphosa a...

The ANC together with the SACP in Guateng have both distanced themselves from a group calling itself the #ZumaMustGoNow campaign which is pushing for a national shutdown today*. The group is urging all South Africans, including the police and the media, not to report for work today. It has also called on learners not to go to school. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to National convener of the "ZumaMUSTGO ma...

The ANC together with the SACP in Gauteng have both distanced themselves from a group calling itself the #ZumaMustGoNow campaign which is pushing for a national shutdown today*. The group is urging all South Africans, including the police and the media, not to report for work today. It has also called on learners not to go to school. National convener of the "ZumaMUSTGO march, Hangwi Maumela says...

- A leaked recorded conversation between a Miway sales rep and King Goodwill Zwelithini has been doing the rounds on social media. -JusticeForNkosinathiNkomo - Chicco Twala calls on speedy investigation into Senzo Meyiwa case

National Police Commissioner, General Kehla Sitole, says pronouncement on the imminent arrest of IPID Head, Robbert McBride are premature, as investigations against him are still underway. Sithole says they are aware of reports that McBride will be arrested this week. He says police are pushing concocted charges against McBride, this to protect former acting National Police Commissioner, Kgomotso...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to the membership of his party to draw inspiration from the wisdom of late struggle icon, Nelson Mandela when they confront the issue of the future of president Jacob Zuma as head of state. Speaking outside the Grand Parade, from the same balcony where Nelson Mandela spoke, after his release from Victor Verster prison in 1990, Ramaphosa told thousands of...

Ashburton Investments Portfolio Manager, Wayne Mccurrie looks at Asian markets as USA and world markets in free fall again in a possible continuation from last Friday, US government now officially shut down after Senate did not pass bill to allow expenditure and logistics company onelogic released results...

SABC Senior Economics reporter, Nompumelelo Siziba looks at South African markets as the bleeding doesn't seem to be ending, the rand fairs and the budget speech expected to take place on 21 Feb and speculation is rife that Finance minister, Malusi Gigaba will fill the hole in government finances

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the department of Social Development have come under fire for asking the Constitutional Court for a six month extension of its contract with Cash Paymasters Services (CPS). This, after the court ruled in 2014 that the contract Sassa signed with CPS in 2012 was illegal and invalid. COSATU has called on minister Bathabile Dlamini to be released fr...

Opposition parties in parliament are planning a meeting among themselves on Monday to discuss the possibility of bringing forward the date for the vote of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma. Political analyst, Moeletsi Mbeki says if the ANC leadership followed what the Constitution of South Africa says about how to remove the President of the Republic of South Africa, it wouldn't have put...

Residents of Makeneng in Qwaqwa in the eastern Free State have taken to the streets again. They have barricaded roads with stones and burning tyres following the killing of a 22-year-old man yesterday. The deceased was hit by a stray bullet when police allegedly shot at the protesting crowd. Schools are still closed as learners have returned home. Listener, Lazurus told Sakina Kamwendo that the si...

Ashburton Investments Portfolio Manager, Wayne Mccurrie looks at Asian market as Sappi quarterly results releases, a tale of three countries but a good result overall for Spar sales figures, UK and brexit and Bitcoin price has collapsed and U.S. securities exchange commission announces that they are going to investigate regulating crypto currencies....

SABC Senior Economics reporter, Nompumelelo Siziba looks at South African markets as the rand feels the effects of political limbo and good news in mining sector as miners to be paid off for silicosis