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The SA Commuinist party has challenged the newly elected ANC top-six to prioritise dealing with allegations of corruption in government and the party. Cyril Ramaphosa was last night elected as President of the ANC, succeeding Jacob Zuma who held the position for ten years. The SACP has been calling for action against those implicated in corruption and State Capture. SACP first Deputy Secretary, So...

Eldorado Park, in the south of Johannesburg, is on the brink of total destruction. It's a daily struggle to curb the social ills which have contributed to violent crimes in the area. Besides substance abuse, there's been a dramatic increase in shootings, attributed to gang turf wars. This week our reporter, Jamaine Krige, takes us through the trouble brewing in Eldorado Park…

#ANCConference2017 dominates social media the weekend. Suspended Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille says the DA does NOT have suffiecient reasons to suspend her.

Delegates from KwaZulu-Natal, the largest contingent, are currently voting for the Top Six at the ANC's national elective congress at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The delegates from Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and Limpopo still have to vote. The North West delegates were the last provincial group to finish voting. ANC spokesperson, Khusela Sangoni has an update:

According to the final nominations, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is leading with 1469 branch nominations in 6 branches while his main rival Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has support of 1094 branches inslo in six provinces. Both candidates have accepted nominations. Other members who made a cut include Lindiwe Sisulu and David Mabuza for the deputy president Gwede Mantashe and Nathi Mthethwa, senzo...

The ANC's new leadership is expected to be announced this morning(monday). This follow intents nomination and voting process last night at the party's 54th national congress in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The race for the top job was reduced from seven candidates to a two horse race between Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. There were also a several last minute wit...

There have been mixed reactions from the parties involved in the ruling handed down by the Constitutional Court over the land claim of Salem Community. The Constitutional Court has ruled that both parties involved, the landowners, descendants of 1820 settlers and the claimants's descedants of AmaXhosa group that stayed in Salem, should share the land, and the landowners do not have exclusive right...

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says the resolve of her office is unshakable and that they will continue in their efforts to bring those responsible for crimes in Sudan's Darfur region to justice. Fatou Bensouda was providing her 26th report on Darfur to the Security Council after it referred the situation there to the ICC in 2005, the first time the Council had handed any situa...

Deputy Police Minister, Bongani Mkhongi has officially introduced Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation Judge Frans Diale Kgomo to the community of Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats. The levels of crime in Khayelitsha prompted Premier Helen Zille to call for a commission of inquiry in 2012 - that concluded that there was a breakdown in relations between the community and police. Mkhongi says i...

-Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone. - On Friday travellers flying from Gauteng to Cape Town are encouraged to exchange five kilograms of their on-flight baggage for five litres of water. - Gayton McKenzie’s New Book Titled ‘Kill Zuma’ Sparks Controversy

Rhodes University maintains that it will not condone 'unlawful conduct' which serves to undermine just and noble struggles from any of its students. This follows an online campaign titled #RhodesWar in support of female student activists have been expelled from the institution for allegedly holding protests against sexual abuses. The female students claim sentences imposed upon them for common law...

Rhodes University maintains that it will not condone 'unlawful conduct' which serves to undermine just and noble struggles from any of its students. This follows an online campaign titled #RhodesWar in support of female student activists have been expelled from the institution for allegedly holding protests against sexual abuses. The female students claim sentences imposed upon them for common law...

The police officer responsible for investigating a criminal case against the Author of "The President's Keepers", Jacques Pauw, has been removed. Colonel Reuben Govender, of the KwaZulu-Natal police was removed from the case before Pauw and investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh were to present themselves at his office to be charged. Jacques Pauw

Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has failed to appear before the ANC' Special Provincial Executive Committee meeting held in King William's Town to discuss the report of the public protector. Masualle and four mayors of the affected municipalities were summoned to appear before this committee to account on the public protector's report . The damning findings by Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane say...

Metrorail says its central line services will remain suspended in Cape Town due to vandalism of critical infrastructure. Train services between Chris Hani, Kapteinsklip and Bishop Lavis have been affected and thousands of commuters stranded. A 25-Thousand rand reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the pepertrators. Chris Mabuya reports .....

Ace Magashule has been re-elected uncontested as the ANC Free State Chairperson. Magashule has occupied the position for the past 23 years Mbali Sibanyoni reports

The ANC has vowed to tighten the legislation on parole. This is part of its policy proposals as it goes to its national elective congress this weekend. The five day meeting will adopt this and other policy proposals discussed at the party's Policy Conference in June. Currently the Correctional Services Act stipulates that prisoners who have served half of their sentence are eligible for parole. Bu...

The death toll from the outbreak of Listeriosis disease has risen to 37 following the death of a pregnant woman at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria over the weekend. The Department of Health says although listeriosis is serious, it is treatable and preventable. We speak to the Head of the Centre for Enteric Diseases at the National Institute For Communicable Diseases (NICD), Dr Juno Th...

Trade Union BEMAWU says if the SABC tables an improved offer, it is prepared to call off Thursday's strike. BEMAWU and CWU have rejected the SABC's four-point-five per cent salary increase, backdated to October this year. The increase would be paid next year. Both unions say they are now forging ahead with their strike at the public broadcaster. CWU says the salary increase should instead be back...

The ANC in the Free State province has elected it's leadership amid divisions that saw some disgruntled members seeking to halt the provincial elective conference. Ace Magashule has retained his position as privincial Chairperson. We speak to a by member of the Free State CR17 campaign, Monnapule Ntamo.

-Two female students who have been banned for life at Rhodes University after they participated in an anti-rape protest in April 2016. -NPA head Shaun Abrahams extends President Jacob Zuma's deadline to explain why he should not face corruption charges. - Amanda Black and her team had a gun pulled on them at the Mapungubwe Music Festival

Labour unions BEMAWU and CWU have vowed to forge ahead with their strike at the SABC on Thursday. Both unions have rejected the SABC's 4-point 5 per cent salary increase, backdated to October this year. The increase would be paid next year. CWU says the salary increase should instead be back dated by nine months. BEMAWU on the other hand wants a 10% salary increase across the board. BEMAWU preside...

Two female students have been banned from Rhodes University for life and may never complete their studies. This after they participated in an anti-rape protest at the institution in Grahamstown in April last year. Last month the Univerisity found the female students guilty of kidnapping, assault, defamation and insubordination after four male students were dragged out of their dorm rooms, spat on,...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian Markets trading lower, failing to follow the positive close on Wall Street, Steinhoff and EOH started the new week on a positive note, with both Companies up 50% and 8.54% respectively and Bitcoin finally makes its debut on the Chicago Board of Exchange.

Labour Movement COSATU says the magnitude caused by the biggest corporate scandal involving Steinhoff International will have a serious impact on the clothing and textile workers in South Africa. And the South African Federation of Union SAFTU says it feels vindicated as it has proven that the controversial Gupta family and their alleged questionable dealing are not the only source of problem caus...