Update@Noon

Police say more than 50 people have been arrested in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, since protests erupted there earlier this week. They're facing charges of public violence, possession of suspected stolen property, malicious damage to property and theft. Some of the suspects will appear in court today. The protests over poor service delivery have since spread to nearby areas including Enne...

The situation at Coligny in the North West remains tense with police still maintaining a high presence this morning. Clashes between police and residents continued into the late night. Residents want the bail of two local men accused of killing a 16 year old boy to be revoked. Learners in the Tlhabologang township remain trapped due to the ongoing violence while a few businessess started operating...

The 2012 Lonmin Mine tragedy in Marikana where thirty-four miners were shot and killed by the police during an AMCU led wage increase strike has been dogging Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa. Since his weekend public regret of his comments prior to the shootings, survivors of the massacre have rejected Ramaphosa's apology. Attorney Andries Nkome, who represents the arrested and wounded miners, ha...

Johannesburg's MMC for Housing, Mzobanzi Ntuli, says the Eldorado Park protest leaders who were to meet him today, are facing arrest for unrelated crimes. Ntuli was supposed to meet the aggrieved community leaders over their housing concerns. Residents of Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, engaged in day-long running battles with police, who constantly fired rubber bullets. Several shops were v...

The R503 and N4 road linking Lichtenburg and Coligny and the N14 linking Coligny and Ventersdorp in the North West, have been opened for traffic. They were closed last night following violent protests. This, after residents in the area went on rampage yesterday after a local court granted bail to two men who allegedly killed a sixteen year old Matlhomola Mosweu three weeks ago. Mosweu was killed f...

The Gauteng Health Department has revealed that at least five more mental health patients have since died, from the time when the Health Ombud report was released in February. Gauteng Health MEC, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, briefed the media in Johannesburg on progress made in the implementation of the health ombudsman's report into the tragedy. She said 91 percent of patients have so far been relocated to...

A service delivery protest in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg has turned violent leading to road closures around the area. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini

The office of the President says President Jacob Zuma has accepted His Majesty Vha Venda King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana 's proposal that the Vhembe District Municipality should provide services to the people of Vuwani while a solution on the demarcation issue is being sought. This was announced after Zuma met with the King and other stakeholders in Vuwani. Violence then broke out Nandoni sports grou...

Pro-Makhado task team in #Vuwani have appealed to residents to allow things to return to normality. Sakina speaks to Pro Makhado spokesperson, Ntsobo Sambo. She also speaks to Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Des van Rooyen about Vuwani situation.

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for the way in which the Marikana shootings unfolded, but has denied any involvement in the killing of 34 Lonmin miners almost five years ago. Addressing students at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Ramaphosa said his role at Lonmin was to prevent further killings. He later addressed an ANC Cadres' Forum in Joza, also in Grahamstown. Mcebisi Ngqsina...

Maudi Lentsoane, Group CEO of Lehumo Investments looks at the Asian Shares trading mostly higher, following the French election outcome and China Trade Surplus widens to $38.05 billion

An Eldorado Park resident tells Sakina Kamwendo that she will NOT be going to work today as residents blockade roads protesting for housing and better services

Eastern Cape Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC, Mlibo Qoboshiyane has condemned the shooting of eleven cattle, allegedly by a commercial farmer in Kruisrivier near Uitenhage. He has described it as an insult. He visited the farm on which the cattle are kept and has met with the family. Nine cattle have died and the farmer is reported to have barred the owners from taking them, as Anda Nqon...

Research Analyst Fundiswa Nkuta looks at what France's President elect Emmanuel Macron will mean to the country and relations with the European economy and U.S. unemployment and non-farm payroll came out on Friday showing a 10 year low.

Dr Ivor Sarakinsky, Senior lecturer at the Wits School of Governance says the ruling by the North Gauteng High Court Judge Bashier Vally for President Jacob Zuma to hand over all records explaining the reason why he reshuffled the Cabinet to the DA is a good move and it shows democracy in action. Dr Sarakinsky says unlike other developed democracies, South African constitutions is NOT explicit on...

Maudi Lentsoane, Group CEO of Lehumo Investments looks the Asian Markets end the week lower, Brent Crude drops below the 45 dollar mark, US job numbers expected today, these might have an implication on rates which up in June and World Economic Forum on Africa concludes, was this another talks hop?

Judge Mabel Jansen has resigned with immediate effect. Jansen was placed on special leave last year following racist comments in which she expressed her belief that rape was part of black people's culture. The Judicial Conduct Committee was busy investigating complaints of racism against the Judge and she was apparently facing impeachment if found guilty. Sakiana Kamwendo speaks to the spokesperso...

President Jacob Zuma has five working days to furnish the DA with documents containing the records and reasons for his decision to fire former finance minister Pravin Gordhan. Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas were fired together with four other ministers in March this year. The decision lead to South Africa's sovereign credit rating being downgraded to junk status by ratings agency Standard an...

The Executive Director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate,IPID, Robert McBride, has accused Acting National Police Commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane of waging a war against the directorate. According to McBride, Phahlane has spent thousands of rand in an attempt to have a search warrant at his house declared invalid. He says IPID has a tiny litigation budget while SAPS has huge resou...

Outgoing Eastern Cape DA leader, Athol Trollip's decision to bow out in his position has created a rigorous battle between a candidate perceived as his favourite and the sitting provincial chairperson. The hotly contested congress beginning today (5th May) in East London is between former COPE Youth President and DA Member of Parliament, Nqaba Banga and DA chairperson and caucus leader, Veliswa Mv...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has dismissed suggestions that Zimbabwe was a failed or fragile state. He says his country is the highest developed country in Africa, after South Africa. He was speaking this morning (thursday 4 May) in Durban at a panel discussion on the issue of fragile states at the World Economic Forum on Africa. The discussion also unpacked ways in which African states can...

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETF SA looks at the drop in oil price and the 50th anniversary of the Kruger Rand

Maudi Lentsoane, Group CEO of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Markets which are mostly lower, led by losses in Commodity Shares and the US Federal Reserve as expected left interest rates unchanged.

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETF SA looks at the World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off in Durban yesterday, and one of the appearances that drew the most attention - certainly from the South African perspective - was that of Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba, the Federal Reserve concluded their latest 2-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting and commodity prices, especially precious...

The Director of Communications at the Office of the Executive Mayor in the City of Johannesburg, Tony Taverna-Turisan says the culture of corruption within the City of Johannesburg was deeply rooted.