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The Communication Worker's Union (CWU) has added its voice in calling for President Jacob Zuma not to be allowed as a guest speaker at the May Day celebration on the 1st of May. This follows a request to COSATU by the National Education Health and Workers Union (NEHAWU) that President Zuma be replaced by an eligible leader of the ANC as the main speaker at the rally. Is this another way of showing...

23 years later, Dr Hleze Kunju's doctoral thesis, written in his home language of IsiXhosa, has been described as ground-breaking and a glimmer of hope for a decolonised and transformed education system in the country. He speaks Dr Kunju for more details on his journey of the development of indigenous languages for academic writing

Struggle Stalwart Omar Badsha says South Africa has a government that is NOT united which is making things very difficult. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo on #AMLive said Mr Omar says we are in the middle of a crisis that needs to be well handled.

A number of opposition parties and civil society organisations will mark Freedom Day at a rally to be held in Pretoria today. The 'Reclaim our Freedom Rally' will be held under the banner of the Freedom Movement. Leaders of the UDM, the DA, OUTA, FEDUSA and the Religious Council will address the rally. The late president Nelson Mandela's personal assistant Zelda Le Grange and political activist Pr...

The Hawks have arrested a 23-year old man in Midrand for allegedly plotting to assassinate officials perceived as state capture beneficiaries. The Hawks says officers intercepted communication material of possible assassinations of several members of Cabinet, state-owned entities and other prominent South Africans. Hawks spokesperson, Hangwane Mulaudzi says the African man is a founding member of...

Police presence is expected to continue today to monitor the situation at three townships of Itsoseng, Blaaideville and Coligny in North West. Residents are demanding for the provision of basic services such as water and housing from the cash strapped Ditsobotla Local Municpality. The council has been struggling to pay its staff wages as well as service providers such as Eskom. Sakina Kamwendo cha...

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of Zambia's main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, ahead of today's bail hearing. Hichilema and his colleagues were detained three weeks ago after they allegedly failed to give way to a Presidential convoy. Amnesty International says the charges are just designed to intimidate him from doing his work. Sakina Kamwendo chats to Amnesty I...

Nadir Tokhan, Investment Analyst at 27-Four Investment Managers talks about the risk Naspers poses to South African investors and Donald Trump's plan to cut corporate taxes

Chaotic scenes have been reported at the O.R. Tambo International Airport where 350 South African Airways staff, affiliated to the South African Cabin Crew Association are picketing. The cabin crew members are demanding an increase to their R161.00 meal allowances during international trips. Sakina Kamwendo speaks Feroze Kader who is South African Cabin Crew Association Chief negotiator

Lungile Malinga, Equity Research Analyst at Effectus Capital Management looks at Asian stocks hover near two-year highs on U.S. optimism, euro steady and Reserve Bank's leading indicator up, does this mean we are going to see economic growth.

Fraud related to banking cards has seen an increase of 8 percent in the past year. Card fraud statistics released by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, SABRIC, show that the amount recorded for fraudulent activities reached 717 million rand in 2016. The organisation says measures put in place by its members, positions the banking industry to tackle card fraud, but has conceded that...

Lungile Malinga, Equity Research Analyst at Effectus Capital Management looks at how are Asian markets looking today and what to expect from the South African markets today

The ANC and the African Independent Congress have adopted a memorandum of understanding that will regulate the coalition partnership between the two organizations. The two organizations have agreed on political cooperation in the national interest with specific reference to Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Rustenburg Local Municipality, Umkhanyakude District Municipality and other municipalit...

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, says the judiciary is always careful not to encroach on other arms of state. Mogoeng reacted to remarks made by some politicians that the country runs the risk of being a "juristocracy". He spoke to the media on the sidelines of the fourth Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa which is taking place in Cape Town. Justice Mogoeng also addressed perceptio...

Cape Town High Court Judge, Siraj Desai, will hold an in loco inspection at the De Zalze Estate home of murder accused, Henri van Breda in Stellenbosch this morning. The 22-year-old Van Breda is accused of killing his parents and older brother at their home in January 2015. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

Forced child marriages still exist in South Africa. Young girls, especially in rural areas such as the Eastern Cape, are vulnerable to abduction, rape, violent abuse and premature marriage under the guise of the so-called Ukuthwala Custom. The SABC recently visited some rural villages of the Eastern Cape where producer Nomawethu Solwande did a series of interviews with affected children and their...

Residents of Lenasia South have blockaded roads with burning treys and rocks in a protest against illegal land invassion. Sakina spoke to Johannesburg Metro police Wayne Minaar

Comfort Ngidi who represents Former Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza has confirmed that his client has returned the Hawks car but still has the cellphone. Mr Ngidi says returning the Hawks cellphone will compromise the country's security.

The interim SABC Board wants Hlaudi Motsoeneng disciplined for bringing the public broadcaster into disrepute during a press conference last week. The interim Board and SABC Management have briefed the Communications Portfolio Committee. The Interim board has also told parliamentarians that it plans to scrap the controversial 90 percent local content policy for radio and 80 percent policy for tele...

Nadir Tokhan, Investmen Analyst at 27-Four Investment Managers looks at the impact of the downgrade on pioneer foods and the U.S. Earnings season thus far

It's official Zwelinzima Vavi is the secretary-general of the newly-launched labour federation SAFTU. SAFTU's three-day inaugural congress wraped on Sunday in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. Twenty-four trade unions, including NUMSA and FAWU, are affiliates of the new labour federation. About two-thousand delegates attended the event. SAFTU intends to rival COSATU and is the brainchild of Vavi, who was expe...

About 1000 Illegal miners have settled into the Kenilworth Cemetery in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape. The cemetery houses some of the oldest graves in the city. The illegal miners say they feel they have done nothing wrong but residents and local businesses have raised concerns about the safety of visitors to the area. Neo Bodumela reports…

Nadir Tokhan, Investment Analyst at 27-Four Investment Managers looks at the the results from the French primary election and what it means for markets, opportunity in South African equities and the Rand proves to be more resilient compared to nenegate.

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has suffered yet another loss of a prominent member in the province. The party's deputy secretary in the Harry Gwala region Khaya Thobela was shot at his home at eMfundweni in Umzimkhulu in southern KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. He died in hospital on Sunday morning. Provincial ANC leadership visited his family to convey their condolences. Fanele Mhlongo reports...

ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the problem is money. "Money has come in between us, and today there is patronage, there is money being passed around, in bags, paper bags and brown envelopes."