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The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has met up with Ford South Africa to discuss the increasing incidents of the burning of Ford Kuga. In an email sent to us, Ford SA says they take the safety of their customers very seriously and are committed to addressing potential issues and responding quickly. About 36 Ford Kuga cars have caught fire due to unknown factors. The Spokesperson for the Nationa...

The Commission for Gender Equality is calling on everyone to be on the lookout for any anomalies in their communities. The Commission says it is troubled by an increase spate of violence and rape against women and children during this festive season. This follows reports of an Attridgeville grandmother who was reportedly raped and killing violent in a violent manner, in front of her 6-year-old gra...

Liquor consumers are spoilt for choice this festive season with the introduction of a slew of new drinks. Industry experts say ciders are the most popular choice, followed by beer and cognacs. However, some have blamed the introduction of a variety of fruity alcohol drinks for a steady increase in under-age drinking… Tshepo Mongoai reports…

The SABC no longer has a board. The last non executive board member Mbulaheni Maguvhe has finally thrown in the towel. He submitted his resignation to President Jacob Zuma who accepted it. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent looks back at some of the events, - from the appointment of the board to the resignation of the last board member. We also caught up with the director of Media Mon...

Humanitarian aid organisation Gift of the Givers says a malnutritioned seven month old baby girl who was buried under the rubble following a bomb attack is being treated at its Ar Rahma hospital in Alepo, Syria. The organisation says the girl's mother was killed in the attack. Gift of the Givers has been running two hospitals in the war-torn country and has appealed to the public to support effort...

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has urged parents to ensure their children are supervised around inland and coastal waters. There have been separate incidents where children have drowned over the weekend. A four-year-old boy is still missing (**please update) after he was allegedly swept out to sea at Pearl Bay in Yzerfontein on the West Coast. Another child aged between nine and ten drow...

The Competition Commission is reportedly investigating South African school uniform monopolies that allegedly overcharge and force parents to buy from certain suppliers. The commission's probe into the R10 billion industries comes amid allegations that senior school executives get paid for exclusive supplier contracts. For more on this we are joined on the line by The Competition Commission's, Com...

Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) patrolled the tense streets of Kinshasa on Sunday after the suspension of talks to find a peaceful way out of the nation's political crisis sparked by the end of President Joseph Kabila's mandate. Negotiations to agree on a way forward for the Democratic Republic of Congo when Kabila's second term comes to an end, were halted on Saturday with n...

As South Africans mark Reconciliation Month, many of them believe the country is not doing enough in terms of advancing peace, political tolerance and eradicating social injustices and racism. Over two decades of democracy have seen a number of incidents racism and intolerance that call into question social cohesion and political tolerance. Nkululeko Nyembezi looks at the comprehensive reconciliat...

Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng, former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni who were expected to receive awards at last night's Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans Association's gala dinner, have failed to attend the event. President Zuma was expected to deliver a keynote address at the event which was held on the East Rand in Gauteng but it was announced that he had take...

Metalworkers union NUMSA has resolved to establish a new workers' political party. The decision was taken at NUMSA's National Congress in Cape Town. The Congress has also decided to support students' calls for free education, the nationalisation of strategic minerals and that existing jobs be protected. Lulama Matya reports....

On the #CoalFace with publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly, Martin Creamer we looked at the world’s biggest fuel-cell power station is about to be built on South Africa’s East Rand, a big new gold-from-dumps project is under construction in Mpumalanga and the R10-billion gold-from-dumps project on the Far West Rand is expected to be launched in the next six months

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Capital looks at Asian Markets as Asian shares steadied on Friday, tracking U.S. gains, with financials leading Japan's stock market to a fresh high for the year, Japan Overtakes China as Largest Holder of U.S. Treasuries and Fed, Trump Aren't Making Gold Mining Stocks Great Again

Justice and Correctional Service Minister, Michael Masutha, says South Africa will continue to call for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide. Masutha was speaking during the exhumation of the remains of thirteen members of the PAC's former armed wing, Poqo, who were executed by the apartheid government. They were sentenced to death for killing five white people at the Mbhashe River in the...

Two youths have been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing their two female cousins and a toddler in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg. The young men strangled the victims and then submerged their bodies in a bathtub filled with boiling water. The two who were 17 and 21 at the time of the crime - pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, attempted murder and robbery. Judge Papi Mosopa handed do...

Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says the former Head of Procurement Madoda Shushsu is an accomplice to corruption committed at the SABC because he failed to report it. Muthambi testified in the parliamentary Inquiry into the SABC Affairs and the board's fitness to hold office. She also faced pressing questions on various issues. Our parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more

Some of the SABC 8 Journalists have continued to receive death threats following their testimonies before the Parliamentary Inquiry into the affairs of the SABC and the board's fitness to hold office. SABC Parliamentary Journalist Lukhanyo Calata, Economics Editor Thandeka Gqhubule, SAFM current Affairs Executive Producer Krivani Pillay and Freelance Journalist Vuyo Mvoko testified inquiry on beha...

The Right2Know Campaign (R2K) wants the State Security Minister David Mahlobo to explain exactly what his department's relationship is with the SABC. This follows evidence that emerged during the SABC 8 submission in parliament that the government spies were brought into the SABC building to investigate staff members that were suspected of being whistle-blowers. The Interim Coordinator for R2K Med...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Capitals looks Asian markets as stocks mostly higher ahead of the FED's rate decision and U.S. Stocks Climb to Record Highs

Market analyst, Nadir Token of 27-Four-Investments looks at South African markets as threat of an over-leveraged Chinese economy, the prospects of rising global inflation and where to from here for equities in the JSE OUTRO: That was

Parliament's Adhoc Committee had a hard time trying to extract answers from SABC Board Chairperson Mbulaheni Maguvhe. Members of the Committee asked him various questions ranging from the ICASA ruling, the walkout from the inquiry and about controversial decisions made by the board. Our parliamentary correspondent, Mercedes Besent reports......

The ANC veterans are sticking to their guns demanding for a separate consultative conference. The ruling party had initially resolved at its meeting with the NEC to hold the conference during its policy conference in July next year. But now the stalwarts say it needs to be earlier. Mbali Sibanyoni reports…

The court case challenging the controversial nuclear energy deal between South Africa and Russia has been postponed in the Cape Town High Court. The case was brought by environmentalist groups, Earthlife Africa and the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute. The case was halted when lawyers for the Department of Energy submitted that the procurement will no longer be done by thei...

Today 12 Pan Africa Congress's armed wing members who were hanged at Gallows in 1964 will be exhumed. The 12 Poqo members were given pauper's burials by the apartheid and were buried 3 to a grave at the Rebecca Street Cemetary in Pretoria West. For more we are joined on the line by Madeleine Fullard, head of missing persons task team at NPA...

Eskom has confirmed that it will invite bids this week to build nuclear reactors. Government has earmarked nuclear expansion as the centrepiece of a plan to increase power generation and has asked Eskom to procure an additional nine-thousand-600 megawatts of capacity. This as a court case brought by environmentalist groups challenging a controversial nuclear deal between South Africa and Russia wa...