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The Department of International Relations and Co-operation (DIRCO) says claims that the former Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar is under house arrest in Pretoria, are not true. Media reports say the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (an eight-country East African group) had asked Pretoria to make sure Machar did not leave. He was previously fired as the Vice President of South S...

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says 2017 is going to be a difficult year for both political and economic reasons. Gordhan was addressing NUMSA's 10th National Congress currently underway in Cape Town. He says globally next year is likely to see a great deal of uncertainty and instability. Lulama Matya reports....

The Xhosa Royal House has called for an urgent investigation following the death of three initiates in the Western Cape. The provincial Health Department says the autopsies of two young initiates have been concluded. The post mortem of the third initiate, who died on Friday, is yet to be undertaken. Chris Mabuya reports.....

The State Security Agency's alleged involvement at the SABC was revealed in the Parliamentary Inquiry that is probing the SABC Affairs and the board's fitness to hold office. This revelation was made by the Former SABC Labour Relations General Manager Madiwe Nkosi. Former Group Executive for Human Resources Jabulani Mabaso and former Group Executive for Technology, Sipho Masinga also took the stan...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane Managing Director of Lehumo Capitals looks at Asian markets as they are largely flat ahead of Fed meeting, Dollar pulls back against euro ahead of Fed meeting and China's industrial output picks up in November

Market analyst, Nadir Token, Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at South African markets ahead of FED meeting this week and what is expected, the performance of listed property relative to bonds in South Africa and political risk faced in Europe through 2017

Hlaudi Motsoeneng's lawyer Zola Majavu says he hasn't received instructions from his client on what he intends to do next. This follows Cape Town High Court's ruling to set aside the appointment of Motsoeneng as the SABC's Group Executive for Corporate Affairs. The court ruled the appointment was invalid, unlawful and irrational. We are now joined on the line by Hlaudi Motsoeneng's lawyer‚ Advocat...

SAfm Current Affairs Producer Krivani Pillay tells parliament how seasoned journalist and former head of News Jimmi Mathews was one of the enforcers telling journalist at the public broadcaster that it is cold outside the SABC.

Several families are rebuilding their lives following a fire at Masiphumelele on Cape Town's South Peninsula. About 60 shacks were gutted and two-hundred residents affected. Ondela Bacela reports...

The "holy juice" pastor, Phumzile Topie who is known as uLizwi in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, was evicted from Khwezi Extension township during a church service yesterday (sunday 11 December). This is after officials in the King Sabatha Dalindyebo Municipality demolished a tent erected by the pastor who made congregants drink what he calls ''holy juice'' on Thursday. Twenty of them suffered from...

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane Managing Director of Lehumo Capitals looks at Asian markets as Asian Stocks slip after opening higher, oil surges as Saudis eye deeper cuts while Non-Opec join deal and the FED Meeting on Wednesday, it is widely expected that we are going to see a 25 basis point increase in interest rates. Can we expect more interest rates increase from the FED in 2017

Market Analyst, Nadir Token, Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at South African markets as Sibanye's $2.2 billion bid for still water mining, the'res a strong rotation from growth orientated investing to value orientated investing and what is the significance of the agreement reached between OPEC and non-OPEC producers and what this means for the oil price

Four years after the Marika massacre that left 44 people dead, the Presidency has announced that government is ready to compensate families of the Marikana victims. The president said that the police have instructed its attorneys to make offers of payments in full settlement of claims for the claims where quantification were complete and are not under criminal investigation. Sakina speaks to spoke...

Scores of people have died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria. It is reported that the roof of the church, Reigners Bible Church, caved in on worshippers who had gathered for the ordination of a bishop. Some witnesses have told the media that the church was still under construction and workers had rushed to complete it for the ordination. In 2014, a guesthouse belonging to preacher T.B. J...

The Department of Basic Education says reports that it would now allow junior high school pupils to pass maths if they achieved 20% in the subject are untrue. The department says there is no such thing as a 20% pass mark for mathematics and there has been no change in the progression policy. To help clear up confusion over 20% maths pass mark, we're now joined on the line by the department's spoke...

At least ten youngsters have died in initiation schools in the Eastern Cape. The provincial department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) says police are investigating the cases. We are now joined on the line by Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Fikile Xasa

The department of home affairs has emphasised the importance of taking fingerprints of all the people visiting the country, saying there will be finger print readers for foreign nationals when they enter the country. Home affairs minister Malusi was at the OR Tambo International Airport to outline operational plans for the festive season. Gigaba has also stressed that the department still demands...

The two men who forced Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin and threatened to shoot him if he ran away have been denied bail by the Middelburg Magistrate's Court. Magistrate Jongilizwe Dumehleli ruled in the case against Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martin-Jackson - the co-accused - in the so-called coffin assault case. The duo face charges of assault to cause grievous bodily harm, after they assaulted Mlo...

Parliament's Adhoc Committee of Inquiry into the SABC Board's fitness to hold office, will summon SABC Board chairperson Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe. This comes after he failed to appear before the inquiry. Maguvhe was scheduled to testify in the inquiry yesterday afternoon (thursday 8 December). The Adhoc Committee will also add former board chairpersons Ben Ngubane and Ellen Tshabalala to its wi...

The Police are appealing to the public for any information that will lead to the arrest of a dangerous criminal who has escaped from Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria. Henry Edema Timaya Onoh was due to be sentenced in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court for various violent crimes such as house robberies, rape, housebreaking and theft. He escaped on the 3rd of December. To find out more, w...

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) is planning to approach the National Bargaining Council to complain about the new overtime policy for public healthcare personnel set out by the Ministry of Health. In a statement, SAMA says these new changes means doctors will work without being properly compensated and will result in their not working overtime. For more, we are joined on the line by S...

ANC in the Northern Cape has come out in support of former Finance MEC and provincial ANC chairperson, John Block. The party says they still believe in his innocence. Block and Trifecta director Christo Scholtz were sentenced to 15-years imprisonment in the Kimberley High Court on Tuesday. The court found that Block and Scholtz had a corrupt relationship, with Block using his political muscle to s...

Former Northern Cape ANC chairperson, John Block and Trifecta Director, Christo Scholtz, are preparing for leave to appeal against their 15-year jail sentences. The duo have been sentenced to an effective 15-years imprisonment in the High Court in Kimberley. In her sentencing, Judge Mmathebe Phatsoane pointed out that there shouldn't be two separate justice systems for the rich and the poor. Block...

Close to 2-million South African children who qualify for a social grant are still not accessing it. That's according to the 2016 Child Gauge report. The focusses on how the grant has benefitted under priviledged children and found that 12 million families have benefitted from the child support grant in the past year. Berenice Moss reports...

About six thousand workers in the poultry industry are at risk of losing their jobs as cheap chicken imports from the European Union, Brazil and the US continue flooding the South African markets. Today workers affiliated to the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) took to the streets in Pietermaritzburg and marched to the provincial legislature. Already Rainbow Chicken - the second biggest poultr...