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A traditional healer in the Vaal, south of Johannesburg says gangsters have taken over initiation schools and led to deadly rivalry between gangs. At least three people have lost their lives over the past three weeks. The Diamonds gang from Bophelong and the Mopheme gang from Boipatong are fighting for ownership of all the initiation schools in the area. Ditaba Tsotetsi and Sashin Naidoo visited t...

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has again defended her decision to probe her predecessor, Thuli Madonsela. She was addressing questions from Khayelitsha residents during an event to mark the 16 Days of No Violence Campaign. Mlamli Maneli reports...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian markets as Stocks Rise Most in Three Weeks on Oil Deal and China Manufacturing PMI rises in November...

Market analyst, Mohammed Nalla looks at South African markets as trade balance swings back into deficit but beats expectations, US private payrolls surge as a precursor to tomorrow's jobs data and oil prices surge over 10% as OPEC surprises with a deal to cut production

More than half of government health depots and health institutions do not record the medication they dispense to patients or even take the names of the patients they are serving. This is according to Auditor- General Kimi Makwetu's latest audit report on the Department of Health's performance and management of pharmaceuticals. The report also found that some of these health departments overspent o...

Pubic Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has appointed Matshela Koko as acting chief executive of power utility Eskom. Koko, who is in charge of power generation and has worked at Eskom since 1996. He replaces Brain Molefe who resigned as group chief executive after he was implicated in the former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's "State of Capture" report. We're now joined on the line by managing...

Members of parliament have asked the board and management of the Passenger Rail Agency, Prasa, what they are doing to fix the entity's finances. Prasa has been identified by the Auditor General as the worst performing entity with irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure to the tune of 14 billion rand. The board and management of PRASA were appearing before Parliament's standing committee on p...

The Department of Water and Sanitation says dam levels are still a concern across the country despite the recent rainfall. The department has appealed to all South Africans to continue to use water sparingly, and adhere to water restriction measures. Meanwhile, the South African Weather Services has warned that heatwave conditions will persist in some parts of the country until the weekend. We are...

Equal Education is taking Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to court for failing to for failing to provide basic amenities to school. Tuesday was the deadline for the Department of Basic Education to meet the norms and standards for school infrastructure, however, only a few of the nine provincial departments met the set standards. For more on this, we are joined on the line by Head of Poli...

The brutal killing of the "Diamonds" gang boss from Muvhango, outside Vanderbijlpark, has led to revenge killings between two rival gangs. The bloodied body of the young gang boss was found hacked to death by members of rival gang "Mopheme" last month. The killing emanates from an ongoing war between the two gangs in a fight for control of traditional initiation schools in the Vaal area. It's unde...

The Former Editor of the Citizen, Steve Motale says he will take his employer to court because he was dismissed without a disciplinary hearing. The Forum of Journalists for Transformation, which defends the rights of Journalists has been in support of Motale. The President of the Forum, Piet Rampedi joins us on the line to tell us more.

The ANC national executive committee has re-affirmed it's support for president Jacob Zuma's leadership. This is after the party's top leadership highest decision making body between conferences rejected calls by some within the leadership that President Zuma consider stepping down. The discussion on president Zuma's fate led to the party's three day meeting being extended by one day as more NEC m...

The community of Bophelong in the Vaal triangle is living in fear after a spate of killings in recent weeks. It is understood that three people, all believed to be gang members, were stabbed and hacked to death. The war in the area is believed to be between two rival gangs known as The Diamond from Muvhango, just outside Vanderbijlpark and the Mophemes from Boipatong. The community says the confli...

The practice of forcing young girls into marriage with older men, which is known as "ukuthwala custom' is a criminal offence as it has now been incorporated into the Trafficking in Persons Act. This emerged at an awareness campaign conducted by the Hawks, NPA and the SAPS in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape. Fundiswa Mhlekude was there and filed this report......

The ANC national executive committee has re-affirmed it's support for president Jacob Zuma's leadership. This is after the party's top leadership highest decision making body between conferences rejected calls by some within the leadership that President Zuma consider stepping down. The discussion on president Zuma's fate led to the party's three day meeting being extended by one day as more NEC m...

CEO of Epic Foundation, Alta McMaster earlier in the day shared her rape ordeal with us saying it was devastating to to have been raped in her own home. Take a listen to this inspiring story of survival...

After terrorizing communities on Guateng's East Rand for four years - the Johannesburg High Court has sentenced serial rapist Lucky Simelane to 384 years imprisonment. 33-year old Simelane began his raping spree in 2010 until 2014. His victims, aged between 14 and 49, were raped in different areas including Alberton, Thokoza and Palm Ridge. Pearl Magubane reports.....

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says senior black law professionals are still battling unconscious bias against them. Mogoeng says both business and government do not support these lawyers. Mogoeng was addressing the media in Midrand following a meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Justice. Senior Reporter Angela Bolowana was there....

The DA in the Western Cape says it's still considering whether to suspend its councillor Shayne Ramsay for mobilising against vagrants in Sea Point in Cape Town. This after she wrote on her Facebook page that vagrants were mentally retarded people and social outcasts. Ramsay also called on her constituency to stop giving to beggars and vagrants, a move she says will force them out of Sea Point. Ml...

People in Limpopo will have better access to Justice services as the Polokwane High Court officially opens its doors tomorrow. Justice department spokesperson, Mthunzi Mhaga says people who seek the services of a high court will no longer travel to Pretoria. The construction of the multi-million rand court building started in 2009. Some streets around the High Court have been closed for traffic. S...

Head of Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB, Mohammed Nalla, takes us through domestic politics dominating the markets as rand and bonds strengthened plus foreign flows into SA bonds and equity are at their most negative since October 2008. Lastly, Gold remains in a bear trend as demand weakens but near term support is likely

Maudi Lentsoane, Managing Director at Lehumo Capital speaks to us about Asian markets drop on concerns OPEC won't get a deal done, Emerging Currencies recovers as Dollar Trump Trade Takes a Breather and more details on this one maobane, Walmart-owned Massmart wins court battle against Pick n Pay

The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) says although it supports the quest for an obesity-free nation, it does not believe a tax on sweetened beverages is a way to achieve that goal. The union will today march to the National Treasury's office in Pretoria to oppose the pending sugar tax which will take effect from the first of April next year. We are now joined on the line by FAWU general Secret...

The charges against Thuli Madonsela by Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane for leaking her interview with President Zuma will not fly. This is according to the Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at the University of Cape Town, Pierre de Vos. This follows reports that Mkhwebane took the decision to lay charges at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria after President Zuma lodged a...

Former ANC MP, Vytjie Mentor says she will be laying charges against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane for lying about her. This follows reports that Advocate Mkhwebane allegedly said Mentor complained to her about Thuli Madonsela leaking President Zuma's interview. On her facebook page, Mentor expressed her annoyance and says she will make Mkhwebane pay her hugely. She joins us on the line to t...