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WThe ANC in Johannesburg is uncertain that it will be able to retain the metro municipality ahead of the inaugural council meeting on Monday morning. It obtained 44% and needs the support of other smaller political parties or risk losing Johannesburg to the opposition. The ANC has blamed national issues such as the Nkandla saga and e-tolls for its reduced electoral support in the August 3rd munici...

The ANC Youth League has called for the ruling party to bring forward its national conference to elect new leadership. The call follows the results of the local government elections. The Youth League spokesperson, Mlondli Mkhize, says a national conference is due in December 2017. However, if it could be brought forward by at least six months it would give the party time to recover before the 2019...

The DA's Johannesburg mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba says he's willing to stand down if the party asks him to. He was reacting to the EFF leader Julius Malema's statement in which he expressed reservations about Mashaba's candidature. Malema has undertaken to support the DA mayoral candidate in the Tshwane Metro, Solly Msimanga. Mashaba says he finds the conditions that Malema has set strange an...

Police in Zimbabwe's capital have dispersed hundreds of protesters calling for the country's president, Robert Mugabe, to step down. They fired tear gas at the protestors who were carrying flowers and holding posters reading "mugabe must go". Protest leader, Promise Mkwananzi, says yesterday's protest was a build-up to a national shutdown at the end of August. We spoke to our correspondent in Zimb...

The DA and the EFF will today separately announce progress on coaliton talks in hung municipalities across the country. The parties are expected to explain their decisions on how the big metros of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay will be governed. Talks started two weeks ago when results showed that no party will be able to garner an outright majority to govern alone. We are now joined...

Teachers and children at Tau-dia-rora Primary School in Proof Plaas in the Northern Cape are still shocked and traumatised by the brutal murder of six year old Kutlwano Garesape. The little boy died while trying to protect his mother from an attacker. Kgotaco Selao reports...

The Communications Committee in Parliament says it wants an extension of committee meetings, just to deal with the recent developments at the SABC. The committee met when Parliament resumed yesterday morning (tuesday 16 August) to map out its programme for the third quarter. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more............

A study by the global medical charity MSF, or Doctors without Borders, says one in four women have been raped in the mining town of Rustenburg in the North West. The study says this has resulted in extremely high levels of psychological problems among the victims. This emerged at the 1st South African National Conference on Violence, taking place in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. The conference b...

A process of assessing and reviewing legislation that affects South Africans negatively, will be put under review from next year. This emerged during the first day of public hearings on matters involving poverty, unemployment and inequality held in East London. Former President, Kgalema Motlanthe is chairing the hearings. Yanga Funani has more on the story...

The annual Smile Week, where plastic surgeons assist children in need of facial and other reconstruction is underway at Port Elizabeth's Provincial Hospital in the Eastern Cape. The initiative which is sponsored by the Port Elizabeth International Airport is aimed at putting a smile on the faces of the children in South Africa. About 20 children from across the province will undergo surgery this w...

Parliament is back in full swing from today as MPs are returning from the ten-week constituency period following the local government elections. The NCOP will hold a debate about Women's Day this week, while the National Assembly Rules Committee is meeting this afternoon to finalise some of the guidelines on the rules. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more...

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has appealed for calm at higher education institutions, saying a decision on fees will only be made following a consultation process with various interested parties. Nzimande says students should know by the end of this month if there will be fee increases for next year or not. Lectures have been suspended at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Pietermaritzbu...

United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has called for a national convention to address pressing issues of national interest such as land reform, poverty and corruption. Holomisa says it is very clear that South Africans can no longer tolerate these challenges. We caught up with him on what this means....

United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has called for a national convention to address pressing issues of national interest such as land reform, poverty and corruption. Holomisa says it is very clear that South Africans can no longer tolerate these challenges. For more on this, UDM leader Bantu Holomisa joins us on the line

Parliament is back in full swing from today (Tuesday 16th August) as MPs are returning from the ten-week constituency period following the local government elections. The NCOP will hold a debate about Women's Day this week, while the National Assembly Rules Committee is meeting this afternoon to finalise some of the guidelines on the rules. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us...

INTRO: The community of Jan Kempdorp in the Northern Cape is still in shock following the brutal killing of a 6-year-old boy. Kutlwano Garesape was stabbed with a broken bottle as he was trying to protect his mother from being raped. His mother Segomotso was taking him and his 8-year-old brother to school on Friday at the time of the incident. Reginald Witbooi reports

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian shares recovering following losses, the world’s 3rd largest economy, Japan seeing zero quarterly growth for April-June and the Nissan Revolution – could the new petrol engine make today’s diesel engines outdated?

Nadir Thokan looks at South African markets amid stronger rand and opening of markets at the begging of the week...

The Eastern Cape's Nelson Mandela Bay Metro is still up for grabs and political parties are looking for alliances to form a coalition government. The big guns, the ANC and the DA who both failed to secure a majority of council seats, are negotiating with prospective alliance partners. The DA has been allocated 57 seats and the ANC 50. And not to be outdone, some of the smaller parties have formed...

Zambia's opposition parties want a vote recount in the capital Lusaka's constituencies citing irregularities in the presidential vote. Last Thursday Zambians voted in presidential and parliamentary elections as well as in a constitutional referendum. The oppostoion says the polls have been fraught with irregularities. This report by Shingai Nyoka in Lusaka, Zambia

ANC leadership has accepted collective responsibility for the party's poor performance in municipal elections. The ANC NEC has concluded a four day meeting in Irene, south of Pretoria, during which it reflected on the poll results. The party's secretary general Gwede Mantashe has announced a number of measures to be implemented to counter perceptions that the party is self-serving, arrogant and so...

The Communications Workers' Union says there will be a total shutdown at Telkom as its members down tools today. The union says workers need a cost-of-living inflation linked salary increase. This comes as an illegal strike at Eskom was resolved last week, while petroleum sector workers belonging to union Ceppawu have been on strike since the beginning of the month. We caught up with both Communic...

The South African Union of Students has threatened to embark on a national strike at various universities from today (monday 15 August). This come after Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, indefinitely postponed the announcement of university fees for next year. A leader of the Pan Africanist Student Movement, Kaizer Festile, accused the minister of using underhanded tactics and warned of a...

Newly-re-elected Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille has dismissed criticism that her mayoral committee is gender and racially imbalanced. She was speaking after her inauguration for another five-year term. The DA won the city in last week's local government election with a two-thirds majority. The DA won 154 seats, the ANC 57 and the EFF got seven seats in last week's poll. Former deputy mayor, Ia...

The newly elected Mayor of the City of Mbombela Sibusiso Mathonsi has promised residents better and improved service delivery. The City of Mbombela now comprises of the Umjindi and Mbombela Municipality. Motsebi wa Monareng reports