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The ANC has questioned the formula used to determine seats allocations in the municipal elections. Secretary General Gwede Mantashe has suggested that something is "wrong" with the formula as the party meets for the first time following a bruising election. The National executive committee is meeting until Sunday - after the party's support dropped to fifty four percent nationally. Mantashe says w...

The South African Revenue Service has asked the Constitutional Court not to force it to reinstate a racist employee. Jacobus Kruger got into trouble after using the k-word to refer to his supervisor. The Disciplinary Inquiry stopped short of dismissal, ordering a final written warning and counselling. But the then SARS commissioner ignored that ruling and fired Kruger instead. Senior Constitutiona...

The interviews for the position of the new Public Protector continued until the early hours of this morning. Former Deputy Public Protector, Advocate Mamiki Goodman, the incumbet Deputy Public Protector Adv Kevin Malunga, Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh of the Southern African Litigation Centre and the Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions, Willie Hofmeyer faced some toough questions from the com...

Residents of Marikana in the North West, who have illegally and forcefully occupied state RDP houses are heading to Bloemfontein to file their eviction case with the Supreme Court of Appeal. This follows a judgement by the North West High Court which ruled in favour of the municipality with a time frame attached to the order . Our reporter Lucas Mothibedi reports...

The Basic Education Department says the delivery of mobile classrooms, furniture and stationery to schools in Vuwani outside Thohoyandou is almost complete. Learners in the area have returned to school after a three-month shutdown of services. About thirty schools were burnt and damaged in May amid the shutdown over a demarcation dispute. Shibu Mamokgere reports...

The following story contains graphic details that may offend sensitive listeners ans children. The Durban High Court has heard harrowing graphic evidence about the physical torture that led to the death of a Chatsworth toddler in 2014. The child has become known as Baby X- to protect the identity of her young siblings who are testifying. She allegedly died at the hands of her 31-year-old mother an...

The fees commission has kicked off on a shaky start with the South African Union of Students expressing dissatisfaction on how the commission is doing its work. The students wanted to know the status of fee increment for 2017, but Commission Chairperson Judge Jonathan Arthur Heher, has made it clear that the commission has no power to decide on that, but will merely make recommendations which the...

The IEC in the Western Cape says there will be no change to the allocation of council seats at the Bitou Municipality in the Southern Cape. The DA lodged a dispute following last week's election results, believing it should have secured more seats. Tanya Krause compiled this report...

Another school has yet been set alight in the violence torn Vuwani area near Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Mugo-yi-dwa Secondary at Tshi-vhu-lana village is the 29th school to be torched in a space of three month. Three classrooms and furniture gutted down. Fire brigade managed to extinguish fire to prevent it from torching the fourth class room. There have been no schooling in the Vuwani and surroundin...

The ANC in Mpumalanga has announced executive mayors for all its twenty one municipalities. The organisation also revealed during a press conference held in Mbombela, that two members of the provincial cabinet have been deployed to local municipalities. Vusi Twala reports...

Support for the Congress of the People (Cope) has drastically declined across the country with political leaders blaming this on lack of resources. In the party's provincial stronghold in the Northern Cape, the party's support declined from 34 seats in 2011 to four seats in 2016. With a voter support percentage of less than one percent nationally. Neo Bodumela compiled this report…

Meanwhile, still in Limpopo.... Police have spent the better part of yesterday afternoon and evening battling out with an angry crowd that has barricaded the R523 road with stones and other objects at Tshi-tu-ni village outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo. Community members are demanding the rearrest of a rape and murder suspect who was released in court on Monday. This follows the death of a schoo...

President Jacob Zuma says government needs to upscale efforts to empower women to play a greater role in the development of the country's economy. He was giving the keynote address at 60th Anniversary Women's Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng filed this report...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian shares which have hit one year highs, drone technology is now a lifesaving connection to medicine and the Bank of England quantitative easing hits an early snag.

Nerina Visser, strategist at ETFSA looks at whether political parties are any closer to understanding the economic and financial implications of the election outcome, the real winner of the election has been the rand and this week marks a year of NO load-shedding, but a strike by NUM members at three power stations is expected to go national today. What impact could this have on Eskom?

The ANC s Umkhonto we Sizwe veterans association has come out to defend president Jacob Zuma amid increasing perceptions on social media that he is to blame for the ANC's poor performance in 2016 local government elections. The ANC dropped below the 60 percent mark, garnering about 54 percent nationally and failed to retain an outright majority in the metros of Tshwane, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni an...

As the 2016 Olympics continue in Rio de Janeiro, for many poor communities the Games are a reminder of sacrifices they've had to make. Next door to the main Olympic Park is a collection of 20 small dwellings, newly created for a handful of locals who refused leave the area when developers were building the Olympic venues. Our correspondent Dan Whitehead visited those living there - and brings us t...

In Zimbabwe, leaders of former liberation fighters group have boycotted the annual Heroes commemorations. The war veterans say its in protest against their ill-treatment by president Mugabe, his party and government. The boycott is latest reflection of the strained relations between the president and his former allies. It's the first time that war veterans leaders have refused to attend the event,...

The National Union of Mineworkers has vowed to defend about 2 200 Eskom wokers who embarked on a wild cat strike. Eskom says it will take action against the workers. Eskom workers are not allowed to go on strike since theirs is an essential service. The NUM is at loggerheads with Eskom management over wage increases. Tshepo Mongoai reports...

The fees commission that was established by President Jacob Zuma in January this year following violent student protests will begin with public hearings tomorrow (Wednesday). Student bodies, universities and other role players in education are expected to make presentations. The commission is being led by retired judge Jonathan Heher. We are joined on the line by Spokesperson for the Commission of...

With local government election votes counted and results declared, some have been left clueless as to what a "coalition" actually means. The City of Johannesburg Metro is one of the municipalities where possible talks of a coalition are underway. So just what is a coaltion? Neliswa Mavundla spoke to some Johannesburg residents to find out what their understanding of a "coalition" is

Independent Candidates in Tlokwe municipality, in Potchefstroom in the North West, are preparing to file court papers with the Electoral Court against the IEC. They say that certain voters in Tlokwe were denied the right to vote in last week's municipal elections as a result of the amalgamation of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp municipalities. The merger led to some wards and boundaries being changed by t...

A couple who fell victim to the Brusson home loan scheme say it's unfair for ABSA bank to reinstate their home loan even though they had already paid it off. The Moore's are against a bid by ABSA to get the Constitutional Court to reinstate the original bonds. They had taken out a loan with a company called Brusson Finance, but unwittingly sold their home in the process. Senior Constitutional Cour...

The Independent Electoral Commission has declared this year's local government elections as free and fair. About 26 million prospective voters went to the municipal polls which were fiercely contested. For the first time in the country's post-apartheid history, about 200 political parties and over 61-thousand candidates participated in the polls. SABC's Political Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng has f...

The EFF says it has formally met with the Democratic Alliance and the ANC. The meeting was to discuss possible coalition in metros and municipalities where there was no outright winner. EFF Spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi joined us for more details...