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Several Vuwani residents in Limpopo, including a member of pro-Makhado task team, have been arrestedon undisclosed charges this morning. The team has led the opposition to a new municipality in the area and also rejected a new municipal demarcation plan presented last week. Police say they'll give details of the charges the residents are facing later. We spoke to our reporter, Witness Tivha...

The South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) says motorists should not panic over shortages of petrol because most of the petrol attendants are not taking part in the strike. This is despite reports that some petrol stations are already running out of petrol. Workers affiliated to the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU) downed tools on Thursday a...

Trade union Solidarity and the SAPS have reached a historic settlement that directly affects the promotion of more than three-thousand SAPS members. Solidarity says in terms of the settlement, the SAPS has conceded that its current employment equity plan has to be amended. This follows the recent Constitutional Court ruling in the trade union's case against the Correctional Services Department. We...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela talks Asian shares rising as expectations for U.S. Feds to raise interest rates is highly unlikely, China Purchasing Managers Index in contraction territory and Morgan Stanley warning forex traders that the worst is to come for the Dollar...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela talks Asian sharing rise as expectations for U.S. Feds to raise interest rates is highly unlikely, China Purchasing Managers Index in contraction territory and Morgan Stanley warning forex traders that the worst is to come for the Dollar.

Nadir Thokan looks at South African trade balance numbers that came out on Friday, US GDP growth numbers that came out on Friday and the consequences of negative yielding debt....

Co-operative Governance Minister Des Van Royen and eight traditional leaders in the Vuwani area have signed an agreement under which government will start the process of re-determining the new municipality that will be established in Vhembe's boundaries two weeks after next week's election. The chiefs, for their part, have undertaken to restore normality in Vuwani. A three-month protest by residen...

As South Africans prepare for the local government elections next week, it appears some citizens are still to experience the benefits of the freedom won in 1994. In the town of Vredendal in the Matzikama District of the Western Cape, people speak freely about some places where black people may not venture. Even the infamous tot system is alive and well on some wine farms here. Joseph Mosia visited...

ACDP leader, Kenneth Meshoe has asked voters to vote for a party that promotes respect. Meshoe took his campaign to an old age home in Kraaifontein (outside Cape Town) where he told the elderly that his party is based on Christian moral values. He responded to DA and ANC statements that a vote for smaller parties is a wasted vote. Thandiswa Mawu reports...

The DA in the North West has successfully appealed the decision by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to disqualify two of its ward candidates from contesting next week's local government elections. The IEC said the party submitted the candidates' names after the closing date of the 2nd June. However, the DA argued that they followed all the correct procedures. Sisi Segalo reports...

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe says the former liberation war fighters behind a communiqué which labelled him a dictator will be found and punished. President Mugabe was reacting for the first time since the war veterans association of which he is patron, blamed him for worsening economy and poor human rights record in that country. Thousands of party supporters including war veterans,collaborat...

Confusion remains regarding who the rightful beneficiaries of the newly-built RDP Houses in Marikana West, outside Rustenburg in the North West, are. Mining giant, Lonmin, has for the first time revealed details regarding an agreement between the Rustenburg municipality and community leaders. Currently, the houses have been illegally and forcefully occupied by residents, including mine-workers. Lo...

Axed SABC journalists are expected to report back to work this morning (thursday 28 July). This comes after the SABC announced that it will reinstate the seven dismissed news employees. This has been widely welcomed by organisations which have been opposed to the journalists dismissal and the SABC's decision not to show visuals of protests. Tshepo Phagane reports.

Government has offered to help residents of Tembisa on Gauteng's East Rand whose houses were damaged on Tuesday's tornado. About 400 people have been displaced and a number of properties damaged, including the Phumlani shopping mall, a filling station and section of the Tembisa hospital. Several people were treated for injuries. Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Ekurhuleni mayor Mondli Gungubele v...

EFF leader Julius Malema has paid a visit to the tornado victims at Tembisa on the East Rand. Malema says he abandoned the community meeting that was scheduled there to avoid being labelled as opportunistic. However, he pledged help for those who lost their homes. Malema visited the East Rand on Wednesday calling for voters to give his 3-year-old party a chance. Senior Political Reporter Angela Bo...

An estimated 18 people have been killed or had attempts made on their lives in suspected political killings since the beginning of this year. This is according to Police Minister Nathi Nhleko. He briefed journalists in Parliament on the progress of a task team established to look into suspected political murders, particularly in KZN. In KwaZulu-Natal alone, the task team is investigating 25 cases...

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele plans to take legal action against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) following a decion by the regulator to auction a wireless broadband spectrum. The Democratic Alliance has written to Minister Cwele to urge him to halt his office's legal action saying the matter has been subjected to politically ins...

Solidarity's Dirk Hermann says they are disappointed with SABC's intention to appeal the labour court ruling that found the dismissal of four journalists unlawful. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Dirk Hermann

IEC in the North West, is on high-alert, following the torching of one of its voting stations in Wonderkop in Marikana. The Commission says, it is monitoring all areas, considered to be political hot-spots ahead of next weeks' polls. Make-shifts voting stations, in a form of tents and other alternatives, will be sent to those areas. Protesting residents in Wonderkop, torched a local hall, earmarke...

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says there would be a logistical nightmare if the local government election system were changed to allow voters to cast their ballots anywhere in the country if they are outside their voting districts on election day. This comes as media workers, police and health workers are required to work on election day, even if it is declared a public holiday. The I...

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is increasingly being targeted in political protest hotspots. That's accorrding to the Institute for Security Studies crime and justice hub manager, Lizette Lancaster. Lancaster was briefing a seminar on the causes of protests, focusing on violent protests. She says South Africans do not necessarily protest more than they did in the past‚ but they are pro...

The wife of late race car, Gugu Zulu - Letshego has thanked South Africa for the support and condolence messages. She unexpectedly took to the podium to express her gratitude yesterday (Tuesday 26 July) during Zulu's memorial service at the Kyalami Race Track in Midrand. The "Fastest Brother in Africa" died last week while attepting to summit Mount Kilimanjaro as part of the Trek4Mandela initiativ...

Government and community leaders in Vuwani in Limpopo have reached an agreement that will see schooling resume from next month. There's been no schooling for about three months in the area as residents protested against a decision to incorporate their area into a new municipality. More than 20 schools were either burnt or vandalised during the protests. For more on this we are joined on the line b...

The South African Union of Students says it is ready to go on a year-long holiday should government fail to introduce free education from next year. In January, a commission of inquiry into the feasibility free higher education was appointed and given eight months to conduct its investigations. The student body says it is not willing to engage in any talks with the commission if it does not promis...

Market Analyst Clive 'ntozabantu Ramathibela talks Asian shares declining as uncertainty grips the markets, emerging market stocks becoming main attraction in a post Brexit world, Yahoo core business acquisition by Verizon communication and JSE programming error misrepresent data....