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South Africa is being denied the opportunity to send its best team to the Rugby World Cup 2015 due to political interference. This is according to the Freedom Front Plus who is now appealing to the British government to take urgent note of alleged political interference in sport in the country. Freedom Front Plus' parliamentary spokesperson on sport, Advocate Anton Alberts, says this type of inter...

Family of the man who allegedly killed his wife with a live grenade and that of the deceased, shocked by incident at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. These two families visited the home of the two where the crime took place. Qiniso Mbili reports

A startling allegations of securitisation fraud by the Big Four banks has been revealed. According to Banking Law Advisor's Advocate Douglas Shaw, banks have been deceiving home owners as if they are still the registered bond owners, when in fact they are not. This allows them to collect mortgage bond payments on behalf of the new owners and take judgment against defaulting borrowers, neither of w...

The South African Communist Party has urged government to scale up its re-industrialisation efforts in order to spur economic growth. This is part of its resolutions taken at the end of its Central Executive meeting in Johannesburg. The two day meeting focussed mainly on the struggling economy and the weaker rand. SACP General Secretary Blade Nzimande says the economy needs to be industrialised wi...

Market Analyst at 27Four investments Nadir Thokan looks at the impact of the Chinese turmoil on the Federal Reserve, looks at Naspers and current and current account data is coming out of SA today.

Markets analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian currencies set for Biggest monthly decline in three years, Japan Stocks Fall, Extending Biggest Monthly Loss Since 2012 and SA's imposes tariffs in steel imports

North West University in Mahikeng, was a hive of political activities this past weekend. Both EFF Student Command and ANC Progressive Youth Alliance held election campaigns ahead of the much anticipated SRC elections to be held this morning. The campaign saw the country's political bigwigs attending the campaigns in a bid to woo students to vote for their respective organisations. Lucas Mothibedi...

South African can breathe a sigh of relief in terms of load shedding. President Jacob Zuma officially opened one of six generating units at Medupi Power Station in Lephalale, Limpopo. The commercial operation of Unit 6 of the Medupi power station will add 800 megawatts to the country's strained electricity grid. For more on this we're now joined on the line by Eskom's spokesperson,Khulu Phasiwe

Eastern Cape Premier, Phumulo Masualle, has promised that his government will assist the affected families who lost their loved ones in two gruesome road accidents in the province this weekend. A total of 46 passengers have perished in two separate road accidents that happened at Cradock, where a taxi overturned killing nine people, as well as in Willowvale where a bus plunged into a cliff killing...

Parents who fail to act against children who are absent from school for no reason, should be arrested for irresponsible and reckless parenting. This is according to the Executive Chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Yershen Pillay. He wrote an article titled "Arrest parents of serial offenders" - which highlighted the importance of shared responsibility for the quality educ...

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The Municipal Demarcation Board has concluded its resolutions for the determination and re-determination of certain municipal boundaries. 23 per cent of the 32 cases have been concluded. This follows a request by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Pravin Gordhan with an aim to make certain municipalities more sustainable and financially viable. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to...

President Jacob Zuma has committed his cabinet and government to respect the independence of the judiciary and to enforce court orders issued against the state. He was speaking after an unprecedented meeting with the judiciary at the Union Building last night. The judiciary requested the meeting a month ago to discuss what it called unfair attacks on the courts. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo I...

Municipal Demarcation Board is sticking to it's guns regarding newly revised municipalities and wards boundaries. The board handed over the new boundaries to the Independent Electoral Commission in Pretoria. This is to allow IEC to prepare for next year's local government elections. The board's decision on new municipal boundaries has been met with fierce objections. Maluti Obuseng / Dineo Sekgara...

Constant criticism of the Judiciary and authority of the courts by the Executive undermines the country's justice system and erodes public confidence, this is according to former NPA boss, Vusi Pikoli. He made the comments at the ninth annual Helen Joseph Lecture on "An Independent Judiciary" at the University of Johannesburg. The lecture coincidentally fell on the same day Chief Justice Mogoeng M...

Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu's, doctors are pleased with his progress in a Cape Town hospital. The Arch, as he is affectionately known, was hospitalised more than a week ago. Addressing a media briefing in Cape Town, his daughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu, said her father was halfway through his intravenous treatment. Berenice Moss reports

Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Jacob Mamabolo has conceded that the current process used by the department for housing applications and issuing of tittle deeds is not reliable and is also open to manipulation and corruption. Many people in Gauteng have complained that they've been allocated houses but their houses are occupied by other people. And in some instances people who recently registered fo...

Government is considering the use of sea water for human consumption. This is aimed at alleviating the strain on the country's stretched water resources. The minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane made this annoucement at World Water conference in Stockholm Sweden. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the spokesperson for the department of Water and Sanitation, Mlimandlela Ndamase

1. Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for July was released yesterday and at 3.3% it's quite a bit lower than both the June reading of 3.7%, but also than what was expected. Surely this is good news for the economy and especially for the consumer? 2. So I guess it is really that number of 12.2% increase for water and electricity that is of concern. Earlier in the week we spoke about the impact that th...

Higher Education and Training concerned about situation at Stellenbosch University following the release of a 32 minutes documentary where black students recount incidents of racial prejudice within the university and the town. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo this morning Khaye Nkwanyana, spokesperson for the Department of Higher Education said, there is nothing wrong with dual education, but Afrikaan...

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Portfolio Committee on Public Works expressed satisfaction with the level of engagement and submissions received on the Expropriation Bill. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Chairperson of the portfolio committe on public works , Ben Martins

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir signed a peace and power sharing deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month civil war in the country. Kiir however told regional leaders, who were in Juba to witness the signing, that he had serious reservations. Kiir signed the deal a day after threats of United Nations sanctions. Rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar signed the accord last week in Ethiopia. Sakina Kamwendo spo...

President Jacob Zuma will attempt to heal the rifts between the ANC government and the judiciary when the two arms of state meet today. The meeting was requested by the judiciary last month to discuss, what they called, unfair attacks on the courts. The unprecedented meeting has been described by analysts as a bold move. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng looks back at what has precipitated...

Several students were injured after the EFF and SASCO student representatives clashed. The students pelted each other with stones on the Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria West campus. The violence erupted while the Economic Freedom Fighter's leader, Julius Malema, addressed students, ahead of SRC elections tomorrow. TUT management condemned the violence. Maluti Obuseng reports