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Congregants of the St Martin Lutheran church in Kimberley in the Northern Cape have taken to the streets in a march against the embezzlement of church funds. Over one hundred church members marched in the rain to stop what they call the victimization of whistle blowers in the church. The missing church funds are linked to the 40-million-rand that the national office of the church cannot account fo...

Dr. Nkosozana Dlamini- Zuma is stepping down as the chairperson of the African Union Commission, after serving four and a half years. Her position is among those, which will be hotly contested during the African Union commission elections due at the end of this month. Sarah Kimani takes a look at her legacy and those in the running to succeed her.

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Markets as they hover in the negative and the dollar weakening due to uncertainty in US economy, Trump expected to cut 75% of regulations for easier access to business and tourism numbers in South Africa reach highs last seen 9 years ago in the festive season...

Statistician General Pali Lehohla has told the Fees Commission that free higher education is possible with proper planning. In his presentation, Lehohla told the commission that problems facing the education system had a historical background and that apartheid was to blame. Lehohla says the Bantu education system, coupled with economic deprivation makes it difficult for the majority of black peop...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has paid 1.3 billion rand in registration fees to universities on behalf of deserving students. The organisation says 78-thousand new students have been approved to study this year and they are expecting to fund over 450-thousand students in total. Angela Bolowana reports...

The Economic Freedom Fighters says it is now looking at alternatives to try and find a way to save the Public Protectors office. The party says advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane is only interested in protecting the interests of the state. Mkhwebane took over the Public Protector's office in November last year, after Thuli Madonsela served for 7 years. The party announced this during it's media briefing...

The Principal of Manyano Primary School at Mhluzi township of Middelburg in Mpumalanga, accused of assaulting 14 year-old Siphamandla Choma leaving him wheelchair bound, has been suspended. This follows an investigation conducted by the provincial department of Education on the alleged assault of the learner whom he accused of stealing 150 Rand. Spokesperson Jasper Zwane says this seeks to send a...

AB InBev Africa and SAB seem to be backing down from the perpetual commitment they made when they merged last year. One of the conditions of the merger was an undertaking by AB InBev that this merger will not result in any retrenchments in South Africa. AB InBev Africa and SAB have confirmed that a voluntary severance process has been instituted. The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), had previ...

The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has threatened to shut down the University of Pretoria after the university asked students with pending criminal cases to motivate why they should be allowed to re-register for the 2017 academic year. A number of students were arrested at the university last year during violent fees must fall protests. We are now joined on the line by SAUS general secreta...

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says it is concerned about some statements made by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi regarding the uptake of posts by doctors. Last week the health minister held a briefing to address the issue of unemployed doctors and interns, following complaints by the Junior Doctors Association and the Pharmaceutical Society group. During the briefing Motsoaledi sai...

The National Union of Mineworkers, NUM says it will meet with AngloGold Ashanti today (Monday) to discuss the mining giant's plans to shed jobs. Ashanti Gold has notified the union of its plans to dismiss over 800 workers. For more on this we are joined on the line by National Union of Mineworkers spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu

The SACP in the North West says the ANC is not a one-family or clan organisation. This is according to the SACP provincial secretary Madoda Sambatha. The SACP has also warned that the presidency of the ANC must not be decided based on gender. This is the opposite to the position of the ANC Women's League, which says Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma must lead the party after its 54th congress in December....

A 14-year-old boy from Mhluzi township in Middelburg in Mpumalanga is now paralyzed after allegedly being assaulted by his school principal for stealing R150. Siphamandla Choma can't walk or do anything for himself as he is now wheelchair bound. The Grade 4 learner has not been at school since the incident happened last year. He told SABC News that Manyano Primary School principal allegedly assaul...

Mohammed Nalla, Head of Strategic Research team at Nedbank CIB looks at how the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president affected markets, Rand stronger as dollar weakens in Asian trade and focus this week on the South African Reserve Bank on Monetary Policy Committee this week which is expected to keep the rates unchanged.

US President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States today. Trump's spokesperson Sean Spicer says the inaugural address will be a personal and philosophical one that lays out how he sees America, rather than push his agenda as president. As per tradition, after taking the oath of office on Friday at noon Trump will deliver his speech outdoors from a stage...

The new Gambian president Adama Barrow has been sworn in to office away from home in Senegal. The incumbent Yahya Jammeh refuses to go despite threat of military intervention. Barrow won an election last year December. Meanwhile Human Rights Watch has condemmed Jammeh for declaring state of emergency in the Gambia. For more we're now joined on the line by the Human Rights Watch West Africa researc...

Acting national police commissioner, Khomotso Phahlane is threatening to sue the Independent Police Investigative Directorate after a raid on his home in an estate north of Pretoria. He accuses the police watchdog of humiliating him by tipping off the media about yesterday's raid. In a statement, the Acting National Commissioner says he will continue to respect and fully cooperate with any authori...

Last year on the ForumAt8 we aired the horrific story of more than 3 000 under-age girls who fell pregnant at Ratlou municipality in the North West Province. Some of the girls were as young as 12 years old at the time. We spoke to the Deputy Minister of social development Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu who indicated that she was in the process of opening cases against the perpetrators

Donald Trump is to be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America tomorrow (Friday). But amid controversy around his legitimacy as the next president, a growing number of people have vowed to boycott his inauguration. Democratic lawmakers, celebrities and musicians are among those who have announced they will skip the event. To look at what we can expect on the day, we speak...

Power utility Eskom says it will continue to cut electricity to municipalities in the North West with outstanding debts. Eskom will cut power daily between six and eight in the morning and five and half past seven in the evening. Only three municipalities in the province 0 Ditsobotla, Mamusa and Tlokwe-Ventersdorp 405 - have settled their debts. Naledi, Kgetlheng River and Lekwa-Teemane municipali...

The Ad Hoc Committee probing the SABC affairs resumes this morning to start deliberation of its draft document. The Committee is also expected to decide on whether to accede to the UDM's request to invite Hlaudi Motsoeneng to testify during the inquiry. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more

Jana van Deventer, Head of Real Time Research at ETM Analytics looks at both the December CPI and November retail sales data released yesterday and the European Central Bank's decision on interest rates and monetary policy is the main global event for today.

The 39 year old man accused of raping a 12 year old girl from Port Elizabeth, has been granted a two thousand rands bail by the Motherwell Magistrate's Court. It's alleged that the suspect sexually abused the victim twice last year and this was discovered when the victim fell pregnant. During the bail application the accused said the complainant allegedly seduced him in May last year and they have...

Higher Education and Training department is clamping down on unregistered colleges. About 60 bogus schools have so far been shut down, within the past five years. The Department in conjunction with the Council on Higher Education (CHE) have collaborated with the National Taxi Association to help them spread the word on colleges that are operating illegally. The latest incident was of a college tha...

Government will work with provinces and municipalities to help them deal with their unpaid Eskom accounts. This is according to Tsakani Baloyi, the Spokesperson for the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. In a statement, the Department says they despite numerous interventions, some municipalities continue to default from an agreement they entered into with Eskom. The Mini...