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Five people have been arrested in connection with a massacre of six family members in Ceza near uLundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The incident has shocked the community. Earlier this year, the area saw another killing of six people allegedly over the selling of cattle. Locals say they believe the latest incident was also linked to cattle theft. Vusi Khumalo visited the area and filed this report.....

Protesters have set alight two houses belonging to a community leader in Masakona village outside Vuwani in Limpopo. This comes after protesting residents accused him of being in favour of a newly-demarcated municipality that will see the merger of Vuwani and Malamulele. Forty-three out of 57 voter's registration centres were opened in LIM-345, the interim name for Malamulele and Vuwani. Witness T...

Waste management company Pikitup confirms that the strike is finally over. The commission for conciliation, mediation and arbitration CCMA has also confirmed that it successfully facilitated the settlement agreement. All parties involved are committed to quickly dealing with the waste backlog. Bongi Gwala spoke to Pikitup's Spokesperson Jacky Mashapu....

1. Credit ratings agencies and the threat of a potential downgrade for South Africa remain in the headlines, thanks to widely-reported comments by S&P last week. What were the main messages from them? 2. You speak of rising debt-servicing costs in the event of a sovereign credit rating downgrade. How significant then is the announcement that came out on Friday that Treasury had successfully placed...

Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a swipe at religious leaders who are criticising government, saying they should rather pray for the government. This week a delegation of church leaders refused to back down over calls for President Jacob Zuma to resign following the Nkandla scandal. Ramaphosa addressed a church service at Mahwelereng in Limpopo. He was in the area to encourage people to...

The Public Protector has appeared before parliament for the first time after the Constitutional Court ruling that confirmed that her remedial actions are binding. Last year she received a hostile reception at the committee, especially from ANC members. Today opposition parties demanded that the committee apologise to her. But the ANC was adamant there was no need to apologise. Joseph Mosia reports...

Traditional leaders say they have partnered with different universities in the continent and abroad to ensure that all cultural practices are consistent with the constitution. This came out in their meeting with President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, yesterday. The meeting was called to discuss the president's address to the National House of Traditional Leaders earlier this year. Ntebo Mokobo reports.

Vantage Gold Fields that owns Lily gold mine in Lows Creek near Barberton has been placed under business rescue. Vantage Gold Fields has been struggling to source funds to assist to drill a new shaft at Lilly gold mine that will help gain access to where its three workers have been trapped two months ago, following a collapse. Vusi Twala reports…

Trade union, Cosatu, has called on the City of Johanneburg's Municipal Manager to intervene in the Pikitup strike. More than 4-thousand SAMWU members downed tools five weeks ago demanding parity pay and the resignation of MD Amanda Nair amongst other things. Noma Bolani reports...

1. Emerging markets snapped two days of losses after oil surged and minutes of last month's Federal Reserve meeting reaffirmed its gradual approach to raising interest rates 2. Fed's Global Concern Signals Barriers to Next Rate Increase 3. Thursday investment theme: The market has become hypersensitive to any sign of weakness in global economic growth

ANC secretary general, Gwede Mantashe says they are sending members of the NEC to meet with branches around the country to engage them on the Constitutional Court judgement on Nkandla. This follows a call by the Sefako Makgato branch in Johannesburg for President Jacob Zuma to step down or face disciplinary action. Bongi Gwala spoke to Secretary General of the African National Congress.

CIVIL organisations are planning mass mobilisation around the country to pressurise President Jacob Zuma to resign. The Unite Against Corruption movement led by some ANC veterans, lchurch leaders, activists, former judges and activists are pushing for President Zuma to be removed from office following a Constitutional Court judgement found that he failed to uphold respect and defend the Constituti...

The next local government Elections will be held in 17 weeks' time. President Jacob Zuma has announced August the third as the date when local elections will take place. In his statement, the President also encouraged the youth who would be voting for the first time, to register for the local elections during IEC's registration weekend. Bongi Gwala spoke to the Chief Electoral Officer of the IEC,...

The city of Johannesburg says it cannot afford to pay ten thousands rand per worker. The South African Municipal Workers Union demands a salary adjustment of up to 10-thousand rand. They also demand that the MD of PIKITUP, Amanda Nair to be removed. The city also says even if they can agree on offer - the sanctions against employees who embarked on an illegal strike will remain. The strike has now...

1. FOMC minutes 2. The impact of food inflation on the consumer 3. The impact of global growth on asset class returns

ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang has backed the initiative taken by the ANC's Sefako Makgatho branch in Johannesburg calling on President Jacob Zuma to step down or face a disciplinary action. This is as civil organisations are planning mass mobilisation around the country to pressure President Zuma to resign. The move follows Constitutional Court judgement found that he failed to uphold, respect and de...

The Reserve Bank says the only way to stop increasing prices is for them to continue raising interest rates. The bank says it is doing this in order to keep inflation in check. With interest rates, fuel and food going up, unions and employers are going to be faced with challenges when it comes to salary negotiations. Bongi Gwala spoke to Inside Labour columnist at Fin24 and City Press, Terry Bell.

1. Asia's top private banks posted their first drop in assets under management 2. Emerging-market stocks fell to a three-week low as declines in Taiwan and China offset gains elsewhere in Asia amid higher oil prices 3. Is the Virgin America Name Worth Keeping?

Legal experts have dismissed President Jacob Zuma's interpretation of the constitutional court ruling. The presidency issued a statement on what it calls correction of media reports on last week's landmark ruling. It says the highest court of the land court did not find that he violated his oath of office. Senior Political Reporter Angela Bolowana reports.

President Jacob Zuma has survived yet another attempt by opposition parties to have him removed from office. The ANC easily defeated the motion brought by DA leader Mmusi Maimane to have Zuma removed from office following the Constitutional Court finding that he had failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution. To unpack this Bongi Gwala spoke to policy and political analyst at UNISA Prof...

President Jacob Zuma has survived yet another attempt by opposition parties to have him removed from office. The ANC easily defeated the motion brought by DA leader Mmusi Maimane to have Zuma removed from office following the Constitutional Court finding that he had failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution. The ANC maintains that it accepts the President's apology and that he had in f...

TB suffers could soon have access to a so called ground-breaking drug Sirturo, also known as Bedaquiline. Researchers of this drug might be more readily available in the next few years. Bedaquiline is said to be the first of its kind to kill bacteria in a different way. Bongi Gwala spoke to Prof Harry Hausler, Chief Executive Officer of the TB/HIV Care Association

1. The close link betweeen listed property and bonds 2. European PMI numbers coming out today 3. FOMC minutes coming out tonight

The Financial Services Board says the Panama paper leaks will be scruitinised with the possibility of re-investigating the Fidentia missing funds. Curators managed to recover about 200million-rand of the one pont two billion rand that was misappropriated from the Lvings Hands Umbrella Trsut fund by the asset management company, Fidentia. The Panama records fingered Fidentia as having off shore acc...

African People's Convention Leader Themba Godi has confirmed that he voted against the DA motion to remove president Jacob Zuma from office. All the opposition parties that supported the motion says they will approach the constitutional court to get clarity on section 89 of the constitution. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent report.............