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We now get an update on what has been happening at Wits University .... yesterday the university's main campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, came to a standstill as students protested against what they maintain are exorbitant tuition and residence fee increases for 2016. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Wits University Spokesperson, Shirona Patel

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At least two people are confirmed to have died after a temporary scaffolding structure collapsed in Sandton yesterday. The structure was used as a bridge for cyclists and pedestrians over the busy M1 highway. The collapse of the bridge comes as the City of Johannesburg is promoting the Ecomobility World Festival which encouraged motorists to park their cars, cycle, walk and use public transport to...

National Police Commissioner, General Riah Phiyega, has been suspended with immediate effect. Her suspension follows recommendations by a Board of Inquiry into allegations of misconduct, her fitness to hold office and her capacity to execute official duties efficiently. Phiyega has been under fire for the police shooting of 34 miners at Marikana in 2012. Let's take a look back to the 15 June 2012...

ANC in the Northern Cape says they will have a Provincial Executive Committee meeting tomorrow, to map out the way forward regarding the future of the party's chairperson John Block. Block, together with the director of Trifecta, Christo Scholtz, were found guilty of fraud, corruption and money laundering by the Kimberley High Court. The ANC's Deputy Secretary Alvin Botes was acquitted of all char...

Judgment has been reserved in the case brought by the DA to have the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the permanent COO of the SABC declared irrational. Judge Dennis Davis says he will take some time to rule on the matter. The DA says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi acted illegally in appointing Motsoeneng, despite the findings of the Public Protector that he had lied about his qualifica...

The National Police Commissioner, General Riah Phiyega, has been suspended with immediate effect. Her suspension follows recommendations by a Board of Inquiry into allegations of misconduct, her fitness to hold office and her capacity to execute official duties efficiently. Phiyega has been under fire for the police shooting of 34 miners at Marikana in 2012. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Marikana Defen...

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Motorist and commuters are urged to avoid the M1 this morning as the highway is closed. This comes after the collapse of a bridge on the M1/Grayston interchange. At least two people are confirmed dead and 20 injured. Sakina speaks to Murry & Roberts CEO Henry Laas

Two weeks after he was kicked out of his home, a Western Cape farm labourer, will know this morning if he and his family can go back to the farm on which he had lived for 23 years. The Constitutional Court will deliver judgement in an interim relief application. Karel Snyders approached the highest court in the land on an urgent basis after he and his family were evicted on the first of this month...

Cape Town High Court Judge Dennis Davis has questioned how Communications Minister Faith Muthambi could appoint Hlaudi Motsoeneng as permanent SABC COO even though he admitted to being dishonest. Davis is hearing the case brought by the DA to declare Muthambi's appointment of Motsoeneng irrational. Joseph Mosia reports...

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To get a reaction from the Commission for Gender Equality, Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Javu Baloyi, Spokesperson for the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE).

A new controversial painting by Artist, Ayanda Mabulu has set tongues wagging. In it, Mabulu depicts President Jacob Zuma and a young woman in a fallacious position. Its further shows the woman in another sexual position at the same time with a man dressed in old colonial garb. For the artist, the work defines our current political situation. It's a metaphor for his opinion that the country is bei...

SABMiller - the global beer giant founded in South Africa - has accepted "in principle" a new takeover bid from rival brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev. SABMiller had rejected previous offers, claiming that they "very substantially" undervalued the company. Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports

The world's two largest brewing groups are merging. British brewer SABMiller is to be taken over by the Belgian-Brazilian group Anheuser-Busch InBev, making it the one of the world's biggest takeovers. This move has been received with mixed reactions from many South Africans. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Fawu's General Secretary Katishi Masemola...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) says South Africa will still be held accountable for not handing over Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir - even if it decides to remove its signature from the court. It comes after Obed Bapela, deputy minister in the South African Presidency, says the African National Congress is making preparations to withdraw from the Rome Statute. Jack Parrock reports.

The KwaZulu-Natal Standing Committee on Public Accounts has criticised the provincial Department of Education for not doing enough to recover salaries that have been paid to educators who faked their qualifications. Provincial Education Head of Department - Dr Nkosinathi Sishi - says more educators are being arrested in various schools for fraudulent qualifications on a monthly basis. Sishi and a...

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A deceased Northern Cape politician has come in for scathing attack in a high-profile fraud trial in the Kimberley High Court. Yolanda Botha, who died in December last year, was accused in the fraud and corruption trial involving Northern Cape ANC Chairperson John Block. Delivering her judgement, Judge Mathebe Phatshoane said Botha was drifting towards becoming a law unto herself. Our reporters Se...

Northern Cape Judge Mmathebe Phatsoane is expected to start delivering her judgement today in the case involving Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block, deputy secretary Alvin Botes and Trifecta director Christo Scholtz. The judgement was originally set to be delivered in Junebut was postponed because Judge Phatsoane was not ready. Block, Botes and Scholtz are accused of fraud, corruption and mo...

A recent study on role of women in peace making has shown that women have a more meaningful role in global conflict management. The report, presented by the UN-WOMEN in new york, indicates that peace is sustained where women participated in peace talks missions. It also reveals that countries are more resilient to conflicts and extremism when gender equality is prioritized. Sherwin Bryce-Pease rep...

Department of Land Affairs and Rural Development is to review the controversial Ingonyama Trust Act in KwaZulu-Natal with the aim of ensuring that people on tribal land fully benefit from it. The Act established the Ingonyama Trust which administers about 2.8 million hectares of land in the province under traditional authority. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini is the chair of the Trust. The issue was...

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has raised its concerns over illegal fishing in the country. It says the practice is out of control and requires coordinated global effort with law enforcements agencies to restrain it. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the department's Chief Director of compliance Ceba Mthoba....

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