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16:58

Prasa: We have a recovery plan, Experts:We have heard...

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2021/05/24

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) says it has assessed the extent of vandalism of its infrastructure across the country and has instituted a recovery plan, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has joined PRASA Management in visiting some of the damaged stations in and around Johannesburg and to provide details of the recovery plan. We also spoke to Prof. Jackie Walters, Director for the Institute for Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) Africa @ the University of Johannesburg

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10:58

By-Elections Update

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2021/05/20

The ANC has retained 27 of the 40 wards it contested in yesterday's by-elections. The governing party has also lost one ward and won three new wards. The DA which contested ten wards, has retained six wards but lost four, while the Patriotic Alliance has won two new wards. The IFP has retained one ward and won another. The Better Residents Association in Mpumalanga has lost a ward. According to the IEC the average turnout of the by-elections was 31-point-94 per cent. We spoke to Wayne Sussman an

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6:23

International Committee of the Red Cross:...

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2021/05/13

At least sixty seven Palestinian including children have been killed since Monday. Heavy Israeli air strike and Palestinian rocket fire have continued through the night. The Israeli military says it is targeting Gaza including intelligence buildings, a bank and the Hamas navy squad. Palestinian militants have launched ways of rockets towards Israeli cities. Suhair Zakkout is the Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza and she gives us this update from Gaza

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10:22

Israel-Palestinians: What's at the heart of the issue?

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2021/05/12

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Cape Town says it is formulating a Parliamentary Bill to force the South African government to implement sanctions against Israel. This as conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate.Meanwhile, the Pro-Palestine protest is continuing in Cape Town against the continued clashes in the Middle East. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) is leading the march with various other organisations and some political parties to mark the end of Ramadaan. We spoke to our

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54:13

Modjadji Royal Council: We have never said Princess...

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2021/05/11

The Modjadji Royal Council in Limpopo has veered off from the long held history of matrilineal lineage by appointing a male leader. The Balobedu nation has not had a male monarch in 200 years. Balobedu are known to be led by Modjadji queens who are famous for rainmaking customs. The royal council has appointed the late Queen Makobo Modjadji's son, Lekukela, as the king of Balobedu people. It was anticipated that Masalanabo, currently aged 16, would be ascend the queenship when she reaches 18. We

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3:56

Is there a rift between Cele and Sitole?

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2021/05/06

National police commissioner General Khehla Sitole received a tongue lashing from police minister Bheki Cele yesterday. In a letter demanding a retraction of appointments of senior managers by Sitole, Cele was critical of the commissioner for effectively defying him and going over his head. The commissioner was given until 4pm yesterday to retract the appointments.We spoke to Head of Justice and Violence Prevention @ The Institute for Security Studies, Gareth Newham.

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14:56

NSFAS explains R50.1 billion irregular expenditure...

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2021/05/06

It has emerged in the Auditor General's findings on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme's (NSFAS) annual report that the entity allegedly incurred R50.1 billion in irregular expenditure and that "ghost students" had allegedly received funding. According to the NSFAS 2019/20 annual report there were some 440-thousand "irregular" student records that had been picked up and an undisclosed number of "ghost students" had been funded. We spoke to NSFAS Spokesperson, Kagisho Mamabolo

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8:43

Analysis on the tit-for-tat suspensions at the ANC

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2021/05/06

The Head of ANC Presidency, Sibongile Besani, says the suspension of the ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule is a decision of the party's national executive committee (NEC) to fight corruption and also unite it. On the other hand suspended Magashule wrote a letter to party President Cyril Ramaphosa, suspending him. In a letter circulating on social media last night, Magashule says he used powers vested in him to subsequently suspend the president. We spoke to Political Analyst, Sanusha Naidu.

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10:31

Energy company suspects fowl play in tender award

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2021/05/04

DNG Power, a South African company to develop liquefied natural gas facilities is objecting to its disqualification in South Africa's emergency power tender. It's alleging wrongdoing, following government decision to award to eight companies to alleviate power shortages. DNG Power has taken legal action to have the government's award of emergency power generation contracts halted….We spoke to Aldworth Mbalati, the founder and chief executive of DNG Power Holdings.

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10:37

SAPS DNA Backlog continues to haunt families who...

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2021/04/26

Following SABC's expose' of families of rape survivors complaining that backlogs in the processing of DNA evidence samples are preventing justice from taking its course, the police have now come forth to respond. South African Police Service’s spokesperson, Brigadier Vish Naidoo says there is light at the end of the tunnel regarding DNA backlogs

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6:18

Primary School teacher confronts bullying head on

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2021/04/26

It's an issue that cannot be taken lightly. Bullying and prejudice have damaging effects on victims and their families. An adult who has suffered humiliation has made an impassioned plea to authorities to urgently deal with the scourge. Primary school teacher Mpho Mawela is, what she calls herself, a plus-size mother. The 32-year was bullied as a child, and she's still being body-shamed. Our repoerter Molebogeng Gulwako has more …

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5:27

DNA Backlogs in the way of justice

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2021/04/23

Families of rape survivors say backlogs in the processing of DNA evidence samples are preventing justice from taking its course. Police management told Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police recently that backlogs at the National Forensic Science Laboratory stood at over 173-thousand cases. Experts say this poses a serious challenge for the administration of justice. Our reporter Tshepo Phagane filed this report.

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8:25

Upsurge in Covid-19 cases in FS, NW AND NW

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2021/04/23

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it has noted an upsurge in Covid-19 cases in the Northern Cape, North West and Free State Provinces. Senior Epidemiologist at the NICD, Dr Harry Moultrie says NICD is working with the respective provinces to ascertain whether the rise in cases can be attributed to cluster outbreaks.

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11:13

SITA cracks down on irregular ICT deals

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2021/04/22

The National Development Plan 2030 emphasizes that the use of digital communications has the ability to change society and is a powerful means of fostering social inclusion. But, in recent times - it is in this particular space that government seems to experience challenges. Some of these include questionable procurement of ICT services by government departments to long queues at government departments, like the Home Affairs - caused at most by failing and crashing computer systems. We spoke to

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16:13

Energy procurement deals on the spotlight

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2021/04/21

South Africa has struck a R218 billion energy deal with Turkish company Karpowership to provide South Africa with power from Ships. The three floating power stations - which use Liquefied Natural Gas to produce electricity - are expected to dock at Saldanha, Richards Bay and Gqeberha towards the second half of next year. The Dept. of Mineral Resources and Energy has however acknowledged that Karpowership, which will supply 450 megawatts of electricity from gas, does not meet the local content

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10:31

SASSA explains payment delays for March COVID-19 grant

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2021/04/20

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it has encountered payment delays for March and April COVID-19 grant. SASSA says this due to the transition in government financial years. The end of March is the end of the financial year for government and various administrative tasks are required before any payments which relate to the previous financial year can be made. We spoke to Paseka Letsatsi, SASSA Spokesperson.

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6:49

Oracle divorces Eskom

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2021/04/20

Power utility Eskom is urgently seeking new providers of technical support after Oracle Corp.'s South African unit withdrew its services over a payment dispute. The state power utility has been in a disagreement with Oracle, which initially claimed Eskom underpaid it by about R7.3 billion, before reducing the amount to R380 million. Eskom is only prepared to pay R166 million. Eskom earlier this month lost a court bid to compel Oracle to continue providing services until April 2022. We spoke to

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6:02

VBS Mutual Bank claiming deadline looms

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2021/04/19

Former VBS Mutual Bank retail account holders have until July 8 to collect up to R100,000 at any Nedbank branch. 8TH July 2021 is the date when the agreement between the liquidator, the Prudential Authority and Nedbank is due to end. In terms of the agreement which was concluded in 2018, depositors were guaranteed up to R100 000 per depositor and had three years to collect their money. Retail depositors include individuals, burial societies, stokvels and saving clubs’ deposits in VBS. The guarantee

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17:05

SA Post Office issues on the spotlight

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2021/04/15

The Communications Worker's Union (CWU) says issues facing the South African Post Office (SAPO) include Structural Organisation, Industry regulation and Governance. The union also says that it is very strange top executives at SAPO do not last very long in their positions. Just recently (in January this year) the union says it was shocked and disturbed by the resignation of the Post Office's CFO just three months into the job. Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts is also concerned by

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7:17

Mentally ill Soweto woman accused of witchcraft dies...

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2021/04/09

A Soweto family is still traumatized after the horrific death of their mother, Jostina Sangweni who had dementia. She was attacked and burnt by community members on Friday while she was apparently on her way to consult with her spiritual healer. A video of the attack in which the voices of men insulting her can be heard, went viral on social media over the weekend. The family says she was attacked because she was wearing a traditional healer's attire and the community believed she was a witch. We

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