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5:10

Government to pay the 48 outstanding Marikana...

First Take SA ·

2022/08/11

The government will pay the 48 outstanding Marikana litigation by the end of this month - 10 years after the massacre. Solicitor General, Fhedzisani Pandelani says 48 cases are outstanding. Families of slain Marikana miners are suing the state and President Cyril Ramaphosa for a billion rand. Elvis Presslin spoke to Khuselwa Dyantyi, a Candidate Attorney at the Socio-economic Rights Institute, SERI, who is representing the 36 mine workers who were killed by police...

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2:19

ANC KZN's regional secretary arrested for allegedly...

First Take SA ·

2022/08/10

A high-ranking ANC official In KwaZulu-Natal has reportedly been arrested for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife. One of the ANC's regional secretaries reportedly assaulted his estranged wife reportedly with the help of his current girlfriend. Elvis Presslin spoke to ANC Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Secretary Bheki Mtolo...

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6:17

The Minister of International Relations and...

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2022/08/10

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr. Naledi Pandor, will today host her counterpart, Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava in Pretoria. The purpose of Minister Shava's visit to South Africa is to review progress made in implementing bilateral programmes between the two countries. The meeting will afford the ministers the opportunity to discuss pertinent bilateral issues, including immigration, and trade relations, among other things

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4:30

Twenty people have been arrested in Marabastad for...

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2022/08/10

Twenty people have been arrested in Marabastad, Pretoria for contravening immigration laws. The department of labour and home affairs raided the popular market on Monday in a joint operation following reports of criminal activities and lack of compliance with labour and immigration laws. Elvis Presslin spoke to Advocate Fikiswa Mncanca- Bede, Chief Director for Statutory and Advocacy Services at the Employment and Labour Department...

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3:57

Vote counting underway in Kenya wherein a new...

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2022/08/10

Millions of Kenyans yesterday came out to vote in the country's hotly contested presidential and legislative elections. By 4 pm yesterday the electoral commission announced that over twelve million Kenyans turned out to vote - This equates to at least over 50% of the total 22 million registered voters. Although there are four candidates, there are only two front runners in this presidential race; William Ruto, the self-proclaimed champion of Kenya's 'hustler nation' and Raila Odinga, who is hoping

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2:52

Calls for soldiers to be deployed to clamp down on...

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2022/08/05

Residents of Kagiso west of Johannesburg are calling on the government to deploy soldiers to clamp down on illegal mining operations in the Westrand. Yesterday disgruntled Kagiso residents took matters into their own hands by dismantling several illegal mining operations in the area. More than 20 illegal miners were caught and stripped naked by residents and rescued by Gauteng police before being severely beaten. Kagiso residents say police have failed them and that some are in the pockets of the

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4:38

Lesotho investigating allegations of Basotho...

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2022/08/05

Lesotho's Government says it is investigating allegations of its nationals committing crimes in South Africa. In an exclusive interview with SABC News, Chief of Staff of the Lesotho Defence Force, Major General Matela Matobakele, says they have been trying to negotiate with South African authorities to hand over the arrested illegal miners whom he says fled to South Africa after committing serious crimes in back Lesotho. This is as South African police keep a close eye on the situation in Kagiso on

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4:37

ACTION SA leader Herman Mashaba defends COJ MMC for...

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2022/08/05

Action SA leader Herman Mashaba has come to the defense of the City of Johannesburg MMC for Economic Development Nkululeko Mbundu after he was accused by the Department of Justice of inciting violence against Socio-Economic Rights Institute staff. This week, informal traders represented by the Social Economic Rights Institute (SERI) trading along De Villiers Street accused Mbundu of inciting violence against SERI's employees after he shared a press release with contact details of SERI staffers on

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3:49

AFRICA BRIEF with Victor Kgomoesoana

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2022/08/05

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, author of "Africa Is Open For Business" and "Africa Bounces Back". Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo

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5:50

Parties call on President Ramaphosa to be held...

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2022/08/04

Members of opposition political parties represented in the National Assembly say President Cyril Ramaphosa should be held accountable for the violation of laws pertaining to the theft on his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo, in which he was implicated. Yesterday the DA, EFF, IFP, ATM, UDM, and ACDP held a meeting in Johannesburg to consolidate and strengthen opposition parties' resolve and commitment to hold the Executive and the President accountable in regard to this matter. For more on this, Elvis

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2:44

Calls for Cope leader, Mosiuoa Lekota to step down

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2022/08/04

Members of the Congress of the People (COPE) Constituency Congress Committees in Gauteng have called for the party president, Mosiuoa Lekota, to step down. This was resolved in a July meeting addressing challenges of growth, rebuilding, and renewal in the party. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to COPE's Ekurhuleni Secretary Mxolisi Ntobela

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2:08

NPA freezes assets belonging to former Crime...

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2022/08/04

The National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit has frozen assets to the tune of R13 million belonging to former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and his co-accused. The move is connected to the Slush Fund corruption case. The restraint order granted by the Gauteng High Court last month was served on Mdluli, former Crime Intelligence supply chain manager Heine Barnard and former chief financial officer Solomon Lazarus. To further discuss this Elvis Presslin spoke to Investigative

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5:18

A Zimbabwean lawyer on the ruling that foreign...

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2022/08/03

Elvis Presslin spoke to Advocate Simba Chitando, a Zimbabwean lawyer, who does high-profile litigation and is registered to practice in South Africa about the ruling issued that foreign nationals without a permanent residence in South Africa will not be admitted and enrolled as practising or non-practising legal practitioners of the High Court

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3:56

Foreign nationals without permanent residence in SA...

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2022/08/03

Foreign nationals without a permanent residence in South Africa will not be admitted and enrolled as practicing or non-practicing legal practitioners of the High Court. This after the Constitutional Court upheld that certain sections of the Legal Practice Act were not unconstitutional to the extent that it prohibited non-citizens to be admitted and enrolled as legal practitioners. The applicants, Relebohile Rafoneke and Sefoboko Tsuinyane, two Lesotho nationals who obtained their respective law

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5:21

ANC to stage protest at the Krugersdorp Magistrate...

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2022/08/03

The African National Congress (ANC) will be staging a protest at the Krugersdorp Magistrate Court this morning. The party is calling for illegal mines to be shut down following an operation by the South African Police Services to track down illegal miners in Randfontein and Krugersdorp after eight women were brutally raped at an abandoned mine in the area. Over the past weekend, the ANC at its policy conference indicated that it wants tighter citizenship laws to keep out 'undeserving' foreigners and

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2:29

Tembisa residents complain about the high cost of living

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2022/08/03

The family of one of the four people who died during the Tembisa protest yesterday says they are devastated. They say Linda Shabalala was allegedly shot and killed by a police officer. He was shot at a house, a stone's throw away from a municipal property where several buildings and vehicles were torched. Shabalala's sister Beverly Masinga says the 52-year-old was standing inside the yard, where he was renting a room, recording the violence with his cellphone when a police officer allegedly shot him

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4:43

SACCAWU to picket at the Atteridgeville Magistrate...

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2022/08/03

The South African Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) will later today picket at the Atteridgeville Magistrate Court - to raise awareness about Gender-Based Violence within the retail and hospitality sectors. The workers union says thousands of workers (mainly female) in the wholesale, retail, and hospitality sectors are often subjected to harassment and violence by customers, managers, and communities in the line of duty. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spokt to the South African Catering

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5:17

Tembisa protests are a plot to destabilize DA-led...

First Take SA ·

2022/08/02

City of Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Tania Campbell says protests in Tembisa are a plot to destabilize the Democratic Alliance-led coalition. She was briefing members of the Tembisa Community Forum following violent service delivery protests that saw two people killed. Tembisa residents have accused the Mayor of failing to attend a community meeting last week Friday. A municipal building and several vehicles belonging to the City of Ekurhuleni have been torched by residents protesting over the cost of

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3:34

Babita Deokaran reportedly raised alarm on dubious...

First Take SA ·

2022/08/02

Gauteng Health whistle-blower Babita Deokaran reportedly raised the alarm on dubious payments from Tembisa Hospital to ANC Ekurhuleni leader Sello Sekhokho, several days before she was killed. Sekhokho allegedly had three companies supplying medical equipment at vastly inflated prices to the hospital. Deokaran reportedly spoke to provincial Health CFO Lerato Madyo about her concerns and Madyo said that the matter would be escalated for investigation - But this reportedly never happened. To discuss

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3:23

AFRICA BRIEF with Victor Kgomoesoana

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2022/08/02

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