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Western Cape residents warned of intense cold front...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/13

Western Cape Disaster Management has warned that the upcoming cold front could be the biggest storm that the province has been hit within recent times. This follows a warning by the South African Weather Services of an intense cold front that is expected to make landfall TODAY, bringing with it gale force winds of up to a 100 kilometres per hour. Storm surges and wave heights of up to 13-metres along the Northern and Southern coastline are expected, spreading to the Eastern Cape coastline later in

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4:13

THE WEEKEND VIEW PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON CHILD ABUSE

First Take SA ·

2020/07/12

News and Current Affairs show between 5 & 6 am on SAfm 104 to 107 anchored by Tsepiso Makwetla

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SOLOMZI NICHOLAS NQWENI ON ROAD TO RECOVERY

First Take SA ·

2020/07/12

News and Current Affairs show between 5 & 6 am on SAfm 104 to 107 anchored by Tsepiso Makwetla

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5:43

CRICKET ANALYST LUNGA KUPISO ON TRANSFORMATION IN SA...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/12

News and Current Affairs show between 5 & 6 am on SAfm 104 to 107 anchored by Tsepiso Makwetla

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2:04

More than 800 evictions have taken place since the...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/09

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) says more than 800 evictions have taken place since the country entered into the national coronavirus lockdown. The most recent of these cases involves Bulelani Qholani from Khayelitsha township in Cape Town. He was violently dragged out of his shack naked as the Cape Town Anti-Land Invasion unit demolished his shack. This resulted in a huge public outcry which brought into question the lack of dignity which goes with most evictions. Legal

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3:30

The Zondo Commission of Inquiry has spent about R700...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/09

The Zondo Commission of Inquiry investigating allegations of state capture has spent about 700 million rand since its inception in 2018. This was revealed by the Department of Justice during its briefing to the oversight committee yesterday (Wednesday) when it was presenting its budget. Acting Director-General, Adv JB Skosana says about 18 million rand per month is spent on investigations. Is this money well spent? Former chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) and

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4:34

Gauteng has officially overtaken the Western Cape as...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/09

Gauteng has officially overtaken the Western Cape as the epicentre in the country of the coronavirus pandemic with 75,015 cases compared with the Western Cape's 73,292. The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in SA is 224,665 with 8,810 new infections. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the COVID-19 storm that he's been warning South Africans about had arrived. Professor Wolfgang Preiser, the head of division of medical virology at the Department of Pathology at the University of

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4:17

More than five hundred workers at Media24, are likely...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/08

More than five hundred workers at industry giant, Media24, are likely to lose their jobs in the coming weeks. The company has announced that it is considering down-sizing, as a result of the impact of C0VID-19. The organisation says it could close five magazines and two newspapers and reduce the frequency of its remaining monthly magazines due to a drastic drop in sales since the start of the lockdown. They also intend moving two newspapers onto the digital platform. This as the SABC has also

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4:11

Some parents and learners concerned over Grades R, 6...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/06

Some parents and learners say it is not a good idea that Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga is phasing in more grades from today. They say with more learners going back to school, exposure to the coronavirus is very high. They say some schools do not have enough space to adhere to the COVID-19 regulations. Yesterday, Motshekga announced that grades R, 6 and 11 will go back to school. CEO of the Federation of School Governing Bodies of South Africa, Paul Colditz...

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4:39

The Gauteng government considers stricter enforcement...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/06

The Gauteng government convened a meeting over the weekend to draft proposals to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) to allow for stricter enforcement of lockdown regulations. This in an attempt to curb the soaring Covid-19 numbers in the province. The meeting came as the SA Medical Association, SAMA, claimed that Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg hospitals have the lowest number of Covid-19 beds available, a clear problem when considering Gauteng has recorded the second-highest infection rate

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3:02

Basic Education Department has blamed its failure to...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/03

The Basic Education Department has blamed its failure to provide meals to over nine million learners nationwide on logistics and lack of infrastructure. Equal Education approached the Pretoria High Court on an urgent basis to seek an order to compel government to provide meals to learners, regardless of whether they have returned to school or not. The programme which feeds nine million learners was suspended in March due to the lockdown. It resumed on June 8 when schools reopened, but Equal

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3:47

Gauteng Premier David Makhura calls for a harder...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/03

While President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans not to panic as COVID 19 infections rise rapidly -- some are calling for a return to higher levels of lockdown. South Africa has registered its highest number of infections to date within a 24-hour cycle. The number of confirmed cases has risen by over eight-thousand, bringing the national total to nearly 159-thousand-400. The number of COVID19-related fatalities stands at over two-thousand-700.

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2:23

Four unions at the South African Airways have agreed...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/03

Four unions at the South African Airways have agreed to sign the voluntary severance packages offered as part of the national carrier's business rescue process. The Department of Public Enterprises announced yesterday that the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), the National Transport Movement, the Aviation Union of Southern Africa, Solidarity and representatives of non-unionised staff, have expressed their readiness to sign the deal. However, three other unions have not

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4:43

Lack of accountability a serious driver of corruption...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/02

Auditor General Kimi Makwetu has pointed that only 20 of the country's 257 municipalities received clean audits. Makwetu has blamed municipalities failure to adhere to prescribed regulations for the increase in irregular spending.

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4:29

Medical general practitioners and private sector...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/02

As millions of South Africans continue to bear the brunt of the of the Covid-19 economic lockdown, many medical general practitioners and private sector specialists are also feeling the financial pressure as numbers of patients in their practices decline. This is due clients' fear of contacting the coronavirus and limitations on hospital admissions and surgical procedures. Major representative organisations of the medical profession together with Progressive Health Forum, have tabled a proposal for

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3:18

Municipalities lost 32-billion-rand in irregular...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/02

The Auditor General, Kimi Makwetu's report for 2018-19 has found that municipalities lost 32-billion-rand in irregular expenditure. This is an increase of 7-billion-Rand from the previous financial year. Makwetu says there continues to be a lack of financial management, accountability and wasteful spending among a number of municipalities in most the country's provinces. Makwetu was presenting the local government audit outcomes for 2018-19 in a virtual media briefing.

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3:01

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/02

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans not to panic and be alarmed by the rising number of Coronavirus infections in the country. He was speaking during the virtual Presidential Imbizo on the Covid-19 pandemic last night. The president interacted with communities across the country through over 80 community radio stations and some SABC platforms.

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3:07

Government, organised business and labour in...

First Take SA ·

2020/07/01

The Federation of Trade Unions says negotiations are underway between government, organised business and labour to extend the UIF Covid- 19 'temporary employer-employee relief scheme' which ended YESTERDAY. The Labour Department and the UIF had earlier pronounced that the scheme, which has been running three months, will not be extended beyond the June 30th deadline. The fund has so far paid out roughly 30 billion rand of the 40 billion budgeted to help workers affected by the Covid-19 crisis from

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6:50

PRASA resumes its train services today

First Take SA ·

2020/07/01

The Passenger Rail Agency, PRASA is expected to resume its train services today with strict capacity limitation and high hygiene standards. Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula says the train lines to resume operations include those in the Eastern Cape between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage, together with East London and Berlin. Four lines will open in Gauteng, including from Pienaarspoort down to Pretoria while in the Western Cape, the Southern line from Cape Town to Retreat shall take in

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