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Minimum Wage commencement date set to be announced

First Take SA ·

2018/12/07

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today announce the effective date for the implementation of the National Minimum Wage at a ceremony with relevant stakeholders in Kliptown, Soweto. This occasion is will acknowledge contributions made by representatives of government, business and labour under the auspices of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) to achieve the consensus that produced a national minimum wage that is currently set at R20 rands and hour.

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4:57

Labour and political parties call for speedy...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/07

Some political parties in Parliament say the resignations of the four SABC board members is unfortunate. President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted the resignation of Khanyisile Kweyama, Krish Naidoo, John Mattison and Mathatha Tsedu

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4:30

NECSA CEO and Chairperson allegedly fired

First Take SA ·

2018/12/07

The Democratic Alliance has written to Energy Minister Jeff Radebe seeking clarity on reports that the CEO of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa - NECSA - , Phumzile Tshelane, as well as the Chairperson of NECSA, Dr. Kelvin Kemm, have been dismissed. NECSA has faced numerous governance problems in the recent past and some reports say the board had been asked to give reasons why it should not be removed.

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4:14

The debate around the amendment of Section 25 on land...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/06

The significance of both houses of parliament deciding to amend section 25 of the constitution in order to expropriate land without compensation

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6:09

The department of Home affairs has relaxed its...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/06

The department of Home affairs has relaxed its requirements for children travelling in and out of South Africa. The amendments took effect on the first of this month. The department says children who are foreign nationals from countries where visas are required will no longer have to carry supporting documents

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1:54

Westbury residents took to the streets at three...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/05

Several roads in and around Westbury in Johannesburg are blocked to traffic following an early morning protest by residents. The protest was sparked by the provisional release from custody of two of the four people arrested in connection with the murder of Westbury mother Heather Peterson. Peterson was killed after she was caught in a cross fire of a gun battle of alleged drug dealers in October.

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3:14

The Man and Boy Foundation joins the 16 Days of...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/05

The Man and Boy foundation will be hostiung the 1st Annual Boys Art Festival. The event will form part of the 16 days of activism campaign hightlighting the role men and boys have in ending the scourge of violence against women and children. According to police statistics the murder rate for women has increased by 16% in the past five years, and more than 18,000 child rape cases were recorded over the 2017/2018 financial year.

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5:41

Positive reaction to the appointment of Shamila...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/05

The appointment of Advocate Shamila Batohi as the new head of the National Director for Public prosecutions has been applauded across spectrums of society. Civil society groups such as OUTA say they are encouraged by Advocate Batohi's willingness to take on the powerful while the Law Society has hailed as someone who has the necessary independence to tackle the challenge of leading the prosecutorial body.

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3:14

Malls mushrooming in Africa as debt also escalates

First Take SA ·

2018/12/04

Africa is currently witnessing a surge in the development of shopping malls. Today Africe boasts 579 malls, up from 225 in 2010 with Egypt leading the pack,

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4:56

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today appoint the new...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/04

President Cyril Ramaphosa is TODAY expected to name the new National Director of Public Prosecutions at the Union Buildings. This follows public interviews of five nominees shorlisted by an advisory panel chaired by Energy minister, Jeff Radebe. The nominees to head up the NDPP are Advocates Shamina Batohi, Siyabulela Mapoma, Simphiwe Mlotswa, Rodney De kock and Advocate Andrea Johnson.

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5:13

The Johannesburg High Court has granted a class...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/04

The Johannesburg High Court has granted a class action certificate to victims of listeriosis, paving the way for them to claim against Tiger Brands. The source of the outbreak, which started in 2016 and lasted until March this year, was traced to a factory owned by Tiger Brands unit Enterprise Foods. More than one thousand people contracted the decease and 218 deaths were recorded.

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3:41

Vandalisation of Vodacom premises by alleged EFF members

First Take SA ·

2018/12/03

A group of alleged EFF members vandalised an outlet of mobile communications company Vodacom at the Mall of the North in Polokwane. The group was protesting against an image of EFF comander-in-chief leader Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu shown at the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

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3:37

Eskom struggling to buy more coal for power stations...

First Take SA ·

2018/12/03

Eskom says stage 2 loadshedding had to be implemented YESTERDAY due to technical problems at its coal fire power station. The power utility has also cited low levels of water and diesel at its facilities in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal as another factor that led to the rotational loadshedding throughout the country between 8 am and 10 pm last night. Eskom loadshedding to continue

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3:35

The NPA has provisionally dropped its charges...

First Take SA ·

2018/11/29

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has provisionally dropped its charges relating to the Estina dairy farm corruption. The case involved the controversial Gupta family, their business associates and some Free State department of agriculture officials. The NPA had earlier asked the Bloemfontein regional court to postpone the more than 220-million rand corruption case to gather more evidence.

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2:11

Portfolio Committee on Communication accuses SABC of...

First Take SA ·

2018/11/28

Deputy Minister of Communications, Pinky Kekana maintains that the call for an investigation into allegations of censorship by the SABC is not an overreach on her part nor the Communications Portfolio Committee. The committee has accused the SABC of being biased towards its board members and executives by allegedly not showing parliamentarians while doing their oversight duties during one of the appearances of SABC's management. Kekana says it remains the duty of the SABC and its board to prove the

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3:08

EFF refuses to meet with SANEF over threats to...

First Take SA ·

2018/11/28

The EFF says the party is too busy to meet the South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) and can only do so after the elections next year. The request for a meeting by SANEF comes after party leader, Julius Malema made a call to his supporters to 'deal decisively with journalists' whose names he mentioned when addressing a crowd outside the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture hearings where public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan was testifying.

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4:35

SWIFT HOUR FILM FESTIVAL

First Take SA ·

2018/11/27

As a lead up to the Global Citizen Mandela festival, Sisters working in film and television(SWIFT) has joined forces with the African Rising International Film Festival (ARIFF) to mark the Albertina Sisulu and Mandela centenaries. ARIFF seeks to provide a platform to young , bold storytellers to showcase their work this week . The festival started on the 26th and will end on the 29th of November 2018 at the Newton Junction and Market Theatre Precinct Ster Kinekor. Sisanda Jonas spoke to Festival

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5:14

Police allowed to carry service pistols into court

First Take SA ·

2018/11/27

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says police officers are allowed to carry their service pistols when entering any building in South Africa, as long as they have the appropriate permit on them. This comes after a police officer who was attending a divorce matter at the Durban Magistrate's Court, shot dead his estranged wife during court proceedings. A second person - believed to be the woman's brother - was also murdered.

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6:24

Nutrition and Child Mortality in South Africa

First Take SA ·

2018/11/26

South Africa has among the highest rates of child mortality in the world. A recent Children's Institute report estimates that 34 in every one-thousand children die before their fifth birthday. Most of these deaths can be prevented through the combined efforts of the state and families

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6:17

12 people killed in suspected militant attack in...

First Take SA ·

2018/11/26

In a resurgence of violence in northern Mozambique, 12 people have been killed in a suspected militant attack, with thousands of villagers fleeing the area into neighbouring Tanzania. Officials in the Cabo Delgado province say the attackers set fire to houses and used knives to kill women and children. This is the third such incident this month in Cabo Delgado, leaving 20 dead in all. Over the past year, militants have been active in the region - stoking unrest just as the government in Maputo is

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