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5:26

Steenhuisen says the DA wont stop giving fair comment...

First Take SA ·

2018/11/08

The impasse between DA and EFF continued last night in parliament following rulings by the house chair, Thoko Didiza. Didiza ordered both parties to apologise for their scuffle. The DA Parly Chief Whip John Steenhuisen says they will not stop giving fair comment against any party in fear of being called racists. Steenhuisen also says threats by EFF of making the DA lose metros will not deter them from such comments.

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6:23

US goes into Mid-term elections

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2018/11/07

Democrats fight to regain the House of Representatives as more than 35 million people cast their votes in early voting ahead of the official Election Day, a large increase from the 20 million people who cast ballots in the early voting in the 2014 midterms.

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4:38

Woolworths retrenchment

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2018/11/07

Retail giant Woolworths has been ordered by the Constitutional Court to re-instate 44 full time employees whom it had retrenched when they refused to work on a flexible-time working arrangement. The ConCourt found that this was substantively unfair and that Woolworths had failed to consider alternatives to retrenchment.

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3:19

Minister, Malusi Gigaba on the decision to grant the...

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2018/11/06

Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, is this morning (Tuesday 6/11) expected to brief Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, on the decision to grant the Oppenheimer family permission to operate a private terminal at the OR Tambo International Airport. The Committee wants the Minister to clarify contradictions between statements he made before them and statements he made more recently. Meanwhile, the DA has called for Gigaba to be fired in light of a Public Protector finding that he had

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4:46

Government should have an intergrated information...

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2018/11/06

The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, John Jeffreys, says if government is to improve it's efforts to fight human trafficking there must be an intergrated information system. He was speaking at a Trafficking in Persons summit in partnership with the South African Human Rights Commission and the Conference of Western Attorneys General. The latter has established a partnership with Africa to help identify and successfully prosecute trafficking offences. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke

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5:30

University of Stellenbosch's Gawie Cillie says there...

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2018/11/06

Worker Unions have pledged to fight to the bitter end in the ongoing rentrenchments saga at the SABC. Last week, the public broadcaster announced over two-thousand planned retrenchments. Unions have planned Black Wednesday and a national picket on Friday in protest of the looming retrenchments. Meanwhile, according to the World Economic Forum, South Africa has the worst labour-employee relations in the world, ranking 137 out of 137 countries. Employment relations expert and lecturer at the

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9:48

"Creation of party based in socialist ideologies may...

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2018/11/05

The Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party registered by Numsa over the weekend says the working class should lead the economy and determine the country's destiny. The party is however yet to decide if it intends on contesting next year's general elections after being given the thumbs-up by the IEC to register as a political party. Meanwhile, former Cape Town mayor, Patricia De Lille may also start up a new political party after resigning as both mayor and member of the DA. Lecturer and political

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5:40

United States will reimpose oil sanctions on Iran...

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2018/11/05

United States will reimpose oil sanctions on Iran removed under the 2015 nuclear deal with effect from today (Monday). Iranians chanted ''death to America'' and burned the American flag yesterday (Sunday), as the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy coincided with the eve of reimposed sanctions. South Africa has strong trade relations with both countries, with the US being South Africa's third biggest trading partner. US threat threat extends to other nations trading with Iran should

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3:32

AFRICA BRIEF: With Victor Kgomoesoana, Director at...

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2018/11/02

TALKING POINTS*** Rwanda has launched the first Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) in Africa, opening doors for small businesses in continent to take part in cross-border electronic *** Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners to hire independent forensic experts to look into the missing biometric voter registration kit *** In Zimbabwe the price of bread is set to marginally rise to $1,40. Last week, bakers had proposed to increase the price of bread to $2,20 from $1,10 due to

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4:37

Ramaphosa says he believes Moyane failed to entirely...

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2018/11/02

President Cyril Ramaphosa says part of the reasons for the immediate termination of the appointment of SARS Commissioner, Tom Moyane is his refusal to meaningfully participate in the Nugent Commission in order to assist with identifying the root causes of the systemic failures at the SARS. Ramaphosa says he accepts the recommendation of the chair of the commission, retired judge Robert Nugent, to axe Moyane. Moyane had made representations to challenge the recommendations of the commission but

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4:06

ANC in Gauteng to march to the Union Buildings in...

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2018/11/02

The ANC in Gauteng will today lead what they are calling a 'People's March' to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest against e-tolls, corruption, fuel hikes and VAT increases. The march will be joined by alliance partners COSATU, SACP and SANCO, civic society organisations as well as members of the public. The protest comes after finance minister Tito Mboweni‚ in his first medium-term budget policy statement last week emphasised that motorists needed to pay for tolls. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to

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8:23

DA mayor-elect for Cape Town, Dan Plato, to be sworn...

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2018/11/01

Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, resigned as both mayor and a member of the DA, YESTERDAY (wednesday 31 October). De Lille is expected to announce her next career move in two weeks' time. Speculation was rife that she would defy an agreement reached with the party two months ago to step down as mayor. She signed her resignation letter on the steps of the Cape Town High Court and two more DA councilors also publicly resigned in support. Meanwhile, DA mayor-elect for Cape Town, Dan Plato, will be

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6:43

Minister Malusi Gigaba says he is still studying...

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2018/11/01

The Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has recommended that President Cyril Ramaphosa take disciplinary action against Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. This after Mkhwebane found that Gigaba had violated the Constitution and the Executive Ethics code by lying under oath when he said he had not approved a private air terminal for the Oppenheimer family in early 2016. Gigaba was afforded an opportunity to respond to the allegation, but he failed to do so. DA Member of Parliament, John

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5:12

Angolan government has expelled over 300,000...

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2018/11/01

Over the last few weeks, the Angolan government has expelled over 300,000 Congolese citizens from the country. 50,000 people are currently stranded at Kamako Border Post in Kasai Region of the Democractic Republic of Congo without the means to return home. Many of them are now getting assistance from the Red Cross. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Tendayi Sengwe, Communication Manager for Southern Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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5:10

AFRICA BRIEF: With Victor Kgomoesoana, Director at...

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2018/10/30

TALKING POINT*** Kenya Airways completes first Nairobi-New York direct flight*** Tanzanian farmers stormed a meeting intending to find a solution to the stalemate over raw cashew nut prices*** The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), which is owned by the Indian state, plans to invest up to 800 million US dollars in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique

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2:49

CWU says SABC is still to consult them in regards to...

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2018/10/30

The SABC says it will approach the Labour Court to have irregular appointments and promotions declared invalid as first identified in the 2014 Public Protector's report. The public broadcaster says it has a legal obligation, in terms of the Constitution, to correct all these irregular appointments of certain employees, some of them no longer employed by the public broadcaster. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Communication Workers Union secretary general Aubrey Tshabalala

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4:39

Beef processing companies I&J and Karan Beef to the...

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2018/10/30

The Competition Commission has referred beef processing companies I&J and Karan Beef to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution for collusive conduct. The two companies have been charged with dividing markets in the supply of processed beef products such as beef burger patties, steak sizzlers, crumbed beef steaklet, viennas and boerewors. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Makgale Mohlala, Head of Cartels Division at the Competition Commission

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2:29

More than 300 firefighters battling the blazes in...

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2018/10/30

Police have confirmed that two toddlers and a baby are among the seven people killed in the fire in Karatara area of Knysna in the Western Cape. Wild fires have been raging in the George and Karatara area since last week, leading to evacuations yesterday. The fires have been fanned by strong winds and heat. More than 300 firefighters are on the ground battling the blazes. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Western Cape Disaster Management Spokesperson James Styan

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4:40

Person sharing sexually explicit material of a person...

First Take SA ·

2018/10/29

Home Affairs Department Minister Malusi Gigaba claims the leak of a sexual video, is at the centre of blackmail and extortion attempts against him. The video which was circulating on social media early yesterday morning has been removed. In a number of tweets Gigaba apologised saying the video dates back to 2016/2017 and was only meant to be viewed by his wife. The minister also claims the video was stolen from his phone during a hacking incident which occurred in March 2017, around the time he was

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6:31

Maimane given until 6pm today to retract the...

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2018/10/29

DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, has reportedly retracted a statement he made in which he claimed that the five DA councillors who resigned from the City of Cape Town on Thursday, were implicated in tender irregularities and maladministration in the Bowman Gilfellan report. The City commissioned the report to investigate corruption. Shaun August, Suzette Little, Thulani Stemele, Gregg Barnardo and Siya Mamkeli all resigned as DA councillors, citing issues of racism within the party as the reason for their

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