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5:06

JCS proposes Judge Mabel Jansen be placed on special...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/10

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has proposed to Justice Minister Michael Masutha that Judge Mabel Jansen be placed on special leave, following the outcry over alleged racial comments she made on social media. In a Facebook conversation with social justice activist Gillian Schutte, Judge Jansen posted messages with racial undertones, seemingly suggesting that rape is an ingrained part of black people's culture. The commission has confirmed that a complaint about the Facebook post was lodged

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2:12

Government to set up mobile classrooms in Vuwani.

First Take SA ·

2016/05/10

Government says it will set up camps and provide mobile classrooms to cater for over two thousand grade 12 learners in Vuwani and its surrounding villages. Co-operative Governance minister, Des Van Rooyen briefed the media outside Polokwane after a meeting between the inter-ministerial team and Vuwani traditional leaders

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4:22

Protests erupt in Grabouw Western Cape

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2016/05/10

Rioting residents of Grabouw in the Western Cape have now set alight an open field surrounding an informal settlement in the area. The protestors earlier set a traffic licencing centre alight in dispute over housing issues. Community members are allegedly in dispute over a local housing project and who the beneficiaries should be.

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8:16

355 thousand people lost their jobs in the first...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/09

355 thousand people lost their jobs in the first quarter of 2016. This is the highest rate since 2008. Statistics South Africa says there were already 521 thousand unemployment people before these new figures were released in Pretoria today. This means unemployment currently stands at 26.7 percent, a figure higher than last year's 24.5 percent. For more on this we are joined on the line by Statistician-General at Statistics South Africa Phali Lehohla.

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3:18

There is nothing unusual about our deal with the SABC...

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2016/05/06

Multichoice lawyers have told the Competition Appeal Court in Cape Town that there's nothing unusual about its deal with the SABC. Media Monitoring Africa and Caxton Publishers are challenging a ruling by a tribunal in February giving the go-ahead for the deal. They say the five-year contract is problematic as it gives one competitor exclusive control of a portion of entertainment archive material. Senior counsel for Multichoice David Unterhalter told the court that the SABC has a commercial choice

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9:59

Prof Rachidi Molapo on historical relationship...

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2016/05/06

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says valuable school records that cannot be easily replaced have been destroyed by protesters setting fire to at least 24 schools at Vuwani in Limpopo. She says it will cost more than half a billion rand to rebuild the schools that were burned down or vandalised by rampaging mobs at Vuwani in Limpopo. Motshekga says a full assessment on the extent of the damage is still to be completed..

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5:00

Rebuilding of schools in Vuwani to set Gov back by...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/06

The Basic Education department says it will cost more than half a billion rand to rebuild 24 schools that were burnt down or vandalised by residents at Vuwani* in Limpopo. Minister Angie Motshekga says valuable school records that cannot be easily replaced have also been destroyed. Motshekga says a full assessment on the extent of the damage is still to be completed. A meeting between senior government officials, concerned traditional leaders from Vuwani and the Vha-Venda* King Toni Mphephu

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4:44

Speak Out

First Take SA ·

2016/05/05

A month ago we reported on Frans Motupa’s story who said that the retail store Edgars had failed to update his information on the credit bureau after he fully paid his account. This, after he had made an arrangement with a debt collecting firm. He told us that even though it has been a while since he paid he has been unable to secure credit because of this. There are developments but let’s first recap

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10:54

UDM Leader bantu Holomisa & Analyst Ralph Mathekga on...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/05

President Jacob Zuma says the behaviour of opposition MPs in parliament is embarrassing. He has called on the Speaker to bring order to the house in order to restore its dignity and for people to continue respecting it. Zuma was replying to the debate on the Presidency debate that took place in the National Assembly on Wednesday. He says some leaders are worried about what their people see in the South African parliament. Meanwhile, The Democratic Alliance says the sitting of the National Assembly -

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10:00

Limpopo MEC's meet in Vhembe District to try restore...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/05

The meeting between Limpopo MEC's and community structures in the Vhembe district, has agreed to create an environment for further engagements with the concerned traditional leaders and community representatives in Vuwani. 23 schools have been torched by protesting residents who don't want their area to be incorporated into the new municipality.

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6:10

Probe into Phiyega's fitness to hold office adjourned...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/03

The probe into suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega's fitness to hold office has been adjourned to tomorrow morning. Legal teams at the board of inquiry are in dispute over the terms of reference. Evidence leaders have asked the board to widen the terms to call witnesses who didn't testify before the Marikana commission into the deaths of 44 people at Marikana. Phiyega's legal counsel however opposes the call. The suspended national police commissioner has not been at work since

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4:17

6 month old girl rescued from Kenyan building...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/03

A six-month-old girl has been rescued from the debris of a building that collapsed four days ago in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The Kenyan Red Cross has since reunited the baby with her father. She has no physical injuries. The six-storey residence came down in heavy rain on Friday, killing at least 23 people. Dozens of others are still thought to be buried under the rubble, but hopes of finding more alive are fading.

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10:20

Vuwani Chief Masia and COGTA Min Van Rooyen react to...

First Take SA ·

2016/05/03

Learning and teaching have been disrupted at about 50 schools in the volatile Vuwani area in Limpopo. Four schools, a post office and a tribal office have been set alight by the protesting residents. Commuters have been left stranded as a shutdown of services is continuing in the area. Residents are protesting against the Municipal Demarcation Board's decision to include Vuwani in the new municipality to be established in Vhembe

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17:04

9 Wits students killed in Limpopo accident.

First Take SA ·

2016/05/02

Wits University says that flags are flying at half-mast after nine students died in an accident in Limpopo. The students were killed after a minibus taxi crashed on the N1 near the Nyl Plaza toll. University management has conveyed its condolences to the families of the deceased. The students were travelling back to Johannesburg from a church summit in Limpopo. Wits Vice Chancellor, Adam Habib…

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4:30

President Jacob Zuma to deliver key note address in...

First Take SA ·

2016/04/27

There is a vibrant mood in the small town of Giyani in Limpopo where the national Freedom Day will be celebrated. President Jacob Zuma will deliver the key note address. Mass mobilisation campaigns to get thousands of people to come and be part of the main celebrations are under way in the area. Some residents who spoke to the SABC in Giyani, say they are happy that the national event is being celebrated there. They say the day is important as it marks the country's freedom from apartheid. Witness

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4:26

We cannot suspend students without a fair hearing _...

First Take SA ·

2016/04/22

Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor, Sizwe Mabizela says the institution cannot summarily suspend or expel students whose names were posted on Facebook as alleged sex crime suspects without giving them a fair hearing. Mabizela has urged victims of sex crimes to report them. He has been briefing the media at the university in Grahamstown following a week of protest over rape allegations.

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7:13

Minister Zwane willing to extend 30 day Mining Draft...

First Take SA ·

2016/04/22

Mineral Resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane has assured the mining industry that he is willing to extend the 30-day over the Draft Mining Charter if it becomes necessary. This in an attempt to quell a stand-off that has been brewing after mining companies opposed a proposal by government that companies need to have at least 26 percent black ownership. The organisation has now taken to court in order to get clarity on the interpretation of this statement because of the changing dynamics of share

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11:10

Terry Crawford and Bantu Holomisa react to Seriti...

First Take SA ·

2016/04/21

Activists who raised the alarm on the so-called arms deal have described as deeply disappointing a report by the Seriti Commission. President Jacob Zuma released a summary of the report earlier today which states that the Commission found no evidence of corruption or bribery during the multi billion rand acquisition process. The commission was appointed in 2011 and concluded its work by handing the report to Zuma late last year. Zuma says because there is no evidence of wrongdoing the report

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5:31

Greek PM defends GOV support of EU and Turkey deal.

First Take SA ·

2016/04/20

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defended his government's support of a deal between the European Union and Turkey to tackle the migrant crisis saying migrant flows to Greece have decreased markedly in recent months.Turkey and the EU last month sealed an accord which aims to end the chaotic arrival of migrants and refugees, most fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, after more than a million reached Europe last year.The European Commission has increased it's financial

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9:51

Protesting students bring academic programmes to a...

First Take SA ·

2016/04/20

Protesting students have brought the academic programmes to a standstill at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. They are protesting over the alleged failure of management to act against sex crime suspects. It's alleged some students sustained injuries after police allegedly fired rubber bullets while students were setting up barricades and disrupting classes. The students are demanding for the suspension of the eleven students accused of sex crimes, whose names were posted on a

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