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ANC top officials forced to leave Mandeni by...

First Take SA ·

2016/03/09

Top officials in the ANC were forced to leave the eMakhempini sportsfield in Mandeni on the KwaZulu Natal North Coast after being met by protesting residents. The community demanded that those arrested during violent protests on Monday be released. Residents took to the streets earlier this week after a former mayor was apparently re-nominated. At least six factories were torched as well as vehicles, causing damage to the tune of R15 million.

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7:06

ANC Chief whip Stone Sizani resigns as MP with...

First Take SA ·

2016/03/02

ANC Chief Whip Stone Sizani has confirmed his resignation as member of parliament with immediate effect. Sizani says he will replace Makhenkesi Stofile as South Africa's ambassador to Germany. He says his redeployment is not a sign of lack of confidence in him. The ANC held a special caucus meeting today where the news was broken to party MPs.

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6:15

IEC undertakes initiatives to ensure voting reg...

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2016/02/29

The Independent Electoral Commission says it has undertaken a range of initiatives to ensure that all new voting registrations include the addresses of voters. This follows an Electoral Court judgement, in November last year, that ruled in favour of independent candidates in the by-elections at the Tlokwe Municipality, in North West, that the voters' roll should bear the addresses of voters. Chairperson of the IEC Glen Mashinini says a number of measures are in place to obtain location details from

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11:10

Top University Vc's & SRC Presidents discuss state of...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/29

The events of 2015 and this year have raised some fundamental questions about transformation at South Africa's universities. Rhodes University vice chancellor, Professor Sizwe Mabizela, has said this while addressing student bodies and academics attending the official opening of the 5thUnisa Research and Innovation Week in Pretoria. Mabizela calls for a speedy transformation process in all areas of concerns at institutions of higher learning. Meanwhile, the National President of the EFF's Student

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7:18

Retired Judge Yvonne Mokgoro talks #ACCESSTHUTO

First Take SA ·

2016/02/26

Student unrest at universities has reached untenable levels. The tensions have led to violence as well as a number of assaults. We are at a crisis point and we have to act now before lives are lost. As a result, a group of likeminded active citizens have joined forces to provide independent mediation, conflict resolution and facilitation services to the universities and the student movements who request it. The help will be provided under the name #AccessThuto, meaning access education. #AccessThuto

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6:11

Higher education Minister Blade Nzimande weighs in on...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/23

Protesting students on the main campus of the University of the Free State have slightly damaged the statue of former state president C.R. Swart after attempting to set it alight. However, university security personnel managed to put out the blaze. The protesting students are members of the EEF and students organisation SASCO. They are supporting workers who are demanding an end to outsourcing. Meanwhile, The gates remain locked with a visible police presence at the University of Pretoria. This

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13:58

Police were called in to keep groups of students...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/22

Police were called in to keep groups of students apart on the main campus of the University of Pretoria, today. Several people were injured. Tension mounted when a group opposing the use of Afrikaans arrived at the campus to hold a meeting to discuss a way forward. This followed the postponement of a court case against 27 of them. Security personnel had to form human shields between the two sides as they hurled insults at each other. Meanwhile, the 27 students arrested on Friday appeared briefly in

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8:40

Bomb threat adjourns Rodavan Krejcir court proceedings.

First Take SA ·

2016/02/22

A bomb threat has led to the adjournment of sentencing proceedings against Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir in the high court in Johannesburg. Krejcir and five co-accused were quickly ushered to holding cells while the gallery was evacuated. Tactical response officers are combing the building. The court earlier rejected a request by Krejcir to postpone proceedings. The Hawks believe Krejcir is trying to escape before he is sentenced.

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3:51

Speak Out

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2016/02/18

At the beginning of January 2015, Naledi Molope-Serudu received a letter of demand from a company known as Mtimandze Consulting and Projects which said it was collecting debt on behalf of the City of Tshwane. Molope-Serudu, who had moved to Cape town and was renting out her home, immediately made arrangements to pay but the money did not go to the coffers of the City of Tshwane and now it appears that the company no longer exists.

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6:02

Ousted PRASA CEO Lucky Montana says he is innocent.

First Take SA ·

2016/02/08

Ousted PRASA CEO Lucky Montana has dismissed allegations that he obtained a house worth millions of rand through a corrupt deal during the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Montana says PRASA made the claim because it had failed to pay a company he's accused of illegally awarding tenders to. PRASA chairperson Popo Molefe has filed court papers claiming that Montana illegally awarded two contracts to Siyangena Technologies

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9:08

Fort Hare marks the centenary of its founding today...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/08

University of Fort Hare Alumni and IFP leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi has urged current political leaders to exercise 'cerebral rather than emotional leadership in dealing with the challenges faced by institutions of higher learning. He was delivering the ZK Memorial at the centenary celebration of the University of Fort Hare in Alice in the Eastern Cape. Mathews was the first black graduate from the institution, an ANC politician and envoy to the United Nations. He died in Washington in 1968.

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10:48

EFF warns that it is going after President Jacob Zuma

First Take SA ·

2016/02/04

The EFF has warned that it is going after President Jacob Zuma with the ultimate goal to see him out of office. The party has rejected the settlement offer the president filed in the Constitutional Court on non-security features at his home in Nkandla. EFF leader Julius Malema says they have their own conditions for a settlement. The constitutional court has given Parties until Friday(05/02) to respond to the settlement proposal ahead of the hearing on Tuesday next week.

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4:15

Speak Out

First Take SA ·

2016/02/04

When Seipati Nale’s husband died in 2008, she was devastated, but her pain was somewhat bearable because he had left money for their children in a trust fund which would enable them to further their studies. The fund was administered by Bophelo Benefit Services. The first payment for the eldest child was made without any delays in 2011. However, for the youngest, there are problems which provide a challenge in his access to education. The money should have been paid out five months ago but the

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4:34

COSATU calls for scrapping of new tax law

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2016/02/04

Labour Federation COSATU says, government does not have the right to dictate to workers how they should manage thier pension funds. In December last year president Jacob Zuma signed a new tax administration law that allows retirees access to just a third of their money,and the rest to be paid out in instalments. COSATU is calling for the scrapping of the new tax laws, and plans marches around the country against it. Speaking at a media briefing in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, this afternoon COSATU

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0:39

Phiyega finds IPID report concerning and inclomplete

First Take SA ·

2016/02/03

Suspended Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, says that she finds yesterday's announcement by IPID concerning and incomplete. Phiyega was responding to the IPIDs recommendation that she be charged for her role in the Marikana shootings. The NPA must decide whether to charge Phiyega after it received a file from the police watchdog.

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7:29

Constitutional law expert, Pierre De Vos on Zuma con...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/03

President Jacob Zuma says if the constitutional court accepts his proposal- it will not be necessary to hear arguments on the powers of the public protector. Zuma submitted a letter to the constitutional court proposing that the auditor general and finance minister start a new process to determine his liability for the non security features on his Nkandla home. This would be the second investigation following the police minister's report released last year.

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8:23

#ARTSANDCULTURE We chat to youtube sensation,...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/03

At the tender age of 23 - you tube blogger Moshe Ndiki has literally made full use of the social media space to share, promote and distribute his comedy with the rest of the world. Laughter may be what most enjoy about his craft but many are last with a lasting impression by his unique and rather simplistic way in which he deals with social issues such as relations, the concept of asking for 'love back' and homosexuality amongst others. Born in East London where he made his first home video, Ndiki

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9:10

COSATU Pres Sdumo Dlamini & Labour analyst...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/01

Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, says a new workers' movement will be launched on the 1st of May this year. He, together with nine other unions unhappy with the expulsion of Numsa, briefed the media in Johannesburg today. Vavi reiterated that they will continue to mobilise workers to support some of their demands which include a campaign against the changes to the pension funds' legislation

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7:15

Former Cosatu GS Zelinzima Vavi says new workers...

First Take SA ·

2016/02/01

Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, says a new workers' movement will be launched on the 1st of May this year. He, together with nine other unions unhappy with the expulsion of Numsa from Cosatu, briefed the media in Johannesburg today. Vavi reiterated that they will continue to mobilise workers to support some of their demands which include a campaign against the changes to the pension funds' legislation

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5:38

MNET says Gareth Cliff did not have a contract for...

First Take SA ·

2016/01/26

MNET says axed Idols SA judge Gareth Cliff did not have a contract with the channel for this year's season of the show. Cliff has brought an urgent application in the High Court in Johannesburg seeking to be reinstated as a judge. He was fired after supposedly supporting a racist tweet.

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