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8:08

We speak to MTNs Group Executive for Corporate...

First Take SA ·

2015/11/03

Nigeria has renewed MTN's operating spectrum in that country and extended its operating licence for just under 95 million dollars. MTN's licence and spectrum were issued in 2001 and due to expire in February next year, but has now been extended to 2021, if it pays the money by December to secure it. Reports suggest that while MTN has failed to get a waiver for the 76 billion rand fine, concessions may be made.

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10:52

The Appeals Court has reserved judgment in the Oscar...

First Take SA ·

2015/11/03

The questions asked by the full bench of judges at the Bloemfontein Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), have been indicative of the direction the Oscar Pistorius case will take. This is according to Gauteng legal commentator Brenda Wartle. Wartle says the judges focussed on aspects such as the accused's intent to kill. Meanwhile, the NPA has expressed satisfaction with its appeal against Oscar Pistorius's culpable homicide conviction. The Supreme Court of Appeal today reserved judgment as the state

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4:46

Speak Out-Are you experiencing financial...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/29

Communicating with your service provider if you are unable to meet your financial obligations is vital if you want to avoid dire consequences. This is a lesson that Moshibudi Mothapo from Polokwane learnt the hard way after being involved in a car accident.

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6:11

NSFAS Chair Sizwe Nxasana on university protests and...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/28

The Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande, says free tertiary education is only for the poor. He told Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Higher Education today that those who can afford will have to pay. The committee had asked about his department's plans to address the matter of student fees at universities. Nzimande assured MPs that government was trying to source the extra 37 billion rand needed to provide free tertiary education to those who would otherwise be left out. The Minister

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5:03

Poet @NapoMasheane talks about her new show " A New...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/28

Flitting between the 50s and contemporary South Africa, A New Song, is an elegy, a lament and a triumphant new work by playwright, director and poet, Napo Masheane. Set in a middle class Johannesburg suburb, we are introduced to nine women who formally eke out their existence as domestic workers, juggling the struggle, intemperate madams and motherhood.

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4:04

Minister Blade Nzimande announces tuition fee agreement

First Take SA ·

2015/10/20

Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande confirms that an agreement has been reached that tuition fee increases will be capped at 6 percent.

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12:01

An update on the situation at Wits from VC Adam Habib

First Take SA ·

2015/10/19

Protesting Wits students have overturned the car of a fellow student who drove through their blockade and beat the driver up. Police rescued him from the protesters. The student's condition is not clear at present. Protesting students are wielding rocks and sticks on Empire Road in Parktown in Johannesburg - which has been closed - causing major traffic disruptions. The university's Executive Council failed to meet the students at noon today regarding the ten point five percent hike in tuition fees

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13:13

Blade Ndzimande to meet with VC's to tackle fee hikes

First Take SA ·

2015/10/19

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande is to meet with vice chancellors from various institutions to tackle the issue of fee hikes. It comes after country-wide protests at institutions of higher learning over fee increases. He will also be meeting with university council chairs, students and workers. At a media briefing in Pretoria this afternoon, the minister appealed to students to give efforts aimed at resolving their grievances a chance. Meanwhile Wits University students have

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4:48

WITS students block VC Prof Adam Habib

First Take SA ·

2015/10/16

Wits University students have blocked their Vice Chancellor, Professor Adam Habib, from leaving the Braamfontein campus. Habib was due to address the students on the way forward with regards to their protests against the proposed ten-point-five per cent increase in tuition fees. Today, marks the third day of the students' protests which led to the suspension of all activities on the university's campuses.

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13:11

We speak to Newly appointed IEC Chair Vuma Mashinini

First Take SA ·

2015/10/16

Newly appointed Independent Electoral Commission(IEC) chairperson, Vuma Mashinini says his past position within the president's office should not be viewed as him being a 'presidency man'. Mashinini briefed media in Pretoria on his new role, and preparations for next year's municipal elections. Opposition parties have raised concerns with his appointment.

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5:34

Northen Cape ANC Secretary Zamani Saul reacts to John...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/16

John Block has resigned as Northern Cape Chairperson of the ANC and PEC as well as MEC for Finance and Tourism. This after Block was found guilty of corruption and money laundering by the Kimberley High Court . His co-accused, Trifecta director Christo Scholtz was found guilty while deputy secretary Alvin Botes has been acquitted of all charges.

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10:06

The M1 highway in Sandton, north of Johannesburg has...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/15

The M1 highway in Sandton, north of Johannesburg has been re-opened to traffic after it was closed for about 24 hours. This follows the collapse of a pedestrian bridge under construction near the Grayston Drive off-ramp yesterday afternoon. Two people died and more than 20 others injured, three of them critically. Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau re-opened the road after he was assured that it was safe for use.

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7:42

Construction expert Thobani Mnyanda on the Grayston...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/15

The national civic alliance is urging government to conduct an urgent investigation into the cause of yesterday's structural bridge collapse near Grayston Drive in Sandton. Two people died and more than twenty others were injured following the incident.

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12:58

Polotical Parties react to Phiyega suspension

First Take SA ·

2015/10/14

The Democratic Alliance has welcomed President Jacob Zuma's decision to suspend National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega. Phiyega has been suspended with immediate effect, pending a board of inquiry into her fitness to hold office. The inquiry was instituted following the recommendation of the Marikana Commission that probed the deaths of 44 people during the strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in 2012. DA spokesperson Zakhele Mbele says the DA has long called for the President to act against

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12:17

Constitutional & Customary Law experts on analyse...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/13

The AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's bid to avoid imprisonment is gradually fading as the state has filed papers opposing his application for the extension of his bail. The King intends taking the Supreme Court of Appeal's decision to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that indigenous legal aspects were never taken into consideration during his conviction. He was convicted of crimes including kidnapping, culpable homicide, assault and arson, committed between 1995 and 1996.

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3:09

Latest on the John Block case.

First Take SA ·

2015/10/13

The judge in the case against Northern Cape ANC chairperson, John Block, party deputy secretary, Alvin Botes, as well as Trifecta director, Christo Scholtz is expected to continue to hand down judgment at the High Court in Kimberley tomorrow. The three are accused of fraud, corruption and money laundering relating to multi-million rand government lease tenders. Economic Freedom Fighters members have been picketing outside the Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley. The jubilant EFF members say the

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5:01

r Anheuser-Bush InBev to buy South Africa's British...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/13

An agreement has been reached in principle for the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Bush InBev to buy South Africa's British brewing company SABMiller for more than a trillion-rand. If the take-over deal succeeds, a single company will be selling one in every three beers across the globe. The deal is still subject to international regulators' scrutiny

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3:19

SA threat to pull out of ICC could undo country's...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/13

Human Rights Watch in southern Africa says South Africa's threat to pull out of the ICC will undo the country's good work as a promoter of human rights on the continent and worldwide. The ANC has directed government to review its membership of the international court. The governing party says the ICC has lost direction and it is being used by some powerful states that are not signatories to the Rome Statute. Ntebo Mokobo compiled this report.

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4:27

Economist Dr. Azar Jammine on Economic expectation at...

First Take SA ·

2015/10/08

The ANC's National General Council gets underway tomorrow. The party has confirmed that it's all systems go. Some of the key economic issues that will be discussed include the rand's performance, SA companies listed overseas and the problems facing the low performing economy with high unemployment rate

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4:22

Political analyst Thapelo Tselapedi on NGC expectations

First Take SA ·

2015/10/08

With just hours away from the opening of the ANC's national general council, the governing party's alliance partners - the SACP and Cosatu - have a mixed bag of expectations. E-tolls, the National Development Plan and the struggling economy are some of the issues that the two tripartite alliance members want clarity on.

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