Bus company PUTCO has fired 105 employees for taking part in an unprotected strike. The bus company obtained a court order to remove its striking workers from the company's premises to allow for the resumption of its bus services. This is as the unprotected strike action by workers enters its eighth day. The workers are demanding a six percent wage increase and bonuses from 2020. The bus company is currently in the process of dismissing hundreds of workers that have been on strike illegally. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Putco spokesperson Lindokuhle Xulu

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Protesting Putco Bus employees had until close of business yesterday to explain why they should not be fired and return to work, or face dismissal. About a thousand workers belonging to the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) have been on an unprotected strike for the past week, demanding back pay for a wage dispute dating back to 2020. Police fired rubber bullets to quell tensions outside a Putco depot in Johannesburg where a group of the workers had gathered to protest. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to SATAWU National Convenor Alfred Buboko

The government has established a Sector Council to advance transformation in the marketing, advertising, and communications industry. The Government Communication and Information System, GCIS yesterday made submissions at the South African Human Rights Commission inquiry into racial discrimination in the advertising industry. The inquiry aims to address the publication of adverts with racial undertones. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Mr. Sandile Nene, Chief Director of media policy at GCIS

A special ANC NEC meeting will be held on Sunday for the party to approve and adopt the final membership audit of all members and branches for its 55th national conference in December. This is after the ANC postponed its candidate nominations process yesterday. The special NEC is expected to sit on Sunday and the nomination process is likely to open sometime next week.

For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to ANC NEC member Dr. Gwen Ramakgopa

News24 Editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson says criminal summons served by former president Jacob Zuma's legal team is an attempt to intimidate and threaten journalists from reporting on his corruption case. This is after Zuma initiated a private prosecution against State advocate Billy Downer and News24 Legal journalist Karyn Maughan over the publication of details about Zuma's medical condition. Basson says the summons in this criminal case is nonsense. Elvis Presslin spoke to Basson

Limpopo's Community Safety MEC Polly Boshielo has called on the police to deploy more resources to arrest six gunmen who allegedly gang-raped five women at Leporogong village outside Lebowakgomo. Police say the armed men stormed into a funeral parlor where they gang raped the women. They also shot and wounded one employee and assaulted others on Sunday morning. Cases of rape, kidnapping, attempted murder, and business robbery have been opened. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to the Manager at Wisani Burial Society, Rodney Madike

Economists expect the economy to have contracted in the second quarter of 2022. Statistics South Africa will release its second quarter Gross Domestic Product numbers today (6th September 2022). Markets expect GDP to contract to 0-point- 5 percent quarter on quarter from a growth of 1-point-9 percent in the first quarter. Elvis Presslin spoke to Tertia Jacobs, a Treasury Economist at Investec

The multi-party coalition governing the City of Johannesburg has reportedly laid criminal charges against ANC councillors for attempted bribery and corruption at the Hillbrow Police Station in Johannesburg. ANC councillors reportedly offered R150 000 bribes to some coalition councillors, to vote in support of removing Mayor, Dr Mpho Phalatse. The governing coalition in Joburg includes the DA, ActionSA, FFPlus, Patriotic Alliance, IFP, ACDP and COPE. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Dr Mpho Phalatse

Seven Political Parties represented in the coalition that is currently governing in the City of Johannesburg have opened a case of corruption and bribery against the ANC, at the Hillbrow Police Station in Johannesburg. This is after allegations from some of the councillors representing these parties, that ANC councillors have approached them, offering an R150 000 bribe in exchange for a vote that will see Johannesburg Mayor, Doctor Mpho Phalatse sacked as mayor. These parties include the DA, ActionSA, FFPlus, Patriotic Alliance, IFP, ACDP and COPE. Two councillors, from the IFP and Patriotic Alliance, furnished the police with sworn-in affidavits confirming that they were approached, moments ahead of the infamous vote of no confidence against the DA's Vasco Da Gama as council speaker. Elvis Presslin spoke to Action SA leader, Herman Mashaba