The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, Numsa, will officially commence its court-interdicted national congress in Cape Town today. This is after union members of the special Central Committee met yesterday and reached a consensus for the continuation of the congress despite the possibility of being in contempt of court. The Labour Court in Johannesburg at the weekend ruled that the congress could not take place until concerns regarding the suspension of 31 Numsa officials were addressed. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Numsa veteran Phutas Tseki

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says the government is in a rush to facilitate the privatization of power utility Eskom. The union was responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation on Monday, where he announced some measures to address the energy crisis in the country. Ramaphosa announced some interventions, including the procurement of additional baseload capacity from renewables and gas and accelerating private sector involvement in energy generation.  For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to NUM Energy Sector Coordinator, Khangela Baloyi 

The Mogalakwena local municipality is set to terminate the appointment of more than 400 permanent workers who were allegedly irregularly appointed two years ago. The Limpopo Provincial Department of Co-operative governance has ordered that the termination of employment must be finalized before the end of August. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Labour Expert Harry Masindi

Elvis Presslin spoke to Independent Economic and Energy Expert, Tshepo Kgadima on President Cyril Ramaphosa's range of additional measures to respond to the energy crisis in South Africa...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a range of additional measures to respond to the energy crisis in South Africa. His address last night on the country's energy scarcity follows a number of consultations with government, energy experts, and other stakeholders for collective solutions. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the DA's Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Kevin Mileham

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, author of  "Africa Is Open For Business" and "Africa Bounces Back". Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo

Disgruntled ANC staff members held a picket outside the party's headquarters in Luthuli House, Johannesburg yesterday, over unpaid salaries yet again. The staffers say they have been without salaries for two months. For more on this, Elvis Presslin  spoke to ANC staff representative, Mvusi Mdala.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa officially closed the party's KwaZulu-Natal elective conference in Durban last night, following some resistance and booing from the delegates. Newly elected Provincial Chairperson, Siboniso Duma, had to intervene, appealing to the party members to allow the president to speak. During his address, Ramaphosa explained the reasons why there was uncertainty on whether or not he will be able to attend the conference, saying his availability was dependent on his tight schedule for the day. The ANC had earlier confirmed that Ramaphosa would not officially close the conference, saying he had other commitments. For some analysis, Elvis Presslin spoke to Political analyst Professor Bheki Mngomezulu

The nomination of additional members of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC in Kwazulu-Natal was concluded yesterday with an address by party President Cyril Ramaphosa. All the party leaders who were contesting for positions including the former ANC provincial chairperson Sihle Zikalala and the former secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli accepted their nominations. To further discuss this Elvis Presslin spoke to newly elected ANC Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Secretary Bheki Mtolo

Homeowners, credit card holders, and people with other personal debts will have to dig deeper into their pockets to service their loans. This is after the South African Reserve Bank announced hikes in the repo rate by 75 basis points to 5.5%. The prime lending rate at banks which comes into effect today is now 9%. The hike in the interest rate comes just after Statistics South Africa announced the highest rate of consumer inflation South Africa recorded in 13 years. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Tertia Jacobs, a Treasury Economist at Investec