First Take SA

Government departments and state entities owe the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) over half a billion Rand. This is for the investigations it has conducted on their behalf. Briefing the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services yesterday, SIU head Andy Mothibi told parliament that this poses a risk to the unit's financial stability. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach, DA MP and Member of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services

Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane says it is regrettable that Parliament's Section 194 Committee has decided to continue with the inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Advocate Mkhwebane will start appearing before the Parliamentary inquiry in July. The Committee -  tasked with the Public Protector's impeachment, met yesterday and unanimously resolved to proceed with its probe into Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's Spokesperson Oupa Segalwe

The Constitutional Court will today hear a case about access or inaccessibility to books for visually impaired or blind persons. The court is set to decide whether the Copyright Act of 1978 is unconstitutional and imposes barriers on the conversion of books into Braille for visually impaired persons. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Blind SA Vice President, Christo de Klerk

Parliament says the Section 194 Committee investigating the fitness of the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold office will meet today. This comes days after the Constitutional Court dismissed Mkhwebane's rescission application on Friday last week. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Researcher and advocacy officer at Judges Matter, Mbekezeli Benjamin and began by asking him if this will have any bearing on the Section 194 inquiry...

The Minerals Council South Africa says it remains concerned about South Africa's rail and port constraints, which it estimates resulted in an opportunity cost of 35 billion rand for 2021. The council says it is working closely with Transnet to address the constraints that are preventing the country from fully benefiting from high commodity prices and strong demand for our minerals. This as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that 65-billion-rand of investment for electricity generation capacity is in the pipeline. Ramaphosa was addressing the Mining Indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.  For some more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Director of Mining at Major at Major Corporate Solutions, Peter Major

The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation is reportedly considering approaching the Supreme Court of Appeals over the R50 Million Cuban donation. This comes after the High Court sitting in Pretoria dismissed with costs government's leave to appeal the court's earlier ruling, interdicting International Relations and Cooperation Department from donating the money to Cuba. Afriforum successfully opposed the appeal arguing that it was the court's responsibility to ensure departments act within the law, and that government could use the money better domestically. To further discuss Elvis Presslin spoke to Afriforum's Officer for Strategy and Content, Reiner Duvenage, and began by asking him for his reaction...

Sentencing of convicted murderer, Nthuthuko Shoba, is expected to begin in the Johannesburg High Court today. Shoba was found guilty of masterminding the killing of his then-pregnant girlfriend, Tshegofatso Pule, in 2020. He was implicated after convicted hitman, Mzikayise Malepane, turned state witness. Pule's body was found hanging from a tree in Roodepoort west of Johannesburg. To further discuss this Elvis Presslin spoke to Tshegofatso Pule's Uncle and Family Spokesperson Advocate Tumisang Katake

EFF National spokesperson Sinawo Thambo says the mother of his child was almost kidnapped in Tshwane yesterday. Tambo says the Incident happened while he was speaking to the SABC on the tragedy of Hillary Gardee, the daughter of former EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee, who was also recently kidnapped and killed. Three men arrested in connection with her murder made their first court appearance yesterday. Elvis Presslin spoke to Mr. Thambo  and asked him how the mother of his child is doing...

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

Delegates at the Eastern Cape 9th ANC Provincial Conference are still at loggerheads over the adoption of credentials. Another contentious issue was the refusal of the conference to allow the ANC Veterans League to vote citing that the group doesn't have a structure in the province. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to our reporter Ntebo Mokobo and analysis with Dr TK Pooe, a senior lecturer at Wits School of Governance