First Take SA

ActionSA  has expressed disappointment at the outcome of the report by  Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke which has recommended that free and fair elections will not be possible on October 27. The party says the consequence of such a delay is the prolonged misgovernance by political parties and councils based on the votes of South Africans more than 5 five years ago. ActionSA National Chairperson Michael Beaumont and the Executive Chairman of the Institute of Election Management Services in Africa  and former Vice-Chair of the Independent Electoral Commission, Terry Tselane, who had earlier strongly motivated for an election postponement...

With the postponement of the Local Government elections, many communities now fear they will be saddled for much longer with unaccountable, inept, and corrupt municipal and council leadership. For more on this is the Director of the Public Service Accountability Monitor, Jay Kruuse...

The South African Social Security Fund - SASSA - will today resume the previously suspended Cash in Transit services at its cash pay-points except in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. SASSA suspended its operations last week amid the violent lootings and destruction of properties. The move comes after cash-in-transit companies announced that they would not be providing services to SASSA's cash paypoints during the unrest, in order to ensure the safety of their drivers, Sassa workers and beneficiaries. SASSA spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi joins on the line for further details

Health alliance, Business for South Africa, has raised concerns over the re-selling of stolen drugs in communities following the recent looting at pharmacies, distributors and wholesalers. The organisation says more than one hundred and twenty pharmacies were targeted in the violence in KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces and has warned of the dangers these medicines pose to the general public. To tell us more about this is the Chairman of the health work-group, Business for South Africa, Dr Stavros Nicolaou 

The community of Hammarsdale near Durban continues to help themselves to whatever they can find in a meat factory that continues to burn since the violent riots broke out in parts of KwaZulu Natal. This as most areas affected by the looting and destruction of property continue with the process of rebuilding and cleaning of debris from last week. Thousands of people were seen at the weekend forming long lines at shopping centers that were spared from the looting, seeking food and other essential goods. In some areas, the price of a loaf of bread has skyrocketed to thirty-five rands. For the latest from KwaZulu-Natal, our reporter in Hammarsdale, Thabiso Sithole