First Take SA

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says police officers are allowed to carry their service pistols when entering any building in South Africa, as long as they have the appropriate permit on them. This comes after a police officer who was attending a divorce matter at the Durban Magistrate's Court, shot dead his estranged wife during court proceedings. A second person - believed to be the woman's brother - was also murdered.

South Africa has among the highest rates of child mortality in the world. A recent Children's Institute report estimates that 34 in every one-thousand children die before their fifth birthday. Most of these deaths can be prevented through the combined efforts of the state and families

In a resurgence of violence in northern Mozambique, 12 people have been killed in a suspected militant attack, with thousands of villagers fleeing the area into neighbouring Tanzania. Officials in the Cabo Delgado province say the attackers set fire to houses and used knives to kill women and children. This is the third such incident this month in Cabo Delgado, leaving 20 dead in all. Over the past year, militants have been active in the region - stoking unrest just as the government in Maputo is pushing ahead with oil and gas development in the province

The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee has decided to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points citing the rising inflation outlook in the longer term due to administered prices. Delivering the committee's decision, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago warned that the longer term inflation outlook remains elevated.

Bargain hunters are on the prowl this morning hours before shops open for today's Black Friday shopping frenzy. The annual ritual of Black Friday is a shopping phenomenon that gives consumers the opportunity to buy different items at supposedly low prices.

A grade one learner has been stabbed to death in Makapanstad, North West, allegedly by a Grade 11 learner from another school. The Basic education department said in a statement YESTERDY that the incident happened at the Dikeledi Makapan Primary School.

Leading international tobacco company, Philip Morris International is shifting its focus . The company is replacing cigarettes with smoke-free products . The aim is to create a better world for smokers .

The South African Savings Institute has warned consumers against reckless spending ahead of Black Friday. The institute says consumers should guard against spending money they do not have on things they do not need. South Africa has joined other countries in participating in Black Friday, the name given to the shopping day after Thanksgiving in the Unites States.

Sibanye Stillwater says it is crucial for both business and its employees that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) agrees to sign the same wage agreement that the other three represented unions have agreed to. AMCU has refused to sign the wage offer and it's members at the mine will do down tools today. AMCU, which represents forty-three percent of the 32-thousand two-hundred employees at the company is demanding a salary increase of one thousand rands while the company is offering six-hundred and fifty rands

Insurance company Momentum has bowed down to pressure and agreed to pay the two point four million rands death benefit to the wife of a Durban man that was killed during a hijacking in Shallcross. Momentum had faced a storm of outrage on social media after it refused to pay the claim because the victim, Nathan Ganas, had not disclosed his high blood sugar levels. SABC's Francis Herd last night spoke to Momentum's Life Insurance CEO, Johann Le Roux