First Take SA

Judgment has been reserved in the High Court application of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille challenging her expulsion from the DA. A full bench of judges has reserved the matter until a later date. De Lille's legal team argued that her expulsion from the party was illegal and unconstitutional. De Lille was reinstated as mayor by the court pending the outcome of her court application. The DA caucus recently voted to strip her of her executive powers. Chris Mabuya reports..

A woman has been elected to lead the next session of General Assembly, only the 4th time the President will not be a man in the United Nation's 73 -year history. Ecuador's Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garces will lead the Assembly's 73rd session starting in September replacing Serbia's Miroslav Lajcak whose term ends in just over three months. Garces beat another female candidate Honduran Ambassador to the UN Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake for the Presidency which for 2018/19 must be held by a candidate from Latin America and the Caribbean region. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions has warned that last night's fuel price increase will have a far reaching impact on the working class. SAFTU general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi says it is concerning that the increase will have a knock on effect on the cost of living yet worker's salaries are not increasing. Motorists are paying 82 cents more per litre for petrol and an additional 85 cents a litre for disiel from this morning. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to SAFTU general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi

A prominent Limpopo government official has been arrested in Polokwane for rape. It is alleged that the senior official raped a Botswana national who had been deployed to usher soccer fans at the Old Peter Mokaba stadium during COSAFA matches. It is alleged that the incident happened on Friday at a hotel in Polokwane. Meanwhile, Limpopo police are looking for a father who allegedly repeatedly raped his three minor daughters in Polokwane. Pimani Baloyi reports...

Author of "Africa Is Open For Business", Victor Kgomoesoana talks private Kenyan solar energy firm signs a 40 megawatts power deal with the state, in Tanzania, a High Court rejects review demands on online media act and the Zimbabwe Chamber of mines has asked government to allow majority ownership by foreign investors in diamond and platinum mines

With the Zimbabweans set to go to the polls on the 30th July this year for their presidential elections, Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa has made claims that some Zanu PF members are plotting to impeach him if he wins. Mnangagwa made these comments as internal squabbles in Zanu PF continue. Elvis Presslin spoke to Zimbabwean political analyst and constitutional law expert, Brian Kagoro ...

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced the establishment of two high-level Commissions of Inquiry into editorial interference and sexual harassment. In a statement yesterday, the SABC said the two commissions form part of the on-going work to transform the Public Broadcaster, into a truly accountable and responsive corporate entity. The announcement follows the recommendations of the SABC Ad Hoc Committee, to deal with all instances of editorial interference, as well as various forms of unlawful conduct. Elvis Presslin spoke to SABC spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago.

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga expected to release a report into the possibility of introducing history as a compulsory school subject in grades 10‚ 11 and 12. A Ministerial Task Team was established in 2015 to conduct a comparative international study on how best compulsory history studies could be implemented. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to education specialist with the University of Johannesburg professor Mary Metcalfe

Zimbabweans residing outside that country will not be allowed to take part in the 30 July Presidential and Parliamentary general elections. The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe Wednesday handed down judgment against three Zimbabwean applicants represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre. Diplomats are the only Zimbabweans outside the country who can currently cast ballots. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Kumbirayi Muchemwa, Zimbabwe main opposition MDC Alliance representative in South Africa....

The congress of the people, COPE says it believes that while the resignation of Supra Mahumapelo is now reality, all must be done to get to the bottom of what it calls 'the obscene wealth accumulation by Supra Mahumapelo'. The party says the former Premier should not be allowed to disappear into obscurity and continue to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, built on the accumulation of wealth, apparently under dubious circumstances. It says that the fact that Mahumapelo resigned, should not exonerate him from accountability. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to National Chairperson of the Congress of the People, Pakes Dikgetsi