Comedian Tumi Morake is set to grace the stage at the Baxter Concert the 31st of March and and the 1st of April 2017. She is embarking on her first official South African tour and entertaining audiences across the country. She spoke to Tsepiso Makweta ....

The United Nations estimates that over eighty percent of global waste-water remains untreated and pollutes the environment. Proponents for water re-use believe this water can be recycled to benefit millions of people without access to clean water globally. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Professor Stefan Uhlenbrook, Director of the UN World Water Assessment Programme....

A video of a racial incident between a female and a male at a Spur restaurant at the Glen in South of Johannesburg has gone viral and caused an outrage on social media. In the video, a white male is seen standing by a table where a black woman was dining with several kids. He tells her that she needs to discipline her child after an alleged physical altercation between their children.The heated exchange gets out of control, to a point where the two end up hurling insults at each other in front of the children. Several times in the video the man is seen trying to physically assault the woman and further tries to intimidate her by heaving the table she's sitting at. Spur Texamo has since released a statement saying the man has been banned from any of it's chains nationally. We're now on the line to the woman in the video Lebohang Mabuya

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, Casac, says it is deeply disturbed by the burglary at the office of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. This follows the break-in at the Office of the Chief Justice in Midrand at the weekend. Fifteen computers containing sensitive information about the country's judges were stolen. CASAC says the burglary raises suspicions about political motive. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to council's executive secretary Lawson Naidoo...

Mpumalanga authorities have expressed shock at the death of 14-year-old Siphamandla Choma who was left paralyzed after he was assaulted by his principal at Manyano Primary School, in Middelburg. His death was confirmed by the Health Department this morning. Choma had been admitted to a Middelburg hospital for observation. The department has since suspended the principal. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke Choma family lawyer Eddie Mabaso who says the principal could be held liable for Siphamandla's death, if a causal link is found...

The South African National Roads Agency, SANRAL, says it welcomes the Pretoria High Court judgment for the non-payment of e-tolls. The court has ruled against an Alberton-based company which reportedly owes SANRAL, over 400-thousand rand in e-toll fees. Sanral says the judgment sets a precedent for those who do not pay e-toll debt to be prosecuted. However, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), says the judgment has nothing to do with the legality of the tolling system and is not precedent setting in any way. Tsepiso spoke to OUTA chairperson Wayne Duvenage

World Oral Health Day (WOHD) is celebrated every year on 20 March. It is an international day to celebrate the benefits of a healthy mouth and to promote worldwide awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of oral hygiene to looking after everyone old and young. Research shows that 90% of the world's population will suffer from oral diseases in their lifetime and many of them can be avoided with increased governmental, health association and society support and funding for prevention, detection and treatment programmes. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Dr. Kometsi Mokuele who is a dentist, to tell us how much of dental health problems are self inflicted and how we can improve on our oral health

Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini has welcomed the Constitutional Court ruling on the social grant contract. Addressing community leaders, the minister says she will abide by the court's judgement. The Court extended the CPS contract by 12 months and has resumed its supervisory role. Dlamini has also admitted that she should have apologised when she appeared in parliament last week. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to spokesperson for the Social Development department Lumka Oliphant

Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee will request permission to hold a special meeting during recess to discuss the position of Hawks' head Berning Ntlemeza. Parliament will go into a short recess next week until early May. The Pretoria High Court found that Ntlemeza's appointment was unlawful and invalid, following an application by Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Parliament's Police portfolio committee chairperson Francois Beukman

Lawyers for Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and SASSA have managed to file their affidavits a few minutes after today's deadline. The Minister and the social grants agency were supposed to file papers in the Constitutional court by three O'clock today to explain why they did not comply with yesterday's Concourt deadline responding to questions from the Judges about its social grant payment contract with Cash Pay Master Services. y Social Development spokesperson Lumka Oliphant....