The SACP in KwaZulu-Natal has agreed to allow its provincial Secretary Themba Mthembu to take up the position of MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development. In a joint media briefing held in Durban, the ANC and the SACP have said Mthembu will take up the position following urgent bilateral talks between the parties. Questions arose earlier today when Mthembu did not attend the swearing in of the other new MEC's. Previously, the SACP was critical of the decision by the ANC to ask former Premier Senzo Mchunu to step down and the reshuffle of the provincial cabinet announced by the new premier, Willies Mchunu, yesterday.

Northam Platinum has suspended operations at its Zondereinde mine following the deaths of two rival union members. Northam Mine says violence erupted after another worker had been shot dead in a nearby town on Sunday. Another has been stabbed to death in the on-going clashes. The platinum belt has been the battle ground for a membership turf war between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).

Both stillbirth and miscarriage are types of pregnancy loss, but they differ by when the loss occurs. A miscarriage (sometimes called a spontaneous abortion) is when a baby dies before the 20th week of pregnancy. Stillbirth is the death of a baby after the 20th week of pregnancy but before delivery. Researchers estimate that, among women who already know they are pregnant, nearly 15 percent will have a miscarriage.Stillbirth can occur before delivery, or as a result of complications during labor and delivery. In at least half of all cases, researchers can find no cause for the pregnancy loss. In spite of how often stillbirth occurs, and how emotionally painful it can be, little research has been done on this type of pregnancy loss

ANC Branch Chairperson at Edendale outside Pietermaritzburg has been shot dead. Nathi Hlongwa was gunned down at IMbali Township in Pietermaritzburg after meeting with some party members. His killing comes just a day after Mpofana Municipality Chief Financial Officer Simo Mncwabe was shot dead. Both Mncwabe and Hlongwa are originally from Edendale. Last month two other ANC councilors were also shot dead - one at the notorious Glebelands hostel in Durban and another at Nongoma in the north of the province. The party's provincial spokesperson Mdumiseni Ntuli spoke to PM Live anchor Tšepiso Makwetla.

A general household survey released by Statistics South Africa today reveals that almost a third of the population is now relying on social grants. There's been a steady increase over more than a decade from 12.7% of the population in 2003 to 30.1% percent in 2015. PM Live anchor Tšepiso Makwetla speaks to the Statistician General Pali Lehohla

The South Africa National Editors Forum has called on the SABC to review its decision not to broadcast footage of public property being destroyed during protests. The SABC argues that showing such material on its news bulletins and using sound on its radio stations, might encourage other communities to do the same. However, SANEF national chairperson Mpumelelo Mkhabela says the SABC could find creative ways to tell stories without omitting any material facts surrounding the destruction of property.

Gauteng MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Paul Mashatile is this hour expected to visit Sekampaneng outside Hammanskraal where the community went on rampage yesterday.Two people were killed and three buses set alight as the community which protested against being evicted on a land owned by the City of Tshwane municipality. According to the police the situation remains tense but under control.

After seven years on suspension more than 500 members of the South African National Defence Force can report back for duty. The follows the announcement by the chief of the National Defence Force, Solly Shoke to reinstate the soldiers who were suspended after they stormed the lawns of the Union Buildings, in a violent protest in 2009. The members have been on special leave, on full salaries, since the illegal march.

N our Tech Talk feature this week...... In 2015, Nosipho Gamede founded GigNet Mobile App, South Africa's first and only fully integrated entertainment networking platform that allows for the interaction of multiple user groups in a single entertainment ecosystem. The Mobile App allows for entertainment consumers to view and track their favourite entertainers and more.

Mantshali Motijoane took her daughter’s relatively new tablet in for repairs at the Edgars Active store based at Clearwater Mall, west of Johannesburg, at the beginning of this year. This after it stopped functioning in December 2015. She says she could not take it to Edgars Active then, because of her December holiday programme. But now the gadget has seemingly disappeared.