First Take SA

Te Black Business Council has announced that its CEO Mohale Ralebitso has tendered his resignation leaving at the end of November 2016. PM Live anchor Tšepiso Makwetla speaks to the outgoing BBC CEO Mohale Ralebitso.

ANC Youth League President Collen Maine says ANC Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu must take the lead and resign from the party's National Executive Committee. This follows Mthembu publicly calling for the ANC's top leaders to step down as it moves from one crisis to the next. The ANC is deeply divided over the pending prosecution of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, whose fraud case is set for November 2nd.

PM Live anchor Tšepiso Makwetla speaks to the Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela reviewing her 7 years in office.

The University of the Western Cape says there will be no further lectures on campus. However, alternative measures are being implemented. The decision follows ongoing protests. Yesterday major clashes between students and police took place and at least one student was arrested. Students were angered after management failed to attend a scheduled meeting. Tsepiso Makoetla chats to UWC spokesperson, Luthando Tyhalibongo

DA leader Musi Maimane has written a letter to the new Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, requesting a copy of the State Capture Report. Maimane says as the complainant who initiated the investigation by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, the DA is entitled to a copy in terms of the law. For more we are now joined on the line by Mabine Seabe, Spokesperson to DA leader Mmusi Maimane

The NPA has rejected claims that there is any political interference in it's decision to charge Finance minister Pravin Gordhan. NPA head Shaun Abrahams today announced that Gordhan‚ former SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula and former deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay are being charged in connection with how they handled a decision to approve Pillay's early retirement. Gordhan has also been a person of interest in the investigation by elite crime fighting unit the HAWKS in connection with the establishment of the so-called SARS rogue unit. The investigations have lead to allegations that therer is a witch-hunt against Gordhan - who is seen as having questioned business deals between the state and the Gupta family.

The NPA has rejected claims that there is any political interference in it's decision to charge Finance minister Pravin Gordhan. NPA head Shaun Abrahams today announced that Gordhan‚ former SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula and former deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay are being charged in connection with how they handled a decision to approve Pillay's early retirement. Gordhan has also been a person of interest in the investigation by elite crime fighting unit the HAWKS in connection with the establishment of the so-called SARS rogue unit. The investigations have lead to allegations that therer is a witch-hunt against Gordhan - who is seen as having questioned business deals between the state and the Gupta family.

The NPA has rejected claims that there is any political interference in it's decision to charge Finance minister Pravin Gordhan. NPA head Shaun Abrahams today announced that Gordhan‚ former SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula and former deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay are being charged in connection with how they handled a decision to approve Pillay's early retirement. Gordhan has also been a person of interest in the investigation by elite crime fighting unit the HAWKS in connection with the establishment of the so-called SARS rogue unit. The investigations have lead to allegations that therer is a witch-hunt against Gordhan - who is seen as having questioned business deals between the state and the Gupta family.

The NPA has rejected claims that there is any political interference in it's decision to charge Finance minister Pravin Gordhan. NPA head Shaun Abrahams today announced that Gordhan‚ former SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula and former deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay are being charged in connection with how they handled a decision to approve Pillay's early retirement. Gordhan has also been a person of interest in the investigation by elite crime fighting unit the HAWKS in connection with the establishment of the so-called SARS rogue unit. The investigations have lead to allegations that therer is a witch-hunt against Gordhan - who is seen as having questioned business deals between the state and the Gupta family.

Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications has resolved to dissolve the SABC Board. Members of different parties were united in their condemnation of the board for its defence of the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as Group Executive for Corporate Affairs. The board was urgently summoned to appear before parliament to give proper answers on the implementation of the recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling against Motsoeneng.