Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius Malema is a free man for now. This after his fraud and corruption charges were struck off the roll in the high court in Polokwane. Judge Billy Motlhe ruled tha the case has dragged on for too long and rejected an application for another postponement by accused number five Kagiso Dichabe.

Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela has denied that she has allowed herself and her office to become a political football in the battle against the ANC and some opposition parties. She was responding to questions at a media briefing called to clarify what she says is the confusion regarding whether or not in her remedial action she requested President Zuma to ask Police Minister Nathi Nhleko to determine how much he should pay for non-security upgrades at his private residence.

Many people do not think that a verbal agreement is binding. However, the laws of our country state very clearly that both oral and written agreements are legally binding. Thembikhaya Zama from Lady Frere in the Eastern Cape found this out the hard way after he spoke to a sales consultant from Standard Bank.

Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says the re-introduction of specialised police units will help in fighting violent crimes in the province. Gauteng has recently experienced a spate of violent crimes and at times communities have been forced to take the law into their own hands. Nkosi-Malobane has condemned the murder of two officers in Gauteng in just 24-hours, saying this may prompt officers to use force when confronted by criminals.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been re-admitted to a Cape Town hospital after compaining of discomfort. His family says the 83-year-old popular cleric has been put on bed rest while doctors obeserve his condition. Chris Mabuya reports...

National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega strongly disagrees with some of the findings of the Marikana report released by President Jacob Zuma last month. Phiyega has released a detailed statement in reaction to the findings and recommendations of the report. She says the insinuation that police management went to work on August 16, 2012 with murderous intent has no substance. For more on this we are joined on the line by Police spokesperson Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale....

Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston, has died six months after suffering brain damage in an incident at her home. Aphiwe Honono and Nkensani Hlangwane filed this report.

Lonmin is set to shed six-thousand jobs, including contractors, as it's planning to close or mothball several mine shafts in South Africa. The platinum producer is reported to have told a union in a letter that four-thousand-500 members of the Lonmin workforce could be laid off. The union hasn't been named. Lonmin shares on the London Stock Exchange have fallen by more than seven percent to an all time low after the news. Lonmin and other platinum miners have been hit by rising costs and a plunge in platinum prices to a six-and-half year low.

Lonmin is set to shed six-thousand jobs, including contractors, as it's planning to close or mothball several mine shafts in South Africa. The platinum producer is reported to have told a union in a letter that four-thousand-500 members of the Lonmin workforce could be laid off. The union hasn't been named. Lonmin shares on the London Stock Exchange have fallen by more than seven percent to an all time low after the news. Lonmin and other platinum miners have been hit by rising costs and a plunge in platinum prices to a six-and-half year low.

The Department of Health recently suspended two doctors after they performed a Caesarean section on a teenager in a general ward at Evander Hospital in Mpumalanga. Ordinarily, this would have been performed in a theatre. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi opened a criminal case against the two doctors, saying they had "a tendency to disregard instructions with impunity". However, health union the South African Medical Association says the Ministers suggesions that the two face criminal charges before an internal probe could be concluded was "reckless, premature, misguided and irresponsible".