First Take SA

University of Fort Hare Alumni and IFP leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi has urged current political leaders to exercise 'cerebral rather than emotional leadership in dealing with the challenges faced by institutions of higher learning. He was delivering the ZK Memorial at the centenary celebration of the University of Fort Hare in Alice in the Eastern Cape. Mathews was the first black graduate from the institution, an ANC politician and envoy to the United Nations. He died in Washington in 1968.

Ousted PRASA CEO Lucky Montana has dismissed allegations that he obtained a house worth millions of rand through a corrupt deal during the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Montana says PRASA made the claim because it had failed to pay a company he's accused of illegally awarding tenders to. PRASA chairperson Popo Molefe has filed court papers claiming that Montana illegally awarded two contracts to Siyangena Technologies

The EFF has warned that it is going after President Jacob Zuma with the ultimate goal to see him out of office. The party has rejected the settlement offer the president filed in the Constitutional Court on non-security features at his home in Nkandla. EFF leader Julius Malema says they have their own conditions for a settlement. The constitutional court has given Parties until Friday(05/02) to respond to the settlement proposal ahead of the hearing on Tuesday next week.

When Seipati Nale’s husband died in 2008, she was devastated, but her pain was somewhat bearable because he had left money for their children in a trust fund which would enable them to further their studies. The fund was administered by Bophelo Benefit Services. The first payment for the eldest child was made without any delays in 2011. However, for the youngest, there are problems which provide a challenge in his access to education. The money should have been paid out five months ago but the family is still waiting.

Labour Federation COSATU says, government does not have the right to dictate to workers how they should manage thier pension funds. In December last year president Jacob Zuma signed a new tax administration law that allows retirees access to just a third of their money,and the rest to be paid out in instalments. COSATU is calling for the scrapping of the new tax laws, and plans marches around the country against it. Speaking at a media briefing in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, this afternoon COSATU deputy general secretary Solly Phetoe said the planned marches will also be against the proposed Eskom electricity hikes.

Suspended Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, says that she finds yesterday's announcement by IPID concerning and incomplete. Phiyega was responding to the IPIDs recommendation that she be charged for her role in the Marikana shootings. The NPA must decide whether to charge Phiyega after it received a file from the police watchdog.

President Jacob Zuma says if the constitutional court accepts his proposal- it will not be necessary to hear arguments on the powers of the public protector. Zuma submitted a letter to the constitutional court proposing that the auditor general and finance minister start a new process to determine his liability for the non security features on his Nkandla home. This would be the second investigation following the police minister's report released last year.

At the tender age of 23 - you tube blogger Moshe Ndiki has literally made full use of the social media space to share, promote and distribute his comedy with the rest of the world. Laughter may be what most enjoy about his craft but many are last with a lasting impression by his unique and rather simplistic way in which he deals with social issues such as relations, the concept of asking for 'love back' and homosexuality amongst others. Born in East London where he made his first home video, Ndiki is now a continuity presenter for one of the biggest music channels in the country.

Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, says a new workers' movement will be launched on the 1st of May this year. He, together with nine other unions unhappy with the expulsion of Numsa from Cosatu, briefed the media in Johannesburg today. Vavi reiterated that they will continue to mobilise workers to support some of their demands which include a campaign against the changes to the pension funds' legislation

Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, says a new workers' movement will be launched on the 1st of May this year. He, together with nine other unions unhappy with the expulsion of Numsa, briefed the media in Johannesburg today. Vavi reiterated that they will continue to mobilise workers to support some of their demands which include a campaign against the changes to the pension funds' legislation