First Take SA

COSATU special Central Executive Committee has served Zwelinzima Vavi with divorce papers following his announcement that he will be boycotting the federations meetings. The decision was announced earlier today at a media briefing after the Cosatu leadership decided Vavi had acted improperly by refusing to attend meetings and failing to endorse the expulsion of Numsa, the federations largest affiliate. Vavi has been dismissed as general secretary with immediate effect.

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Nestle SA holds exclusive rights to the shape of its Kit Kat chocolate. South African courts recognised the trademark over the shape, forcing a competitor to recall its chocolates which have a similar shape. The Constitutional Court refused to step into the fray, meaning that a recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment holds sway. Senior Constitutional Court reporter, Candice Nolan has the details

Two men, wrongfully convicted for the 2002 murder of an off duty policeman, have just been released from Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria. The Constitutional Court ordered their immediate release from prison after overturning their convictions and life imprisonment terms. The men had been convicted solely on the basis of the say-so of their fellow accused with no other evidence linking them to the crime. Senior Constitutional Court Reporter, Candice Nolan has the details

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A meeting of all stakeholders of the University of Cape Town is expected to be held in a couple of hours to decide the future of a Cecil John Rhodes statue. The meeting will also discuss transformation at the institution. UCT Vice-Chancellor, Max Price says decisions coming out of the meeting will culminate in a proposal to the university council. A group of students has been occupying the main administration block since Friday to support their demands to remove the statue.

Independent Police Investigative Directorate IPID Head Robert Mcbride was suspended yesterday, following a notice of suspension that was served on him by Mnister of Police, Nkosinathi Nlheko. An urgent interdict McBride sought last week, to prevent his suspension from Ipid, was struck off the roll in the High Court in Pretoria. It's all about the ongoing debacle surrounding an investigation into the rendition of five Zimbabwean. PM Live's Bongi Gwalwa speaks Police minister's spokesperson, Musa Zondi.

A Cape Town family is in limbo despite a ruling by the Constitutional Court which effectively allows the foreign spouse to remain in South Africa. The Department of Home Affairs lost a costly appeal over its attempt to prevent a Zimbabwean man from re-entering the country. But his residency status remains uncertain

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South Africa's national cricket team will take on co-hosts New Zealand for a place in the final of the 2015 Cricket World Cup on in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Following their clinical nine-wicket victory over Sri lanka in last week's quarter-final, Proteas skipper AB de Villiers says the team is oozing confidence before this clash at Eden Park, despite having been knocked out by the Kiwis in the 2011 tournament and their Pool match defeat to Pakistan in Auckland. Just like South Africa, New Zealand have never made it past the semi-final stage of a World Cup. And the Kiwi's, like the Proteas, are hungry for a win in tomorrow's encounter at Eden Park. Black Caps captain Berndon McCullum believes that there won't be much separating the two sides, which have both played some consistent cricket in the past few weeks