First Take SA

Lawyers for Human Rights have approached the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, asking that it removes obstacles which make it difficult for orphaned refugee children to be granted asylum. The Refugee Act does not include orphans in its definition of dependants for purposes of seeking asylum. This means that their aunts or uncles first have to be declared their legal guardians before they can assist these children to get the necessary Asylum Seekers permit

The trial of tennis doubles champion, Bob Hewitt has been postponed to next month. Earlier Hewitt was found guilty on two charges of rape and one of sexual assault. He's been granted 10 thousand rand bail in the Palm Ridge magistrates court, east of Johannesburg.

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The Constitutional Court has sanctioned an agreed timetable for the finalisation of the tender process for the multi-billion rand social grant system. In April last year the court ordered the rerun of the tender after it found the tender awarded to Cash Paymaster Service was unlawful. CPS wanted to challenge the new Request for Proposals. But before the matter could be heard, the Social Security Agency promised to address Cash Paymaster's concerns and a new timetable was drawn up. But the Constitutional Court reserved judgment on a contentious part of the order added by the Black Sash Trust. Senior Constitutional Court Reporter, Candice Nolan reports

A third man convicted for the 2002 murder of a police officer will finally have his conviction reconsidered by the Constitutional Court. In May last year, the Constitutional Court rejected Thembekile Molaodzi's appeal because he failed to raise any constitutional grounds. But in a lucky strike, Moloadzi's case will be reconsidered after two others convicted for the same crime raised a constitutional appeal. Senior Constitutional Reporter, Candice Nolan has the details

PM Live host Bongi Gwala speaks to Institute for Security Studies's Jacques Marais on Robert Mcbride's lawyers have told the High Court in Pretoria that a Parliamentary process should be the only way to suspend head of IPID to ensure independence

The funeral of murder hip hop icon, Nkululeko "Flabba" Habedi will take place on Sunday at the Alexandra Stadium, north of Johannesburg. The award winning rapper was stabbed to death allegedly by his girlfriend. Earlier this week, hundreds of fans paid respect to the Skwatta Kamp member at his memorial service in Newtown. Today we pay Tribute to the hip-Hop star featuring some of his closest friends, Selwyn Ngwenya, Skwatta Kamp member SugarSmaxx, Nothende and Hhp.

Entrerprises Minister Lynne Brown has confirmed that she approved the suspension of four senior Eskom Executives by the utility's board. Brown says she's hopeful that the inquiry into Eskom will help put to rest, all the concerns about the running of the utility. I earlier spoke to the minister and first asked her if she was consulted before the decision was taken.

Grocery chain, Shoprite Checkers, has to convince the Constitutional Court that its grocers wine licence constitutes a property right and that the Eastern Cape government did not have sufficient reason to take it away. The provincial government's new liquor law effectively bans the sale of table wines inside grocery stores. If retailers like Shoprite want to continue selling those table wines they will have to apply for a new licence to open a liquour store on seperate premises

We attempt to help Leon Bester get his money back for items bought online but were never delivered. We Speak to online ombuds on what to look out for when shopping online.