First Take SA

The medical advisory parole board has recommended that Clive Derby-Lewis be released on medical parole. Derby-Lewis has served more than 21 years of his life sentence. He was convicted of conspiracy to kill the leader of the South African Communist Party, Chris Hani, in 1993

Constitutional Court has fixed a mistake made by President Jacob Zuma last year which had the unintended consequence of criminalising the provision of health care.

Head of the Special Investigating Unit, Vasi Soni, has resigned. Spokesperson Sefura Mongalo says Soni stepped down for personal reasons. Soni has admitted in an interview that his job had been stressful and a serious challenge. Soni, an advocate, was appointed by President Jacob Zuma in September 2013. He indicated he would be going into private practice.

Lawyers for Human Rights have described a statement by police linking the looting of foreign owned shops to acts of criminality as irresponsible. At least six people have been killed in the violence that started in Soweto last week and has since spread to Langlaagte and Alexandra. Top cops in Gauteng insist that the incidents have nothing to do with xenophobia.

Disgraced former National Police Commissioner, Jackie Selebi, has died . Selebi, who also served as Interpol President, was the most senior government official to have been convicted of corruption. South Gauteng High Court Judge Meyer Joffe convicted Selebi on the 2nd of July 2010 for having accepted bribes worth 166-thousand Rand from convicted drug trafficker and dodgy businessman, Glenn Agliotti. Joffe sentenced Selebi to 15 years' imprisonment on the 3rd of August 2010. In a hard-hitting judgment, Joffe said Selebi had lied and manufactured evidence to escape the consequences of his crimes

The township plunged into chaos this week as residents went on the rampage looting foreign owned tuckshops. The violence was sparked by the shooting and killing of a Soweto teenager on Monday, blamed by residents on a foreign national. President Zuma was speaking in Davos where he attended the World Economic Forum. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng has filed this report

South Africa's architecture and design fraternities will once again come together at one of Africa's first and largest premier urban culture and design festivals, Architecture ZA 2015 taking place from 24 - 26 September 2015. This year's multi-faceted programme, themed Future City, brings together leading innovators and multi-disciplinary built environment practitioners from around the globe.

In just three months since Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona has been at the helm of the power utility, he's had to concede that Eskom has all but exhausted its reserve margins and expects a pattern of rolling blackouts for some time to come. This was earlier today, when Matona was addressing the media on the status of the country's power, as more blackouts are expected due to pressures, exerted by industry coming on the grid.

The UN director for women, Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on UN member countries to work to get to help Nigeria to address the challenge of Boko Haram. The extremist group has launched a reign of terror in the West African country. In an exclusive interview with the SABC, Mlambo-Ngcuka challenged women not to shy away from contesting leadership position.

The EFF filed papers with the Constitutional Court challenging the suspension of some of its MPs by the National Assembly's powers and privileges committee. EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says it follows the refusal by the Western Cape High Court to hear the matter. The party filed its papers at the concourt on Friday after Cape High Court President Judge John Hlophe dismissed their application to contest the suspensions.