First Take SA

HIGHER Education Minister Blade Nzimande has likened the North West University to an apartheid enclave.

Municipal buildings, ANC regional offices and fire engines were set alight earlier today in Kirkwood. Shops were looted and shots were fired by owners to protect their property. Stones and rubble are strewn all over and the town is covered in smoke. Some schools had been evacuated as residents marched into town to voice their demands over service delivery issues.

Two of the 25 people admitted at Pretoria's Steve Biko Academic hospital after arriving back from Nigeria, have been placed on the critical list.

Tshwane university of technology spokesperson, Willa De Ruyte on the strike.

Dr Blade Nzimande responds to NSFAS saying the demand for funding far exceeds the one billion rand allocated this year by the Department of Higher Education and Training.

Police Minster, Nkosinathi Nhleko and the National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega announced the country's crime statistics in Pretoria today.

Unauthorised deductions by unscrupulous companies have become a major problem for South African consumers. Speak Out is often flooded with complaints involving illegal debits. Two months ago we broadcast the story of Mosupulogo Koka from Moletji in Limpopo who shared his story about a company known as Student Forum which is operating under a business known as Corporate People. They had been deducting R185 from his bank account without his permission since 2008 and attempts to resolve the matter with them had failed.