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Opposition parties say they are pleased to have been admitted as an intervening parties in the State Capture case being heard in the Pretoria High Court. Pulling a united front, the Economic Freedom Fighters, United Democratic Movement and Congress of the People have all applied to intervene in President Jacob Zuma's application to interdict the report that was to be released by the former public protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, last month. The report centres on claims of interference by the politically-connected Gupta family in the running of state affairs, including the appointment of cabinet ministers. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports

Political Analyst and Head of Political Economy at Mapungubwe Institute For Strategic Reflection, Ralph Mathekga says the ANC can no longer continue with the narrative that President Jacob Zuma is in charge. Mathekga was speaking to Sakina Kamwendo on AMLive on SAfm

The Former Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela says it is now up to the judges sitting at the Pretoria North High Court to make a ruling on the release of the #StateCaptureReport. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo on AMLive, Madonsela says all procedures were followed in compiling the report.

Political parties in parliament last night, held a debate on whether to review South Africa's relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The debate came as the country is faced with the sluggish economic growth. Abongwe Kobokana filed this reports

Pressure is mounting for NPA boss Shaun Abrahams to be removed or to resign following Abrahams' announcement that they will be dropping the fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former SARS officials, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay. The three were due to appear in the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday in connection with Pillay's early retirement package pay-out in 2010. The NPA regarded this as irregular. Senior Research Fellow at University of Pretoria's Centre for the Study of Governance and innovation Prince Mashele...

Economic Freedom Fighters has written a letter to the General Council of the Bar requesting that it removes the National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams from the roll of advocates. Abrahams earlier announced the dropping of fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former SARS officials, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay. We spoke to EFF's secretary general Godrich Gardee...

Pressure is mounting for NPA boss Shaun Abrahams to be removed or to resign.Yesterday, Abrahams announced the dropping of fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former SARS officials, Oupa Magashula and Ivan Pillay. The three were due to appear in the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday in connection with Pillay's early retirement package pay-out in 2010. The NPA regarded this as irregular. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports

The Pretoria High Court will today make a decision on President Jacob Zuma's application to hault the Public Protector's "state capture" report. President Zuma has argued that he needs more time to respond to the questions from the former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela and an opportunity to interview witnesses who have made allegations against him. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng has filed this report

The case against a man and his wife, who allegedly abused their five children for more than a decade, resumed in the Pretoria High Court this week. The man and woman both pleaded not guilty to 20 charges, including attempted murder, child abuse and child neglect. The father denied that he raped and repeatedly sexually assaulted his eldest daughter, who was 16 at the time. Liela Magnus reports

Nadir Thokan Investment analyst at 27Four Investment managers looks at the US crude production numbers that came out yesterday and the impact of this on the oil price, trade balance numbers also came out for South Africa yesterday and what is impact of the NPA's decision to withdraw charges against Pravin Gordhan