AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa has called on mining companies to pay mineworkers a living wage. Mathunjwa was speaking at the Johannesburg Mining Indaba yesterday. Tshepo Mongoai reports..

SABC board Chairperson Professor Mbulaheni Maguvhe says he will not step down from his position, regardless of an inquiry into the affairs of the SABC. He was speaking at a media briefing held in Auckland park - Johannesburg. This following the SABC Board and senior executive management appearing before the Parliamentary portforlio committee on communications. Sashin Naidoo reports...

The Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu turns 85 today. Pakistani human rights' lawyer, and well-known pro-democracy campaigner, Advocate Hina Jilani, will deliver the key-note address in Cape Town at the sixth annual Desmond Tutu lecture tonight to celebrate his Tutu's birthday. Advocate Jilani says she grew up observing the Archbishop Emiritus Desmond Tutu and was always impressed with his performance at various international events. Here is our tribute to uTat'Tutu...

The annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture has been moved from the University of the Western Cape to the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town due to concerns relating to ongoing student protests. Pakistani human rights advocate Hina Jilani will deliver the lecture tonight to celebrate Tutu's 85th birthday. The Tibetan spritual leader the Dalai Lama launched the lecture in 2011. Executive Director of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, says they hope to back at the UWC next year. From our side though, here is our tribute to uTat'Tutu...

The academic programme at Wits University in Johannesburg is set to resume next Monday. This is after more than two weeks of disruptions by protesting students. On Wednesday, a group of students calling for the resumption of the academic programme, held a silent protest. But they were chased away by a group wanting the shutdown to continue. Noma Bolani report...

The SABC will soon get a new board. This is after parliament's Communications Committee took a unanimous decision that the current board has failed to carry out its mandate and therefore needs to be dissolved.On Wednesday, the committee called the board to account on various issues, including the appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng first as COO and then as Group Executive for Corporate Affairs. Joseph Mosia reports...

Anglo Gold Ashanti CEO, Sipho Pityana did not mince his words in his scorn of President Jacob Zuma at the Johannesburg Mining Indaba on Wednesday. Pityana maintained his calls that South African business and civil society demand that Zuma resigns. Our reporter Tshepo Mongoai has more...

Market analyst Clive 'ntozabantu Ramathibela looks at Asian markets and investments on the continent

University of Cape Town vice-chancellor, Max Price, says Government has missed an opportunity to resolve the crisis in national education. He says failure to continue with academic processes for this year would have disastrous consequences for the university. Dr. Price was addressing the media on the ongoing student protest over higher education fees. Mlamli Maneli reports...

The Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape has obtained an interim eviction order against its students refusing to vacate its residences. The university approached the Eastern Cape High Court in Bhisho seeking a legal eviction order after a number of students refused to vacate residences following a decision to close down the institution . However the order further says that the institution will have to provide a reasonable alternative accommodation before evicting the students. Makhaya Komisa has more ...