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The following story contains graphic details that may offend sensitive listeners ans children. The Durban High Court has heard harrowing graphic evidence about the physical torture that led to the death of a Chatsworth toddler in 2014. The child has become known as Baby X- to protect the identity of her young siblings who are testifying. She allegedly died at the hands of her 31-year-old mother and 51-year-old maternal grandmother. Both women have pleaded not guilty to the murder. Minoshni Pillay reports...

The fees commission has kicked off on a shaky start with the South African Union of Students expressing dissatisfaction on how the commission is doing its work. The students wanted to know the status of fee increment for 2017, but Commission Chairperson Judge Jonathan Arthur Heher, has made it clear that the commission has no power to decide on that, but will merely make recommendations which the President will decide on what to do with them. The commission was established in January this year, and is looking at the feasibility of a free higher education and training in South Africa. Phumzile Mlangeni reports.

The IEC in the Western Cape says there will be no change to the allocation of council seats at the Bitou Municipality in the Southern Cape. The DA lodged a dispute following last week's election results, believing it should have secured more seats. Tanya Krause compiled this report...

Another school has yet been set alight in the violence torn Vuwani area near Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Mugo-yi-dwa Secondary at Tshi-vhu-lana village is the 29th school to be torched in a space of three month. Three classrooms and furniture gutted down. Fire brigade managed to extinguish fire to prevent it from torching the fourth class room. There have been no schooling in the Vuwani and surrounding villages for the past three month. Normal schooling was expected to resume this morning. Our reporter Rudzani Tshivhase was there last night and he filed this report....

The ANC in Mpumalanga has announced executive mayors for all its twenty one municipalities. The organisation also revealed during a press conference held in Mbombela, that two members of the provincial cabinet have been deployed to local municipalities. Vusi Twala reports...

Support for the Congress of the People (Cope) has drastically declined across the country with political leaders blaming this on lack of resources. In the party's provincial stronghold in the Northern Cape, the party's support declined from 34 seats in 2011 to four seats in 2016. With a voter support percentage of less than one percent nationally. Neo Bodumela compiled this report…

Meanwhile, still in Limpopo.... Police have spent the better part of yesterday afternoon and evening battling out with an angry crowd that has barricaded the R523 road with stones and other objects at Tshi-tu-ni village outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo. Community members are demanding the rearrest of a rape and murder suspect who was released in court on Monday. This follows the death of a school girl over and the rape of an elderly woman the past weekend. Our reporter Rudzani Tshivhase reports....

President Jacob Zuma says government needs to upscale efforts to empower women to play a greater role in the development of the country's economy. He was giving the keynote address at 60th Anniversary Women's Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Presidential Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng filed this report...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian shares which have hit one year highs, drone technology is now a lifesaving connection to medicine and the Bank of England quantitative easing hits an early snag.

Nerina Visser, strategist at ETFSA looks at whether political parties are any closer to understanding the economic and financial implications of the election outcome, the real winner of the election has been the rand and this week marks a year of NO load-shedding, but a strike by NUM members at three power stations is expected to go national today. What impact could this have on Eskom?