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Trade union Solidarity and the SAPS have reached a historic settlement that directly affects the promotion of more than three-thousand SAPS members. Solidarity says in terms of the settlement, the SAPS has conceded that its current employment equity plan has to be amended. This follows the recent Constitutional Court ruling in the trade union's case against the Correctional Services Department. We spoke to Solidarity legal officer, Renate Barnard ...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela talks Asian shares rising as expectations for U.S. Feds to raise interest rates is highly unlikely, China Purchasing Managers Index in contraction territory and Morgan Stanley warning forex traders that the worst is to come for the Dollar...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela talks Asian sharing rise as expectations for U.S. Feds to raise interest rates is highly unlikely, China Purchasing Managers Index in contraction territory and Morgan Stanley warning forex traders that the worst is to come for the Dollar.

Nadir Thokan looks at South African trade balance numbers that came out on Friday, US GDP growth numbers that came out on Friday and the consequences of negative yielding debt....

Co-operative Governance Minister Des Van Royen and eight traditional leaders in the Vuwani area have signed an agreement under which government will start the process of re-determining the new municipality that will be established in Vhembe's boundaries two weeks after next week's election. The chiefs, for their part, have undertaken to restore normality in Vuwani. A three-month protest by residents opposed to their inclusion in the municipality has seen some violence and a service shutdown. One of the community leaders, Nsobo Sambo however says they are not part of the agreement. Pimani Baloyi reports...

As South Africans prepare for the local government elections next week, it appears some citizens are still to experience the benefits of the freedom won in 1994. In the town of Vredendal in the Matzikama District of the Western Cape, people speak freely about some places where black people may not venture. Even the infamous tot system is alive and well on some wine farms here. Joseph Mosia visited the area and brings us this report...

ACDP leader, Kenneth Meshoe has asked voters to vote for a party that promotes respect. Meshoe took his campaign to an old age home in Kraaifontein (outside Cape Town) where he told the elderly that his party is based on Christian moral values. He responded to DA and ANC statements that a vote for smaller parties is a wasted vote. Thandiswa Mawu reports...

The DA in the North West has successfully appealed the decision by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to disqualify two of its ward candidates from contesting next week's local government elections. The IEC said the party submitted the candidates' names after the closing date of the 2nd June. However, the DA argued that they followed all the correct procedures. Sisi Segalo reports...

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe says the former liberation war fighters behind a communiqué which labelled him a dictator will be found and punished. President Mugabe was reacting for the first time since the war veterans association of which he is patron, blamed him for worsening economy and poor human rights record in that country. Thousands of party supporters including war veterans,collaborators and youth, gathered in Harare yesterday, to show support for the veteran leader. The national executive members who called him a dictator did not attend the meeting. This report by Shingai Nyoka....

Confusion remains regarding who the rightful beneficiaries of the newly-built RDP Houses in Marikana West, outside Rustenburg in the North West, are. Mining giant, Lonmin, has for the first time revealed details regarding an agreement between the Rustenburg municipality and community leaders. Currently, the houses have been illegally and forcefully occupied by residents, including mine-workers. Lonmin says no mine-worker can qualify for an RDP house. Our reporter Lucas Mothibedi reports from Marikana...