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The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce has again called for the decriminalisation of sex work. Various organisations including SWEAT and the Women's Legal Centre met in Cape Town on Wednesday to discuss problems in the sex industry ahead of the 21st International Aids Conference in Durban next week. Chris Mabuya reports....

The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment on Thursday on whether the Extension of Security of Tenure Act or ESTA covers the spouse of a farm worker. A rural woman has asked that the court recognise her right of occupation as independent from her husband. Elsie Klaase says she has lived on the farm all her life and has nowhere else to go. She was ordered to move out after her husband was fired. Senior Constitutional Court Reporter, Candice Nolan compiled this report after the September hearing...

Illegal initiation school operators could begin to feel the full might of the law from next year. Co-operative Governance Deputy Minister Obed Bapela has committed to ensuring that government passes a law to criminalise illegal schools, abductions and initiating boys under the age of 18. Bapela was speaking in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, where he was responding to a call by three parents whose children were abducted while playing soccer in the area, three weeks ago. Horisani Sithole reports...

Government employees and members of the public will now have the opportunity to access affordable housing finance following a R10.5 billion investment in SA Home Loans (SAHL). Government Employees Pension Fund says the initiative is part of plans to provide cheaper mortgages and build more houses. The Home Loans be available to its 1.2 million active members who qualify for credit and will also yield social returns with loans extended at competitive rates. For more on this we spoke to Government Employees Pension Fund Principal Executive Officer Abel Sithole

Eight people have been killed in a fire which broke out at an orphanage at Parlock near Durban early this morning. KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services's spokesperson Robert MacKenzie has the details...

Armscor, has assembled a team of "cyber experts" to analyse the extent of a breach of its computer systems. This comes after sensitive tender information was stolen from its computers. Armsco's computers system was hacked by hacktivist group, Anonymous. It is understood that 63 megabytes of secret information was leaked. To help us look at the motivations behind these hacking, we are joined on the line by Cyber security expert at Cyanre, Danny Myburgh.

Britain has chosen its new Prime Minister, Theresa May. She takes over from David Cameron who has led Britain as Prime Minister for six years. May is the second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher. To help us look at the legacy David Cameron left and who Theresa May is, we are joined on the line by the CEO of the Mzala Nxumalo Centre, Dr Bheki Mngomezulu.

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian shares hovering near eight-month peak on Bank of England rate cut, South Africa investigating possible insider trading at Discovery and Thursday investment theme which is Crisis in Zimbabwe the SADC region....

Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB, Mohammed Nalla speaks South Africa retail sales strengthening despite expecting, South Africa being back to second largest economy in Africa after Nigeria and the United State beige book continuing to show modest economic growth....

Some of the 62 candidates nominated for the position of public protector, have charges ranging from rape to having links to the Gupta family. This follows a vetting exercise that was conducted by Corruption Watch and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU), to help establish the suitability of these nominees. The list of the candidates is with the parliamentary ad hoc committee responsible for overseeing the selection of the next public protector. The Head of Communications for Corruption Watch, Moira Campbell, joins us on the line to tell us more.