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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has dismissed claims that they are not planning to take part in a meeting between the management of Northam mine in Limpopo, the NUM, and the Police. The President of AMCU Joseph Mathunjwa says instead, the police in Polokwane stood them up after postponing a meeting from Monday which was meant to resolve the situation at the mine. This follows violent clashes that broke out during the weekend after one mine worker was killed and another critically injured. To get an update on this, we spoke to AMCU President, Joseph Mathunjwa.

The South African Communist Party and its alliance partner the African National Congress, have finally met to iron out their political differences. The two organisations have been at loggerheads over a number of issues, including the Gupta family's dealings with the state. The SACP second Deputy Secretary General, Solly Mapaila, has the details...

There has been an outbreak of rabies in Gauteng. Two people are reported to have been exposed to the viral disease, but received treatment. Areas that are affected so far are Muldersdrift, Kromdraai and Lanseria, north-west of Johannesburg. The Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Professor Lucille Blumberg joined us for more details on this story.

Tributes are pouring in following the death of Stephen Keshi, the former coach of the Nigerian national soccer team, the Super Eagles. The family of Keshi and the Nigerian Football Association say the 54-year-old soccer icon died of cardic arrest early this morning. Keshi was recently linked to local team, Orlando Pirates. Hasiya Suleiman is the director of news at the Voice of Nigeria...

Deputy Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Obed Bapela, says government is drafting a bill that will deal harshly with those involved in running illegal circumcision schools. This emerged at a launch of the circumcision winter season in Bhisho in the Eastern Cape. Bapela says this is one of government's initiatives to put an end to the commercialisation of this ritual and curb deaths of initiates. About 29 initiates died in the Eastern Cape during the same period last year. Lubabalo Dada has more

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian stocks which fell as Chinese trade data showed exports from the world's biggest trading nation dropped. Volkswagen opens talks with unions on how to cut costs without eliminating jobs as the German carmaker grapples with rapid technological change and billions of euros in damages from cheating on diesel-emissions tests and China imported nearly a billion tonnes of iron ore over the past year.

Nerina Vissar, Strategist and Advisor at ETFSA looks at the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Business Confidence Index for May which was released yesterday and South Africa’s economy has had some body blows in recent times

The South African Broadcasting Cooperation's Chief Operations Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng says the cooperation stands by it's decision not to show people burning property on news bulletins. Motsoeneng was part of a panel of discussion, hosted by the National Press Club in Pretoria, to debate SABC's decision not to show footage of people destroying or burning public property. SABC issued a statememnt last month indicating that it has made a decision that it will not show footage of people burning public institutions. Maluti Obuseng reports

Top water experts from Israel are in South Africa to share their successes in overcoming the Middle Eastern country's recent chronic water shortages. The IsraelSA Water week comes at the time when South Africa has been experiencing its worst drought in decades. Professor Eilon Adar a Hydrologist and one of Israel's leading researchers in water sources, use and technology, will be one of the participants. We caught up with him for more on this story...

Mining operations at the Northam Platinum Mine in Limpopo have been halted. This follows the murder of a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at the weekend. NUM blames members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) for the incident. The situation is tense and police have been deployed. For the latest on this, we spoke to the Chief Executive Officer of Northam Platinum Mine, Paul Dunne.