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The South African Communist Party has accused the head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-Genera Berning Ntlemeza of pursuing a political agenda. The party claims that Ntlemeza was overheard saying his 'new mandate' was to harass Communists and the next in line was Madoda Sambatha of North West. The SACP says the conduct of the Hawks under Ntlemeza's stewardship leaves much to be desired. We also caught up with Solly Mapaila, Second Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party for more on thi story...

Students from the Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape resumed their violent protests last night with cars on the Alice campus being pelted with stones and tyres set alight. The protesting students are demanding that those accepted by NSFAS, be given their meal cards with immediate effect. They also want the residence fee increment reversed. Students broke into various buildings and looted tablet computers and groceries while tyres were being burned at the entrance of the campus. We earlier caught up with our reporter at the institution, including SRC president Thandikhaya Mathokazi and Fort Hare University's director of institutional advancement, Zinhle Filtane...

The National African Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc) says any decision to increase the minimum drinking age to 21 years will be challenge in court. The President of NAFCOC, Lawrence Mavundla says the proposed bill doesn't make sense at all and that as soon as the revised version is made public, they will engage it. We caught up with him for more on this story...

President Jacob Zuma says he did not lie to Parliament and the nation when he said he had a loan on his Nkandla home in northern Kwa Zulu-Natal. He was replying to to questions in the National Assembly. Earlier DA leader Mmusi Maimane claimed the president had misled the nation after the Public Protector and the Constitutional Court ruled his family had unduly benefited from non-security upgrades at his residence. To further discuss this further we spoke to Professor Richard Calland, an associate Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town and also a member of the Council for the advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC)

There were chaotic scenes in the National Assembly again yesterday afternoon. This, after EFF MPS tried again to prevent President Jacob Zuma from responding to oral questions in the house. After they refused to leave the House when ordered to do so by the Speaker Baleka Mbete, they were forcibly ejected out of the National Assembly by members of parliament's protection servces. Lulama Matya reports...

The National Council of Provinces has passed the Expropriation Bill with the support of all provinces except the Western Cape. One of the objectives of the bill is to give the Public Works Minister the power to expropriate property on behalf on an organ of state if it is deemed in the Public interest. Just and equitable compensation will be key, before any property can be expropriated. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

The University of Johannesburg has vowed to have the arsonists responsible for burning its main auditorium apprehended and brought to justice. It is believed that arsonists fire bombed Kingsway campus' main thousand seater auditorium and computer laboratories. The damage is estimated at 100 million rand. Some students have blamed campus security for the fire. We earlier spoke to a student at the University of Johannesburg Ndiphiwe Makaula...

Schools in Vuwani are reported to have started on a slow pace yesterday with a low turnout and students left stranded without classes to attend to. Limpopo government says it has expected less that 50 percent turnout on the first day and that numbers to pick up as time goes on. More than 20 schools were burned down during violence, which led to a complete shutdown of schools for two weeks. Sakina Kwamwendo speaks to the Spokesperson for the Limpopo government, Phuti Seloba for the latest in Vuwani...