A record 60-million people are displaced worldwide - the highest number ever reported in one year. The conflict in Syria is the biggest single cause of displacement. This is according to the UN Refugee Agency's annual Global Trends Report. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the UNHCR's Senior Regional External Relations Officer based in Pretoria, Tina Ghelli

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has a new head. President Jacob Zuma has appointed Advocate Shaun Kevin Abrahams - a senior state advocate in the NPA's Priority Crimes unit. To unpack this Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, Lawson Naidoo.

After an intensive 14-hour manhunt, the man suspected of killing nine people in a United States church during a prayer meeting is now in police custody. The murdering of six women and three men in the historic Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina has sent shocking waves across the world. 21-year-old Dylann Roof was apprehended about 260 kilometers away in the town of Shelby in neighbouring North Carolina as Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.

Political parties have expressed mixed views about the the degeneration of the National Assembly proceedings that led to the adjournment of the house during president Jacob Zuma's oral reply session yesterday. But the EFF remains unapologetic as our Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent reports

Update From Coal-Face with Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly looking at; Global giant Glencore is putting millions into education in South Africa’s coalfields, Global pressure against the use of fossil fuels could hasten the introduction of clean coal technologies and jobless mining engineering graduates are pleading for a look in.

** EU finance ministers fail to reach an agreement on Greece
** U.S Inflation data indicates continued softness in short term
** Mcdonalds in U.S to close more stores than it opens

The Limpopo Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Department has warned illegal initiation schools that they risk being shut down. The warning comes as young men head to initiation schools across the country. In the Eastern Cape nine initiates have been hospitalized, this after they suffered injuries related to circumcision gone wrong. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to deputy minister of Cooperative governance and traditional affairs Obed Bapela

Asian market update with market analyst Clive Ramathibela: Asian stocks rose for the first time in four days, Chinese lead foreign U.S. home purchases for the first time and Thursday investment theme: Money Market Investing

Economic news update with Mohammed Nalla of Nedbank Capital: US Federal Reserve keeps rates on hold for now, the rand retraces to R12.30 to the dollar, SA inflation up a tick and retail sales better than expected

The Portfolio Committee on Labour says it finds it unacceptable that the National Development Labour and Economic Council (Nedlac) did not provide all the documentation to investigate the forensic report on alleged fraud at Nedlac. The report allegedly implicates Herbert Mkhize, former executive director of Nedlac, now an advisor to Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant, in irregular expenses of over 1-million rand. This includes unauthorised overseas trips, car hire and household goods using an official card. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to chairperson of Parliament's portfolio committee on labour, Lumka Yengeni,