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Today we’re joined by Nthabiseng Kekana who’s back home in SA after taking part in the Makwande Art Residency in Nice, South of France.

We now follow up on the High Court setting aside the recognition of King MisuZulu as the Zulu King. The court found that Ramaphosa had acted hastily in recognising Misuzulu without ensuring all protocols of identifying and selecting the king had been followed. We now speak to Sihle Mavuso, Freelance Journalist.

The South African music industry has come out to express their grief and sadness at the passing away of multi-award winning songstress Bulelwa Mkutukana, better known as Zahara. The 35-year-old died at a Johannesburg hospital last night. The music icon, released five studio albums, with her 2011 debut album, Loliwe, going double platinum. Over the last decade, she became one of South Africa's most popular musicians, know for her originality. Following the news of her passing, social media platforms have been flooded with messages of condolence, as fans and admirers express their shock and condolences. SABC reporter, Prabashini Moodley has more.

 PetroSA has confirmed cabinet's approval of Russia's Gazprombank as the preferred strategic partner for the 3,7-billion-rand deal to restart the gas-to-liquids refinery in Mossel Bay.  The fuel refinery was closed for maintenance in 2020 following the depletion of offshore gas feedstocks.  Amid concerns of US sanctions imposed on Russian companies, including Gazprombank, government has argued that South Africa is committed to increasing trade and investment partnerships with its fellow BRICS nations.  Naledi Ngcobo reports

The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgement which declared that the January 2020 amendments to the Refugees Act, infringes the constitutional rights of asylum seekers. The unanimous decision was delivered by Justice Steven Majiedt. Delivering judgment, Justice Majiedt says the new provisions to the ACT also infringed on the rights of the children of Asylum seekers...

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved the process to secure an additional generating capacity from nuclear. South Africa will procure an additional 2,500 megawatts (MW) of new generation capacity from nuclear sources to counter the rolling blackouts that have plagued the country. Addressing the media , Electricity Minister - Kgosientso Ramokgopa said the procurement of nuclear energy would assist the country to achieve a generation mix required to reach the envisaged demand and to ensure the country's energy security in the future. Electricity Minister, Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa elaborates.

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