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The bodies of seven more illegal miners have been recovered at the Gloria Coal Mine in Middelburg. This brings the number of miners killed after being trapped under ground to 12. Bad weather conditions have hampered recovery operations. Mine rescue practitioner, Mike Elliot, says the process of pumping fresh air into the mine shafts will continue throughout the day. Fifteen more people are still believed to be trapped underground.

The National Union of Mineworkers says its shocked at the news of the unbundling of Eskom by President Ramaphosa. The unon, says the unbundling of Eskom will be an expensive exercise which will push Eskom further into debt. NUM further called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to dissolve the current ESKOM Board. NUM General Secretary David Siphunzi says their members are angry and they no longer guarantee that they will vote for the ruling party ANC.

The 11th of February was celebrated as Epilepsy day. In this podcast, Bussai talks to Sipho Nkwanyane from the Epilepsy South Africa.

We speak to Thembi Nkadimeng, who sought to compel the NPA to make a prosecutorial decision in the 1983 murder of her sister, Nokuthula Simelane, by Security Branch officers reacts to TRC writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa urging him to institute Inquiry into "the political interference that has stopped the investigation and prosecution of virtually all the cases referred by the TRC to the NPA".

Former members of Truth & Reconciliation Commission have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging him to institute Inquiry into "the political interference that has stopped the investigation and prosecution of virtually all the cases referred by the TRC to the NPA". They want President Ramaphosa to apologise to apartheid victims who have been denied justice. We speak to the Executive Director Foundation for Human Rights South Africa and former TRC commissioner, Yasmeen Sooka.

The ANC says it will study the recent High Court judgment that has reinstated the North West Provincial Executive Committee before it deals with the matter internally. Last year, the National Executive Committee deemed the PEC led by Chairperson Supra Mahumapelo unlawful and disbanded it. However, this morning Judge Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane found that the ANC had been procedurally unfair in reaching its decision to disband the North West PEC and had flouted its own constitution. In a statement - the ANC says it will take action in due course but in the meantime called for North West members to focus on mobilising support for the upcoming elections.

Former ANC North West Chairperson is due to be reinstated to the helm of that province's Provincial Executive Committee in the next two days. This follows a judgement in the High Court in Johannesburg today that declared that the decision by the ANC's NEC in August last year to disband the provincial structure was unlawful. Judge Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane found that the ANC had been procedurally unfair in reaching its decision to disband the North West PEC and had flouted its own constitution....

In this podcast, Bussai talks to Mr Jiyane from the Department of Education. We find out about a program devised by the department - Assessment of Special Needs for students/ pupils living with disability in order to create a conducive schooling environment.

The SRC at DUT is calling on management to attend to students' issues, including financial aid, accommodation and transport. Classes at UKZN, Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Zululand were also disrupted. Meanwhile, in Gauteng, the Wits University's students' representative council has condemned management for its use of private security. They say private security officials on campus are victimizing and intimidating students who are protesting over accommodation and registration-related issues.

Structural engineers are expected to brief the Department of Education on their assessment following the collapse of a walkway at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark. A large cement walkway at the school caved in on Friday, killing three teenagers instantly and leaving more than 20 injured. Another pupil died in hospital on Saturday. The Department's Spokesperson Steve Mabona spoke to Leeanne Mannes on Morning live this morning and said engineers visited the school on Sunday to determine which areas are safe to use in terms of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act.