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The City of Johannesburg has warned it's running out of space for rubbish and it risks hitting an ultimate disaster point in six years if nothing is done. The city is concerned that if drastic measures are not taken, household refuse will have to be transported by train to a landfill site in Mpumalanga and ratepayers will have to shoulder the costs. From July 1st, Joburg residents will be compelled to separate garbage from recyclable material. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Muzi Mkhwanazi from the City of Johannesburg.

The DA says it will be appealing the judgement handed down at the High Court in Cape Town, which ruled in favour of Mayor Patricia de Lille in her application to have the DA's decision to strip her of her membership and remove her as Mayor, set aside. The court found that the DA's Federal Legal Council acted illegaly, according to the party's own constitution, because the FLC, the legal body within the DA that terminated her membership, was improperly constituted. DA Federal Executive Deputy Chairperson, Natasha Mazzone, says they are appealing because they feel the court misinterpreted the rules of the FLC in the party's constitution

Now during the World Cup the likes of Sadio Mane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi might be grabbing your attention, but a new team has arrived in Moscow, keen to show that football is for everyone. And their team line up might just surprise you, as SABC's Dan Ashby found out.

As we commemorate youth month, this afternoon we feature 31-year-old Munene Khoza, who wants to lead the pack of strategic communicators across all industries in South Africa. This feisty and creative young woman has used her love for languages to start her own communications consultancy company, which already plays in the space of established agencies. Our Executive Producer, Krivani Pillay, caught up with Munene to chat about her growing business and the importance of entrepreneurship…

European Union leaders are reportedlly preparing to take more steps to keep migrants out of their countries. According to the reports, talks planned for the next week, EU leaders will affirm their intention to stop migrants leaving north African shores by paying countries like Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia to hold people until their eligibility for asylum can be established. This comes after yet another boat carrying an estimated 200 migrants was turned away by Italy with its interior minister, Matteo Salvini saying "they will only see Italy on the map". Last Sunday, Italy once again turned away another boat (The Aquarius boat) operated by the aid groups SOS Mediterranee Sea and Doctors Without Borders. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Dr David Beversluis, an MSF doctor who was on board the Aquarius and took care of health needs of more than 600 migrants on the boat.

Three initiates have died at Libode in the Eastern Cape - a week after the official opening of the winter initiation season. The initiates were allegedly underage and were at an illegal initiation school, known as 'amabhuma'. Libode is one of the areas that is known to have illegal initiations schools and where initiates die in numbers. Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance spokesperson Mamkeli Ngam says the three victims died at Jamani, Mhlakulo and Mthombe villages. Our reporter Nkululeko Nyembezi is on that story.

This weekend's ANC provincial conference may not go ahead. A group of the party's members are seeking an urgent court interdict that will prevent the conference from taking place. The complainants argue that processes as stipulated by the ANC's Constitution, were not followed. Yesterday the party's Secretary-General Ace Magashule told the media during a press briefing that it was all systems go after the party engaged the aggrieved members. Our reporter Jabulani Baloyi is following the story.

The new premier of North West province, Professor Job Mokgoro, has committed him to getting rid of the province's ills. The 70-year old Mokgoro has been sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature and elected premier of the province. He succeeds Supra Mahumapelo, who resigned last month following violent protests in the province.

What will South African society look like in 2030? Will we have moved towards a cohesive nation or will existing fault lines grow into wider chasms? This is the questions that is currently being discussed by various thought leaders including President Cyril Ramaphosa. For the past year a diverse group of researchers, thought leaders and representatives from all spheres of society participated in the Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030 project. This multi-stakeholder initiative comprised Dr Somadoda Fikeni, Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Pali Lehohla, amongst others. Along with a group of young people from different socio-economic backgrounds and geographical regions, the Indlulamithi team investigated issues relating to social cohesion in South Africa. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Vuma Ngcobo who is one of the steering committee members of the Indlulamithi SA Scenarios 2030.

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has ruled that political parties are obliged to disclose to the public who their funders are. The "My Vote Counts" organisation initially approached the Western Cape high court in Cape Town on the basis that certain provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) should be declared constitutionally invalid. Chief Justice Mogoeng also ruled that Parliament must amend PAIA.