The ANC has called for the confiscation of all official and diplomatic passports from officials who are found to be willfully undermining South Africa's foreign policy. The ruling party has condemned the mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, for his visit to Taiwan. We spoke to Zizi Kodwa, ANC National spokesperson and DA spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Stevens Makgolopa...

There is a very special class and teacher in the Langkloof in the Eastern Cape. An eleven year old teaches pupils - six times her age - to read and write. There is a magic between her and the eager learners, and she inspires them to be the best they can be. Veronica Fourie reports

Taxis at the Maseru are still not operational as the Lesotho taxi operators protest against what they say is refusal to do business in South Africa by the police. Many commuters have been left starnded as the operators blockaded roads and ceased operations. Commuters are trying to travel back to their jobs in South Africa. For more on this we are joined on the line by our reporter Thabiso Radebe

The year, 2016 can be remembered about fierce debates around the controversial land ownership. Given that, there are no definitive success in several government programmes for land re-distribution and restitution initiatives, some political parties saw it and used it as Ace-card in the recent government elections. The matter has now cascaded into chaos in the populated mining areas of Brits and Rustenburg in the platinum belt, were land invasion and grabbing is a headache for authorities. Our reporter Lucas Mothibedi has compiled this report.

The South African Weather Service is predicting more rain for Gauteng this week. Heavy rainfall is also predicted for Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces. Emergency services in Gauteg are calling on mororists to be cautious on the road.We spoke to Robert Mulaudzi, Spokesperson for the Johannesburg Emergency Services...

The ANC Greater Tshwane Region Caucas has labelled the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga's visit to Taiwan as treason. The ruling party's Tshwane Region says it will approach the country's law enforcement agencies to investigate the implications of this visit. The party added that the Mayor does not seem to understand the functioning of the three layers of the state and how they are inter-related and inter-dependent. We spoke to Spokesperson for the ANC Tshwane Region Caucas, Lesego Makhubela, Spokesperson for the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Samkelo Mgobozi and Sanusha Naidoo, she is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogue

NGO, OperationSA has presented almost R 10-million to seven charities for the #SAveSyria humanitarian efforts. The organisation says that the money was raised following an urgent call for donations over the past ten days. We spoke to Yusuf Abramjee Social Activist..

Parliamentarians are away for the December recess. They will return to work in January and February. As we look back at 2016, the SAA debate that took place on the 13th of September, the same day President Jacob Zuma had his oral reply session, was one of the critical debates. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent gives us a glimpse at what transpired during the SAA debate and filed this report.......

It has been another tough year for President Jacob Zuma both domestically and on the continental and international stage. Issues ranged from successfully steering the economy to avoid credit rating downgrades to forging new relations with various countries and institutions around the world. He concluded his international programme by attending the funeral of the Cuban leader, Fidel Castro. Our Presidential Correspondent looks at some of the highlights.

It's Almost four months since the August 3rd elections took place- however, Inchanga‚ west of Durban, KwaZulu Natal is still marred by political violence. Last week, three memebers of SACP were killed in Entshangwe, in what the party alledges to be a hit squad. Members of the community have since been urged to defend themselves amid fears of further violence in the area over the festive season.We spoke to SACP's first Provincial Deputy Secretary, Matthews Ndlovu..