SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathani says plans are in place to ensure that it’s broadcasting of the ANC elective conference and all other broadcasts are not compromised.

Unions representing workers at the SABC say they will stop at nothing until their demands are met. Workers affiliated to trade unions CWU and Bemawu are expected to down tools on Thursday demanding a ten percent salary increase.

Former acting national police commissioner, Kgomotso Phahlaane on IPID.

The newly-elected Free State ANC leadership has vowed to urgently deal with the application of disgruntled members who are challenging its legitimacy.
Party members led by former deputy chairperson Thabo Manyoni approached the High Court in Bloemfontein on Monday, requesting it to nullify the provincial elective conference.

The ANC in the Free State says it is not aware of a fresh application to nullify the provincial elective conference. Some disgruntled ANC members have boycotted the conference as well as Deputy Chairperson Thabo Manyoni.

Freedom Under Law (FUL) says it remains sceptical about the signing of the services agreement between the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the South Africa Post Office (Sapo).

The SABC board has lashed out at the Communications Workers Union, saying the accusations it made of a R650-million pay-out to the SABC interim board are not true.

Wage negotiations between the SABC and trade union CWU and BEMAWU are expected to continue today.

South Africa is leading discussions at the United Nations for the General Assembly to convene a High Level Peace Summit next year in former President Nelson Mandela's name.

The United Nations say at least 12 UN peacekeepers from Tanzania have been killed in an overnight attack in the DRC’S central North Kivu province. At least 40 additional peacekeepers have been injured with four of them reported to be in a critical condition. At least five members of the DRC’s armed forces were also killed.