Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe is believed to be still in the country following reports that she had fled to Namibia. There are conflicting reports on whether progress has been made or not towards reaching a deal for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to resign.

Former Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, says he is still of the view that all poor and working class students should be provided with free education at tertiary level.

Montana was reacts to Martins currently the Public Enterprises Deputy Minister who said one of the meetings he held with the Guptas was to solve issues between the family and the passenger rail agency, Prasa.

SABC Reporter Sashin Naidoo gives an update on the taxi strike in Soweto and ow thousands of commuters have expressed frustration due difficulties in getting to school and work.

SABC Reporter Phumzile Mlangeni gives an update on the taxi strike in Pretoria, with particular reference to activity in and around Marabastad.

On Trends Watch this morning, SABC Digital News Producer Paballo Lephaka talks about the taxi strike and the boyfriend allowance trend which has been making waves on Twitter since yesterday afternoon.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is denying allegations that collusion with SABC management could be the reason behind their decision to call off last week's workers strike.

The ANC-SACP bilateral meeting aimed at unifying the tripartite alliance dragged till the late hours of last night. This follows the Communist Party's call for President Jacob Zuma to step down and the subsequent removal of the SACP's General Secretary Blade Nzimande as Higher Education minister.

On trends this morning, SABC Digital News Producer Paballo Lephaka speaks about the Huawei Mate series launch, the on-going van Breda murder trial and Burundi government introducing a new marriage law that seeks to stop vat en sit.

A group of disgruntled members have filed court papers in the Kimberley High Court asking it to nullify the conference held in Colesberg earlier this year which was seen as a victory for supporters of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.