Several police officers are facing murder or attempted murder charges for the Marikana massacre. Zizamele Cebekhulu, President of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union gives his reaction.

The Department of Basic Education has released a Special Condonation Dispensation which allows Grade 7 to 9 learners to pass the year if they obtained 20 percent for mathematics, which has sparked outrage and confusion. Matanzima Mweli, Director-General of the Department of Basic Education gives clarity on the matter.

SABC board chairman Prof Mbulaheni Maguvhe and his legal team‚ and SABC executives including acting CEO James Aguma and Hlaudi Motsoeneng staged a mass walkout of a parliamentary committee on Wednesday morning. What are the implications? Vincent Smith, Chairperson Parliamentary Portfolio Ad hoc Committee of Broadcasting talks about it.

Petrol price went down last night to much needed relief for consumers. Rocco Strydom, Director at Elegant Fuel, gives perspective in the drop in fuel price and forecasts what we can expect in 2017.

Guest: Rocco Strydom, Director at Elegant

Petrol price went down last night to much needed relief for consumers. Rocco on the radio to give perspective in the drop in fuel price and forecast what we can expect in 2017.

It has been just over 100 days since the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Cllr Mzwandile Masina has been in office. The mayor has since outlined several programmes that will be implemented by his administration. He speaks to Stephen about the progress made so far and other issues that still need looking after in the metropolitan.

India has faced huge cash shortages after it scrapped a large part of its currency

A cash shortage triggered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to void 86 percent of currency in circulation and an accompanying surge in banking liquidity as Indians deposit their worthless bank notes threatens one of the world’s economic bright spots. Gross domestic product data released on Wednesday showed the economy grew less than estimated in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, piling pressure on the central bank to lower borrowing costs.

 

Measures to help stamp out corruption in India

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a dramatic move aimed at stamping out corruption and draining illicit cash from the country, on Tuesday (8 Nov) announced the abolition of all 1000 and 500 rupees bank notes from midnight Tuesday.

 

India has celebrated the 50th anniversary of a rice variety that apparently ushered in the green revolution

Crossbred from a tall variety in Indonesia and a dwarf variety in China, IR8 was the world’s first high-yielding rice and is credited with having prevented famines and sparking the Green Revolution in rice in Asia.

President Jacob Zuma has launched his court case to set aside the public protector's State of Capture report on the grounds it was unconstitutional, arguing that the remedial action violates the separation of power doctrine. Director of the Centre for Constitutional Rights, Phephelaphi Dube, talks about how this matter should be dealt with?

Parks Tau has now been elected as SALGA’s new Chairperson. Can he balance his role of representing local authorities with his role as opposition in the City of Joburg?

Members of Parliament have asked the board and management of the Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) what they are doing to fix the entity's finances. PRASA has been identified by the Auditor General as the worst performing entity with irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure to the tune of R14 billion. Acting PRASA Group CEO Collins Letsoalo explains how the entity’s finances got to this stage