Mozambique's Constitutional Court has dismissed Renamo's application to have the results of its recent general election annulled. The court rejected the application on grounds that the party did not submit enough evidence to sustain its complaint.

Guest on the line (Mozambique): Helio Guiliche, political analyst based in Mozambique

Are languages treated equally in South Africa? Today, the CRL Rights Commission is hosting hearings that will assist South Africa in ensuring that all eleven official languages are treated the same. The hearings are also meant to assess measures that are in place to regulate and monitor the use of official languages.

Guest: Professor Luka David Mosoma, Chairperson of the CRL Commission

Today on Both Sides of the story, we look at the City of Tshwane’s bus strike. Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) have embarked on a strike at the Tshwane Rapid Transit (TRT), also known as the Areyeng Bus Service. Numsa is demanding that all workers, especially 64 fixed-term contractors must receive the same benefits and conditions as those who are permanent.

Guests: Jerry Morulane, NUMSA Regional Secretary

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The Social Security Agency (SASSA) has warned grant beneficiaries to be vigilant of misleading information ahead of the festive season. According to SASSA vulnerable members of society are prone to becoming targets to scammers and criminals during this period of the year
Guest: Paseka Letsatsi- SASSA Spokesperson

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape has welcomed Energy and Mineral Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe’s decision to agree to the province’s request to explore options for sourcing energy directly from Independent Power Producers. If its request is granted this would mean that the Western Cape would not depend on Eskom for electricity which could free the province from load shedding.
Guest: Deidre Baartman- Member of the DA provincial Parliament

The National Institute for Occupational Health has launched a “national surveillance project” to find out what causes the increase in mortality from specific diseases within occupation groups.

Guest: Dr Nisha Naicker, Head of Epidemiology and surveillance section

AfriForum reacts to NPA’s decision not to prosecute Julius Malema: Last week Friday, the NPA wrote to AfriForum informing the organisation that it would not be prosecuting Malema in relation to the On Point Engineering tender awarded by the Limpopo department of roads and transport. However, AfriForum is making representations to the NPA to persuade them to reconsider their decision.

Guest: Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum

The Department of International Relations is hosting a symposium in Pretoria on how Zimbabwe can recover economically. It is public knowledge that in recent years, our neighbouring country has been experiencing considerable economic hardship.

Guest: Lunga Ngqengelele - spokesperson for Department of International Relations

Stats SA released Inequality Trends report last week Thursday which revealed that white people are still earning three times more than black people on average. The report also found that the wage gap between SA's groups increased between 2011 and 2015.

Guest: Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science at Wits