Its Day Two of the 2025 Liberation Movements Summit in Kempton Park, hosted by the ANC under the theme 'Defending the Liberation Gains. The summit unites six Southern African liberation movements, including SWAPO from Namibia, FRELIMO from Mozambique , and Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF.  The ANC says the gathering will chart a new way forward around organisational renewal and strategic unity. Meanwhile, the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania - PAC -  says it will use the platform to stress that true liberation means land restitution and the full dismantling of colonial systems. Jon Gericke spoke to Apa Pooe PAC Secretary General  ..... 

Ghana held their nerve in a dramatic penalty shootout to defeat Banyana Banyana and claim the bronze medal at the CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations - WAFCON - in Casablanca LAST NIGHT. After a 1-1 draw in regulation time, the Black Queens triumphed 4-3 in the shootout at Stade Larbi Zaouli to seal third place in the tournament.The result will sting Desiree Ellis's squad, crowned champions in 2022, and had hoped to add a consolation medal to their cabinet. Instead, they will now return home empty handed and needing to rebuild their team for the next cycle. To review this game we are joined on the line by Mathews Mpete, SABC sports analyst ......

The EFF are to host it's 'Festival of the Poor" 12th anniversary celebrations at the Khayelitsha Rugby Stadium in Cape Town today. The celebrations come just seven months after the party elected a new leadership in December last year. It is the first birthday celebration since the resignation of former Deputy President Floyd Shivambu, former Chairperson Dali Mpofu, and spokesperson Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. The celebrations were initially set to take place in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, but were moved to Khayelitsha following devastating floods that claimed more than 100 lives in the area. Jon Gericke spoke to SABC reporter Sibahle Motha who is at the Khayelitsha Rugby Stadium in Cape Town .....

Wage talks between FlySafair and the striking pilots represented by Solidarity are set to continue THIS MORNING under CCMA facilitation. YESTERDAY's marathon negotiations stretched late into the night, with both sides reporting progress but failing to reach a final agreement. Pilots are demanding a 10.5% wage hike and improved schedules, while management is offering 5.7%. FlySafair has trimmed operations by 30% but says two-thirds of pilots are back at work. Talks resume this morning, with hopes high for a breakthrough to end the week-long strike. For more on this Jon Gericke spoke to FlySafair spokesperson Kirby Gordon

FlySafair pilots are set to down tools for 14 days starting tomorrow, Monday the 21st of July. Trade union Solidarity has extended the initial one-day strike after a deadlock in wage negotiations. This follows the airline's decision to lock out pilots for seven days. At the heart of the dispute is a rejected 5.7% wage offer and unmet demands for better working conditions. The union says pilots feel overworked, unheard, and undervalued by management.  For the latest in this dispute Bongiwe Zwane spoke to the Deputy General Secretary at Solidarity union, Helgard Cronje. 

Operation Dudula has vowed continue to fight for the rights of South Africans until the government intervenes. In recent weeks, clinics in Johannesburg and parts of Durban have been targeted, with the group denying access to undocumented foreign nationals.Their members claim their campaign also helps to ease the workload on nurses, and is welcomed by most South Africans. 
On THURSDAY Operation Dudula supporters marched to the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa offices in Braamfontein and  to the South African Human Rights Commission  offices to hand over a memorandum of demands. The organisation accused the SAHRC and SERI of supporting and protecting illegal immigrants.

In our Sunday Morning Discussion Bongiwe Zwane hosted Operation Dudula president, Zandile Dabula. Thato Masiangoako, a researcher from SERI was invited to the discussion but was unreachable.

The Junior Springboks lifted the World Rugby Under 20 Championship trophy for the first time since 2012 after beating New Zealand 23-15 in Rovigo,Italy, LAST NIGHT. Here at home South African rugby continued to shine with the senior team securing a comfortable 55 - 10 win over Georgia in Mbombela. Meanwhile defending champions of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, Banyana Banyana, have advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament in Morocco after beating Senegal 4 -1 on penalties in their quarter-final match played in Oujda late last night. SAfm sports anchor, Janet Whitton joins us on the once again to review these games ....

Serious safety concerns, poor quality of materials and a lack of oversight are some of the reasons for the George building collapse on the sixth of May last year. These are part of the outcomes of an investigation by the Council for the Built Environment, which was released by the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, during a media briefing in the Western Cape town. 
Thirty four construction workers died and 28 others were injured when a multi-story building on Victoria Street collapsed while under construction. Tanya Krause reports...

It's a bumper sporting Saturday as the Springboks, Junior Boks and Banyana Banyana are all in action TODAY. After demolishing Italy, the Springboks now have their eye on Georgia who they face at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit this evening.The match kicks off at 17h10. Meanwhile the rugby rivalry between South Africa and New Zealand enters another chapter TONIGHT when the Junior Springboks face their New Zealand Under 20 counterparts in the final of the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship in Rovigo, Italy. And in soccer, Banyana Banyana play against Senegal in the quarterfinal of the CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations - WAFCON - at the Honneur Stadium in Oujda, Morocco. Kick off is at 9pm...To preview all these games, Bongiwe Zwane spoke to SAfm sports anchor, Janet Whitton.

The Government of Eswatini THIS WEEK confirmed that the United States sent five immigrants convicted of various crimes to the country in the latest example of Donald Trump's ramped up deportation efforts. On Wednesday the US announced that five men – citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Yemen, Cuba and Laos – had been sent on a deportation flight to Eswatini after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the U.S. Government to deport migrants other than their own without offering them a chance to counter or dispute such actions.  The deportees were recently convicted in The US of crimes ranging from child rape to murder. Eswatini Government's approval of these deportations has raised the ire of the country's opposition. The People's United Democratic Movement - PUDEMO is eSwatini's largest opposition party. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to its president, Mlungisi Makhanya.