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News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm... more
FAQs about Update@Noon:How many episodes does Update@Noon have?The podcast currently has 10,199 episodes available.
June 30, 2017Family Suna Venter believes the stress she at SABC led to her deathThe family of SABC senior producer Suna Venter, who was found dead on Thursday morning, believes the stress she'd faced over the past year helped cause her death. Venter, who was 32, was found dead in her flat in Fairlands in the northwest of Johannesburg. She had recently been diagnosed with a cardiac condition associated with stress and trauma. Sashin Naidoo reports...more4minPlay
June 29, 2017South African Society for Psychiatrists says mental healthcare is collapsingThe South African Society for Psychiatrists is warning that mental healthcare in the country is collapsing. This despite, the Health Ombudsman's release of a damning report in February which contained specific recommendations to improve the service. Psychiatrists are saying many hospitals are still understaffed with few resources. They are also claiming that the death toll from the Esidimeni incident, in which 94 psychiatric patients died between 23 March and 19 December last year in Gauteng, has risen to above 100. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to President of the South African Society for Psychiatrists, Bernard Jance van Rensberg....more7minPlay
June 29, 2017City of Tshwane to reduce public transport fares with Effect from 1 JulyThe City of Tshwane to reduce public transport fares with Effect from 1 July. Making the announcement last night, Mayor Solly Msimanga saying;safe, reliable and affordable public transportation is needed to addresses inequalities. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Tshwane Member of the Mayoral Committee for Roads & Transport Sheila Lynn- Senkugube who says...more5minPlay
June 29, 2017Asian Shares Trading higher | Stats SA to release May Producer Price Index todayMaudi Lentsoane, CEO of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Shares which are trading higher following a positive close on Wall Street, Iron Ore Prices still recovering and Stats SA to release the May Producer Price Index today....more7minPlay
June 29, 2017OUTA says it has compelling evidence that warrants President Zuma's removalCivil action organisation, OUTA, has confirmed it will be presenting Parliament with a report directly linking President Jacob Zuma to state capture. OUTA says the report contains compelling evidence that warrants President Zuma's removal from office when Parliament holds a no-confidence vote on a date still to be announced. Thandiswa Mawu reports...more2minPlay
June 29, 2017There were 69 cases where people died and police blamed deaths on suicide-BizosHuman Rights Advocate George Bizos gave testimony in the Ahmed Timol Inquest seating at the Johannesburg High Court. Bizos who represented Steve Biko and Timol in their inquests and also represented first witness Salim Essop in his case against the police, spoke about his experiences as a lawyer in the time of apartheid. Angela Bolowana reports...more4minPlay
June 29, 2017More than 8 000 jobs to be lost as AngloGold Ashanti structuresNerina Visser, Strategist and Advisor at ETF South Africa looks at Anglogold restructuring plan which will see about 8500 people lose their jobs and Local Mining Communities Business Forum, to hand over a memorandum to the JSE in Sandton demanding jobs...more11minPlay
June 28, 2017Committee on Home Affairs fuming no-show by Ministers Gigaba & MkhizeCommittee members of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs were left fuming on Tuesday following the no-show of former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and his successor, Hlengiwe Mkhize to explain why the Department had granted the Guptas citizenship after their initial application was denied. Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni, who appeared for the Department, told MP's that officials considered the Gupta family's business interests and investments in the country before deciding there were exceptional circumstances for early naturalisation. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, Lemias Mashile on the matter....more10minPlay
June 28, 2017Struggle activist Salim Essop concludes testimony in Timol InquestThe Ahmed Timol Inquest will conclude the cross-examination of activist Salim Essop today. Essop spent the past two days speaking about his four days of torture at the hands of the Apartheid security police following his arrest in 1971. On Tuesday Essop took the court on a tour of the Johannesburg Central Police Station where he was held prisoner. This is the same prison where Ahmed Timol met his death. His death was ruled a suicide in 1972. The current inquest, brought by Timol's family, aims at overturning this ruling. Angela Bolowana reports...more4minPlay
June 28, 2017Investigation into SABC scope to be completed before end of board's term -SIUThe Special Investigation Unit has told the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) and the SABC interim Board that the investigation into the public broadcasters scope will be completed before the end of the Boards term. Earlier this year, Parliament's ad hoc committee probing the SABC, recommended that an investigation be conducted. The officials met at the SABC's headquarters in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, to discuss the scope of the investigation by SIU. Both SCOPA and the SABC interim Board are pleased with the investigation. Ditaba Tsotetsi reports...more4minPlay
FAQs about Update@Noon:How many episodes does Update@Noon have?The podcast currently has 10,199 episodes available.