NUMSA says it will not pursue its appeal for reinstatement within Cosatu. Following its weekend Central Executive Committee meeting in Johannesburg, the metalworkers' union has announced that there is no point in pursuing the appeal against its expulsion at the upcoming COSATU National Congress. It was expelled from the labour federation in November last year. It says it will not waste any more of worker's money fighting its axing in the courts. NUMSA was booted out of Cosatu primarily for its decision to recruit workers outside its traditional base. Senior Political Reporter Busi Chimombe reports

Learners at Qhorha Primary School in Dutywa in the Eastern Cape have not been able to write their exams as they have no furniture to write on. Their desks were reposed by a local businessman for non-payment. The owner of Bright Ideas Project, Mlulami Sanqela, claims that the Eastern Cape provincial Department of Education has not paid him the 160-thousand Rand that they owe him for the school toilets he built in 2009. We spoke to the Spokesperson for the Provincial Education Department, Malibongwe Mtima, who referred us to the School Governing Body, as he says the contract was not signed by the department but by the SGB and the businessman. Deputy Chairperson of Qhorha Primary School Governing Body, Sithelo Ndinisa speaks to Sakina Kamwendo

Researchers are sending global warnings about a catastrophic change in climate ahead of the COP 21 Climate Change Conference which will soon be taking place in Paris. A latest report by the World Bank says more than 100 million people could be in poverty by 2030. To give a perspective on this, Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Climate Change Activist from Greenpeace, Melita Steele.

The charges against the University of Johannesburg students and workers who were arrested on Friday have been dropped in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court. The 141 people were taken into custody for public violence, gathering illegally and contravening a court interdict. They've been protesting against the outsourcing of workers at UJ. As the crowd made marched from court to UJ's Kingsway campus in Auckland Park, police tried to stop the protesters, firing stun grenades and teargas at them. Wisani Makhubele has more

Today Nerina Visser Strategist & Advisor at ETF looks at implications of the HeatWave on agricultural crops and ultimately food inflation, AGOA and the JSE's 125th birthday.

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibe looks at the Asian Stocks that were split, with Chinese and Japanese equities rallying while smaller Asian markets retreated, the world’s economy is growing at a slower pace than the International Monetary Fund and other large forecasters are predicting and Goldman's BRIC Era Ends as Fund Folds After Years of Losses.

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibe looks at the Asian Stocks that were split, with Chinese and Japanese equities rallying while smaller Asian markets retreated, the world’s economy is growing at a slower pace than the International Monetary Fund and other large forecasters are predicting and Goldman's BRIC Era Ends as Fund Folds After Years of Losses.

President Jacob Zuma has called on African Union member states to avail resources required to sustain the African Standby Force. Zuma was speaking at ceremony to mark the end of the AMANI AFRICA 2 exercise at Lohatla military training centre in the Northern Cape. This simulated military exercise was aimed at evaluating the readiness of the African Standby Force to respond swiftly to ensuing conflicts on the continent. Amos Phago reports

The newly-elected ANC Chairperson Sihle Zikalala has called on all party members to unite behind the ANC. He was addressing delegates after he was announced as the new chairperson in Kwa Zulu Natal, in a highly contested and divisive leadership election. He defeated the former provincial chairperson Senzo Mchunu.

Newly-elected ANC KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Sihle Zikalala has called for an end to what he terms the use of state resources to peddle factions within the party. He speaks to Sakina Kamwendo