South Africa will introduce a special permit for Basotho living, working or studying here from 2016. Home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba announced the Lesotho special dispensation - a much awaited outcome - at the conclusion of two days of talks with his Lesotho counterpart Lekhetho Rakuoane. Nthakoana Ngatane reports

Economists expect the Reserve Bank to continue its balancing act between managing the risk to growth and threats of rising inflation. The six-member monetary policy committee will deliver its interest rate decision after three days of deliberations. It's widely expected that most members of the MPC would prefer rates to remain unchanged at six percent for now. Tshepo Mongoai reports…

Newly-appointed Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, will be sworn in as a member of cabinet this afternoon at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. President Jacob Zuma last night announced a cabinet reshuffle. Advocate Ngoako Ramatlhodi has been moved to the Public Service and Administration Department after Collins Chabane and his two protectors were killed in a crash in March. Zwane is an ANC Member of Parliament and former Free State Agriculture, Economic Development and tourism MEC. To unpack this Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Policy and Political analyst from UNISA, Prof Somadoda Fikeni...

Political parties in Parliament say the decision to establish a board of inquiry to determine the fitness of National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega to hold office, was long overdue. The announcement by the Presidency of a board of inquiry into Phiyega's fitness to hold office follows recommendations by the Farlam commission that looked into the deaths of 44 people, 34 of them miners, at Marikana in 2012. Phiyega has until Monday to make representations on why she should not be suspended pending the outcome of the inquiry. Zalene Merrington reports..

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Taxi operators in the Ethekwini Metro in KwaZulu Natal have vowed to remain on strike until more than three hundred of their impounded vehicles have been released by the municipality. Thousands of commuters in and around Durban were left stranded. Taxi operators say municipal officials are targeting and impounding their vehicles, although an agreement was reached with the city in May that permit enforcement would be relaxed. Metered cab operators have also joined the strike, citing victimisation by the city's law enforcement officials. Mbuso Mkhize reports..

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With reports emerging of a potential civil war in Burkina Faso following a coup last week, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his call for the country's security forces to show restraint. Military units of the armed forces are marching on the capital Ouagadougou to disarm an elite presidential guard responsible for last Thursday coup. While regional mediators are expected to meet for an extraordinary summit of ECOWAS in Nigeria tomorrow, the United Nations is calling for a swift resumption of the country's transitional process. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.

Various teacher unions have expressed that that they do not want the Annual National Assessments (ANA) to take place this year. The unions say ANA is flawed and needs to be revised. However Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is adamant that national assessments for grade 1 to 9 learners in public schools will continue this year. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Prof Ruksana Osman- Head of the Wits School of Education …