The High Court in Pretoria has requested the National Director of Public Prosecutions to consider initiating criminal charges against government for allowing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave South Africa despite a court order forbidding it. .To discuss this further Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the International Criminal Justice lawyer at the Southern African Litigation Centre, Angela Mudukuti,report by Abongwe Kobokana and to unpack the legal ramification of the judgement we're now joined on the line by an associate professor of public law at the University of Cape Town, Richard Calland

The Pretoria High Court has declared the extension of a tender for a company that has been operating the eNatis system null and void. The Department of Transport's former Director General George Mahlalela, allegedly extended Tasima's contract between 2010 to 2015 without following proper procedures. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Transport Department's spokesperson, Tiyani Rokhotso.

South African and Argentinian paleotologists have discovered a new 200-million year old dinosaur in South Africa and named it Sefapanosaurusafter the Sesotho word "Sefapano" meaning cross. The specimen was found in the 1930s in the Free State, but remained hidden among the largest collection of fossils in South Africa at Wits University. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Dr Jonah Choiniere of the Wits Evolutionary Studies Institute...

Two siblings kidnapped in Mpumalanga in July last year are making their way back home tomorrow.. The siblings were allegedly trafficked to Malawi under false pretences by a woman who offered them free education and employment in the United Kingdom. Social Development spokesperson Lumka Oliphant spoke to Sakina Kamwendo and says the siblings are safe and unharmed.

1. ASIAN MARKETS RALLY LED BY JAPANESE STOCKS WHICH ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST PEAK IN 8 YEARS
2. THE RAND STRENGTHENS FOLLOWING STRONG DOMESTIC CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEFICIT RESULTS
3. PRICES OF OIL SLIGHTLY INCREASED FOLLOWING REVISED DEMAND MEANING WE MIGHT SEE PETROL PRICE HIKES NEXT MONTH

Many Northern Cape residents are back to using bucket toilets. This comes after the controversial 631-million rand sanitation tender awarded to the non-compliant Siyenza Group was terminated earlier this month. The cancellation of the lucrative tender follows months of investigation and exposure of extremely poor service delivery and maladministration which have left many residents of the Amathole District back with the bucket system. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Water and Sanitation Affairs Spokesperson, Mlimandlela Ndamase...

South Africa's power supply crisis poses the biggest obstacle to growth. That's according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says there is a need for higher tariffs. The IMF singled out delays in easing electricity shortages, and policy and regulatory uncertainties as chief constraints to economic growth. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to IMF senior representative in SA, Axel Schimmelpfennig

The Ad Hoc Committee on Nkandla has decided to consider Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko's report on President Jacob Zuma's security upgrades at his private residence. Committee Chairperson Cedric Frolick spoke to Sakina Kamwendo and says he is also considering visiting Nkandla for assessments.

** The current account data that came out for SA yesterday
** The danger present in U.S . Equities

Are South Africans getting value for money from public representatives. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent takes a look at some of the benefits that MPs are entitled to, so that they carry out their constitutional mandate. Their remuneration benefits are determined by the Commission that deals with the remuneration of public office bearers. But they also get administrative support from parliament