,1,Friends and family have described the late Umhlobo Wenene FM presenter, Nomonde Vakalisa, as a person with humility and faith. Hundreds of people, including colleagues and members of the public, gathered at Nangoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton for the memorial service of Vakalisa. The veteran television and radio show host passed away in hospital last week.
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,1,South Africa's G20 sherpas says while the grouping has previously made commitments to promote open and free trade, there has not been much success in this area. Briefing the media in Johannesburg after two days of deliberations, the sherpas say the priorities of South Africa's presidency of inclusive growth and food security require open and free trade. The South African representatives say trade protectionism should be dealt away with if these priorties are to gain impetus during it presidency.
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,1,Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane has emphasised the urgent need to invest more in campus-based student accommodation. The department spends billions of rands each year on private accommodation for students through mainly the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. As part of their ongoing investment in on-campus housing, the minister unveiled a newly built 200-bed accommodation facility at the TUT eMalahleni Campus in Mpumalanga. The minister, along with various funding bodies, further engaged with students at the Middelburg TVET College on the various funding opportunities for their studies.
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,1,Residents of Winburg in the Free State say they are emotionally and financially drained by the inconsistent water and electricity supply. They've called on the Masilonyana Local Municipality to account, as food has spoilt and some people are said to be getting sick. Retirement homes and those for people living with disabilities, have also been affected.
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,1,ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile says they won't be playing the blame game after the dismal results of the 2024 general elections which cost the party greatly. The province of KwaZulu-Natal, which had the largest ANC support base, only managed to receive 17% of the votes. Mashatile was on a visit to Pietermaritzburg, where he met with traditional leadership and communities, ahead of by-elections set to take place next week. Speaking on the future of the Provincial Executive Committee, the Deputy President said they would not dissolve any structure.
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,1,South Africa will take over the presidency of G20 on the first of December.
Many African states are hoping South Africa will prioritize issues that are affecting the African continent and the developing world.
Explain to us why G20 is increasingly becoming important for Africa.
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,1,The South African Government has welcomed the ICC's warrants of arrest for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri.
SABC News Correspondent, Sherwin Bryce-Pease joins us from New York .
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,1,The United Nations Security Council has heard that extreme levels of gang violence continue to erode state authority and pose an alarming threat to the people of Haiti and to international peace and security in the region.
U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca also expressed deep concern about the slow progress on Haiti's roadmap for restoring democratic institutions after a coalition of gangs continue to cement its hold over the country, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince.
This High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk this week warned that the population in Haiti's capital was practically being held hostage as gangs now control all the main roads in and out of the area. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports that the United States and Ecuador have now expressed a readiness to proceed with a formal request for recommendations from the Secretary General for re-deploying a fully-fledged peacekeeping operation to Haiti.
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,1,Some good news for indebted consumers. The Reserve Bank has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points -- in line with expectations.
The repo rate is now 7.75%, while the prime lending rate - the basic rate of interest that commercial banks charge their clients - goes down to 11.25%
This will bring some relief as debt repayments will go down, but for those with savings, the interest they earn from their money being in the account, will be less.
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,1,Makhosonke Buthelezi, is the Spokesperson for the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,bHDSTgNq4hI,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_bHDSTgNq4hI,Bantu Holomisa, UDM leader is now joining us for further discussion.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,DPJ9KhjE1kk,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_DPJ9KhjE1kk,Wits governance expert, Professor Alex van den Heever joins us via video link to weigh in on the new cabinet expected to be announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the coming days
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,Fk05MknghK8,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_Fk05MknghK8,We continue to update on results a they are being captured. 22 789 of 23 292 Voting Districts have been completed thus far.
Meanwhile the MK party has set a new record for the largest number of votes achieved in a general election by a new political party in South Africa.
We are now joined by Political Analyst, Dr Hlengiwe Ndhlovu.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,7D0N_RAjj_4,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_7D0N_RAjj_4,The Independent Electoral Commission says one ballot box has gone missing.
The Commission has completed vote counting and the verification process is now in progress after what has been described as a historic election.
According to the Electoral Act, the Commission has 7 days within which to announce the results.
Any interested party, including members of the public, independent candidates and political parties, may lodge an objection of any aspect of the voting or counting with the Commission by no later than 9pm today.
To continue talking more about 2024's national and provincial elections, we are joined by SABC News Political Editor Mzwandile Mbeje, SABC News International Editor Sophie Mokoena and SABC News Research Editor Dr Ronesh Dhawraj.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,8qy3zgRcXw4,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_8qy3zgRcXw4,Supporters of new political parties in the Northern Cape are watching the results with interest to see how they performed.
The Northern Cape Communities Movement were contesting provincially and nationally as a collective for the first time in yesterday's election.
The Patriotic Alliance has also been making inroads in the Northern Cape. Ulrich Hendriks is watching events.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,ye25igwwjJ8,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_ye25igwwjJ8,With 131 Voting Districts completed, the provincial ballots show some differences to the votes that count towards the National Assembly. It should be noted that those stations account for only 0.3% of the more than 23 000 around the country, which means they could differ to the final count. The DA leads as expected in the Western Cape, despite a good showing so far for the Patriotic Alliance.
The PA are also doing well in the Northern Cape, behind the DA and the ANC. The ANC dominates the Eastern Cape and Free State, followed by the EFF and the DA. MK lie second in Kwazulu-Natal but closely follow the ANC with 230 votes to 240. The EFF is not leading any province but still lies third overall nationally. The DA has a solid early lead in Gauteng, ahead of the FF-Plus with the ANC third.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,CiKuq3fiZtQ,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_CiKuq3fiZtQ,Queues have already started to form at various voting stations around the country as South Africans get ready to cast their vote in this year's national and provincial elections.
It is expected that this year will see a higher turnout of voters compared to the 2019 elections, which saw the lowest ever voter turnout of 66% since the country's first democratic elections were held in 1994.
To talk more about what we could expect from today's voting trends, we are joined by the political analysts Dr Sithembile Mbete and Doctor Levy Ndou.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,6y8tWkdivGs,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_6y8tWkdivGs,Africa's work in development, from ending poverty and hunger, leading the way on renewable energy systems, to calls for reforming the global financial system, are efforts that require peace on the continent and beyond. So says UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, in a briefing to the Security Council on 'Strengthening the Role of the African State in Addressing Global Security and Development Challenges'. The meeting is one of the signature events of Mozambique's Presidency of the Council for May, and comes two days ahead of Africa Day.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,AUBC,African United Business Confederation,XqaGTixIBos,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_XqaGTixIBos,The African United Business Confederation is hosting a Round Table Dialogue with Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
The session will focus on the theme of effective leadership for driving sustainable development and prosperity in South Africa.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,TKDogh9idHo,, Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_TKDogh9idHo,Top jurists are set to vie for four superior court positions this week.
They'll appear before the Judicial Service Commission in Johannesburg.
In previous years, the JSC came under scrutiny on how it handled its interview process.
Senior legal minds will also be interviewed for one vacant seat on the Constitutional Court bench.
To discuss this, we are joined by legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala, from Zikalala Attorneys.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,dnxirS7Jkkw,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_dnxirS7Jkkw,Former National speaker of parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will make her first court appearance at the Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria today after handing herself over to police.
This follows her resignation yesterday as Speaker and MP, amid corruption allegations.
The former speaker earlier arrived at Lyttelton police station in Centurion.
It's reported that she handed herself over to law enforcement officials.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,vxI7rklzul0,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_vxI7rklzul0,For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.
,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,IC1wK5UTHw0,, Politics,Society, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_IC1wK5UTHw0,South Africans don't know how to deal with conflict. This finding was revealed on day two of the Crime Stats briefing by SAPS top brass to Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police. Today MPs had an opportunity to respond to the statistics and interrogate SAPS on their fight against crime.
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,SABC News,actuality,world news,local news,w6cehDCKOt8,, Politics,Society,Television_program, channel_UC8yH-uI81UUtEMDsowQyx1g, video_w6cehDCKOt8,Continuing spates of rampant murders, and violent mass killings, as well as general criminality have reinforced the country's reputation of being a violent country with one of the highest murder rates in the world. During his SONA, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared load shedding a national state of disaster due to a crippling energy crisis. On Monday a state of disaster was declared owing to the extent of flooding that has caused destruction. A question has been asked on whether the levels of lawlessness and criminality in South Africa do not warrant a state of emergency. Eldred de Klerk, Senior Associate of the African Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis (ACSIP) joins us virtually.
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