Breakfast Edition: 5 August 2015
MORE DRAMA IN PARLIAMENT: There was more drama in parliament yesterday, but the ANC says that all it was a DA publicity stunt. The ANC says the motion by DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, to discuss the possible impeachment of President Jacob Zuma has no real value. Maimane gave notice of a motion of impeachment against the President for allowing Sudanese president Omar Al Bashir to leave the country in defiance of a court order. According to the ANC, Section 89 of the Constitution states amongst others that the President may only be removed from office for a serious violation of the Constitution or the law. No Court of law has ever found the President guilty of violation of the law or the Constitution. In the absence of any constitutional or legal basis, Mmusi Maimane's motion amounts to political posturing and is not worth the paper it is written on. The ANC's Molotho Mothapo
MALEMA'S COURT BATTLE NOT YET OVER: Meanwhile, EFF leader Julius Malema says he's ready to look president Zuma in the eye tomorrow, when he will be back in the national assembly for a question and answer session - almost a year after the EFF first disrupted a similar session with its "pay back the money" chant. Malema was upbeat after the fraud and corruption case against him and two co-accused was scrapped yesterday. However, as Maidi Monareng reports - it's not over.
IMPORTANT DAY IN MINING: It's a huge day for the mining industry. The Minister of Minerals, Ngoako Ramathlodi has called an urgent job summit with the captains of industry today, to discuss the growing possibility and rumours of job cuts. This has been amplified by the continued free fall in commodity prices. Maryke Vermaak reports.
MACIA COURT CASE UPDATE: After calling six witness to testify over the murder of Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Macia, the state has closed its case. When court resumes in Pretoria, the defence will launch its attempt to prove the innocence of the remaining 8 former policemen, accused of killing Macia. The 9th accused was yesterday acquitted. As Silindelo Masakane reports, an autopsy report showed, Macia suffered brain injuries caused by severe blunt force trauma.
MORE MEDALS FOR SA? In Russia, South African swimmers, Cameron van den Burg and Chad le Clos will be back the pool in finals at the FINA World Swimming Championships today. Van den Burg yesterday set a new world record in his 50 meter breast stroke heat - but as Trevor Cramer reports, this glory was short lived.
STOLEN CAR RETURNED AFTER 22 YEARS: In what can be described as a modern day miracle a stolen car has been re-united with its owner 22-years-after it was stolen. Owner, Derrick Goosen, brought the 1988 model car back to Pretoria yesterday after it was found in Polokwane. His Toyota 1,6 GL was stolen from Wonderboom in 1993 and following decades of investigation, a dedicated warrant officer, Kwakwa Ntokola from the Seshego vehicle tracking unit in Limpopo contacted him yesterday to fetch his beloved car. To Goosen's amazement, the car was still in good condition and on the road. It was recovered in November last year during a roadblock. Three weeks ago, the officer contacted Goosen to identify it. He says he was shocked when he found it.
ON THIS DAY: On 5 August 1962, police captured Nelson Mandela along with Cecil Williams near Howick. A large number of groups have been accused of having tipped off the police about Mandela's whereabouts including Mandela's host in Durban GR Naidoo, white members of the South African Communist Party, and the CIA, but Mandela considered none of these connections to be credible and instead attributes his arrest to his own carelessness in concealing his movements.
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