Afternoon Edition: 30 July 2015
PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS SUSPENDED - The head of the Parliamentary Protection Services, Zelda Holtzman, and the Deputy Head, Motlatsi Mokgatla, have been placed on precautionary suspension with immediate effect.
This comes after the EFF laid charges of burglary after leader Julius Malema's office at Parliament was allegedly broken into.
According to Parliament, the suspensions have been implemented to enable investigation of alleged security breaches at the parliamentary precinct.
Olivia Phalaetsile reports...
PRASA DRAMA - Former Prasa CEO, Lucky Montana has laid charges of defamation of character against Prasa board chairman, Popo Molefe.
Montana was dismissed earlier this month by the Prasa board. He says the charges relates to Molefe's comment that he was involved of issues of tender fraud...
MIDO MACIA - The High Court in Pretoria has heard that the Cell Commander at the police station, where Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia died, has falsely implicated one of the nine police officers in the incident pertaining to his death.
Constable Ramatlou was one of the last police officers to be implicated and arrested in the matter.
Macia died in 2013, after he was dragged behind a police van through the streets of Daveyton in the East Rand.
The Defense has told the court that Warrant Officer Mpumzi Ngamlana is the one who was solely responsible for cells on the day Macia died.
Silindelo Masikane reports...
LOAD SHEDDING - Stage 2 load shedding has been implemented from 5.00pm and is likely to continue until 10.00pm tonight
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WEATHER - Friday, 31 July
Gauteng: Fine and cold.
Pretoria 05 / 18
Johannesburg 05 / 15
Mpumalanga: Warm in the Lowveld, otherwise fine cool.
Mbombela 08 / 23
Skukuza 05 / 28
Limpopo: Fine and cold but cool in the far north-east.
Polokwane 08 / 22
Musina 12 / 27
North West: Fine and cool but cold in places in the south west.
Rustenburg 03 / 18
Mahikeng 04 / 16
