Afternoon Edition: 09 June 2015
NUMSA - We start in the High Court in Johannesburg, where it has been ruled that metalworkers union Numsa's application, to be part of Cosatu's upcoming Special National Congress, is not a matter of urgency and has been struck off the roll.
Numsa today brought the application to be allowed to attend Cosatu's Special National Congress next month.
Judge Mandla Mbongwe ruled that Numsa had known it can appeal its expulsion at ordinary congress since November 2014 and that Numsa had several opportunities to file application to be included in the Congress.
Cosatu's Bheki Ntshalintshali says he is not surprised by the outcome...
ANC ENGAGES AFRIKANERS - The ANC says it will have more engagements with the Afrikaans-speaking communities, to listen to their concerns and debate issues of governance and government policy.
ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe today met with 25 Afrikaans organisations in what they call a continuation of the ANC's attempts to engage with all communities.
A sensitive issue discussed today was that of land ownership, a pressing issue Mantashe says needs to be discuss with the Afrikaans community and South Africa as a whole...
FIFA - The DA has welcomed the chance to seek answers from Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula, but reiterates that the individuals directly implicated in allegations that South Africa paid a US $10 million bribe to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup are in a far better position to provide the answers the South African public is seeking.
This comes after the DA today officially tabled its request that former SAFA president, Molefi Oliphant, and former head of the 2010 Soccer World Cup's Local Organising Committee, Danny Jordaan, appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sport to explain the allegations.
The ruling ANC however told the committee that it would be wise to wait until the international investigation by the FBI in America has been completed, and that Mbalula will be more fitting to answer questions.
DA Shadow Minister of Sport, Solly Malatsi...
YOUTH - It's a week before South Africa celebrates youth day and government has made Youth Development everybody's business.
This was the resolution at the launch of the Presidential Youth Working Group consisting of government departments, stakeholders and youth organizations.
Deputy Minister in the presidency, Buti Manamela also highlighted the aims of the National Youth Policy 2020, which aims to respond to the four challenges facing young people; joblessness, poor skills, poor health care access and the drug scourge...
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WEATHER - Wednesday, 10 June
Gauteng: Fine and cool.
Pretoria 04 / 22
Johannesburg 02 / 20
Mpumalanga: Cold in the south, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld.
Mbombela 07 / 19
Skukuza 04 / 26
Limpopo: Fine and cool.
Polokwane 06 / 18
Musina 10 / 24
North West: Fine and cool, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west.
Rustenburg 05 / 21
Mahikeng 07 / 20
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