Breakfast Edition: 12 April 2016
WATCH & LISTEN: Here is a recap of this morning's top news stories.
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYS IT IS TIME FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says South Africa needs ethical leadership. Mogoeng - who delivered the seminal Constitutional Court ruling on the Nkandla matter - addressed the Serious Social Investing Conference in Gauteng on Monday. The court found President Jacob Zuma failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution by ignoring the Public Protector's remedial action. Mogoeng says ethical leadership leaves no room for corruption or the manipulation of politicians. "Unethical leadership made South Africa look like it belongs to only some who live in it. We need ethical leadership. It about undertaking to heal the divisions of our past," he says. Silindelo Masikane reports.
AMCU SLAMS LILY MINE: AMCU president, Joseph Mathunjwa lamented the slow pace of efforts to find three mine workers who were still trapped underground in the Lily Mine outside Baberton in Mpumalanga. It has been more than two months since the mine collapsed and Mathunjwa believed not much attention has been given to the plight of the three trapped workers.
ZIMBABWEAN POLITICAL PARTIES TALK ABOUT COALITION: Political parties in Zimbabwe are meeting informally to come up with a grand coalition to challenge President Robert Mugabe, 92, and his Zanu PF party in the 2018 elections, People's Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson, Jacob Mafume, said on Monday. Speaking in a wide ranging interview with the African News Agency in Harare, Mafume said a coalition in Zimbabwe was no longer optional, but a must if the country's political and economic situation was to be turned around. Pieter van der Merwe reports.
ALLISTER COETZEE FAVOURITE FOR BOK COACH JOB: SARU will on Tuesday announce the new Springbok coach, with Allister Coetzee tipped for the top job. Former Springbok wing, turned rugby commentator, Breyton Paulse says fulfilling the duties of Springbok coach can get to you after a while. Paulse who played for the national squad between 1999 and 2007 says coaches who became successful were really "hard-core". "Allister Coetzee can be a bit of a nice guy. You need to sometimes put your foot down with players who have strong personalities," Paulse told the Complimentary Breakfast. Paulse also said that he was concerned that some of the players may overpower Coetzee.
EVERY PADDLE BOARDER'S NIGHTMARE: A video surfaced online showing a paddle boarder from Florida in the US colliding with a shark. The man had a camera attached to his board when the incident occurred.
