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SABC NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS  |  News , ±3 min episodes every 7 hours

Selected news and current affairs clips from SABC radio and digital journalists, used on the SABC Digital News website (www.sabc.co.za/news)

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4am

Marlon Daniels on the NMB Metro coalition

21 sec

The Patriotic Alliance has withdrawn from the Democratic Alliance coalition after failing to get the position which became vacant after the UDM's Mongameli Bobani was ousted in a motion of no confidence that PA councillor, Marlon Daniels had tabled.

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2am

Zweli Mkhize on Makhosi Khoza

22 sec

ANC treasurer-general and presidential contender Zweli Mkhize says the governing party should make every effort to bring back its members that have left because they don't agree with what is happening in the ANC.

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3am

Alan Winde on Western Cape drought

8 min

Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities Alan Winde says the province itself has been putting extra action in place to helping with drought relief.

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11am

South Africa signs anti-nuclear weapons treaty

33 sec

International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane says ridding the world of nuke bombs will ensure a safe world for generations to come.

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3am

Brook Spector on President Donald Trump’s remarks

43 sec

In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, United States President Donald Trump has threatened to totally destroy North Korea while calling on righteous countries to confront the wicked few.

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2am

NUM President, Piet Matosa on the strike

29 sec

Members of the National Union of Mineworkers who were on an underground strike for better salaries at the Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture (KEM JV), have come out.

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2am

Companies must severe ties with KPMG: Economist

5 min

Chief executive of Pan-African Investments and Research Services, Iraj Abedian says companies using the services of KPMG must severe ties with them.

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3am

Thabiso Molelekwa on taxi strike

3 min

Santaco spokesperson Thabiso Molelekwa has called for a better way to resolve the taxi strike.

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3am

Bronwen Dyke-Beyer on taxi strike

1 min

Bronwen Dyke-Beyer says they will avoid trouble-spots.

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2am

Mdumiseni Ntuli on Makhosi Khoza

8 min

ANC provincial spokesperson, Mdumiseni Ntuli says the hearing has been scheduled for October the first.

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9am

AA warns of another fuel price hike month end

29 sec

The #AutomobileAssociation has warned motorists to brace for yet another substantial increase in fuel prices at the end of the month. It predicts price hikes of up to 35-cents a litre for petrol, 33 cents for diesel, and 29 cents for illuminating paraffin.

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3am

Justice for fired workers to be served 23 years later

5 min

Two-hundred-and-eighty workers who were fired 23 years ago by the now disbanded Midrand Council, will now be employed by the City of Johannesburg. The dismissals in 1994 followed a strike by municipal workers against corruption and nepotism within the council. The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), in collaboration with the city, believes that this historic bargain will vindicate the honest workers who suffered at the hands of an administration which preferred protecting corrupt officials.