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Award winning News and Current Affairs Show host/presenter Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has today carried out an oversight inspection at the illegally occupied Carletonville Police Station in Merafong City Local Municipality, Gauteng. The once-functional police station, meant to fight crime, now stands crumbling and has become a haven for criminals. This is part of a broader government push to reclaim hijacked state properties. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson

The deteriorating relationship between the ANC and the SACP will top the agenda of the ANC's
long-standing Special NEC meeting later this afternoon. This follows the Communist Party's decision to contest local government elections independently. The shift reflects the party's perceived exclusion and long-standing frustration with the ANC's failure to reconfigure the alliance. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter Ntebo Mokobo

Suspended Tshwane Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Umashi Dhlamini has told the Madlanga Commission he was asked by the City of Tshwane's CFO to help resolve months of unpaid invoices to security companies, including Gubis 85. Dhlamini maintains he did not influence procurement and only forwarded publicly accessible records. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Professor of Criminology and a member of the Council of the Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa, Professor Jacob Mofokeng

The Nkabinde Enquiry into the fitness to hold office of South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke has been adjourned to tomorrow. This is after two key witnesses were unable to testify due to outstanding evidence statements. Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Johan Booysen and Advocate Shareen Riley were expected to take the stand.