Controversial Keith Keating's stand off with the SAPS over an IT system

Today on Update At Noon we had a power packed show for you with the latest on: * The investigations into the fire that killed five people in Pietermaritzburg in KZN; *The two children aged five and seven who are fighting for their lives after a house they were sleeping in was allegedly petrol bomb…

A memorial service for Madikizela-Mandela is underway in Soweto

Speakers at the memorial service of struggle stalwart the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, have paid tribute to her during an official memorial service currently being held at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto. People from all walks of life as well as supporters from different political parties are atte…

Zuma pays tribute to Madikizela-Mandela

Crowds continue to gather outside the home of the late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Soweto to pay their respect. Flags will fly at half-mast for the next ten days in honour of the former ANC Women's League president. Many have described her as fearless and committed to the struggle ag…

Momberg case postponed and she comes under fire for cornrows

Former real estate agent and convicted racist Vicki Momberg's application for leave to appeal her guilty conviction and three year sentence for crimen injuria has been postponed to next Wednesday. Last week, Momberg was sentenced to three years in prison, with one year suspended, for her racist tir…

Fight over lobolo leaves six dead in KwaZulu Natal village

Six people have been hacked to death at the village of KwaZulu in Mbizana in the Eastern Cape following a faction fight with a neighbouring village over lobolo. Scores of people were critically injured and taken to St Patricks's Hospital in Mbizana. It's alleged that the fight broke out after a fam…

US activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered

Events are planned across the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr. The 39 year-old Baptist Minister died in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4th 1968, while standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel when…

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's contemporary Lillian Diedericks describes her as fearless

As South Africans mourn the death of Winnie Madikizela Mandela, struggle stalwart, Lillian Diedericks who was at the forefront of the Women's March to the Union Buildings in 1956, has described her as a fearless woman. She spoke to the SABC from her home in Port Elizabeth. She says Madikizela-Mande…

Police in Burgersfort process the scene where six mine workers died after their bus was set alight

Police are still processing the scene where six people died when a bus was set alight by two unknown suspects at Driekop outside Burgersfort in Limpopo. Fifty Modikwa Platinum Mine workers were on their way to work when the bus was allegedly petrol bombed. The bus belongs to the Sekgawa Bus company…

Madikizela family says Madikizela-Mandela's children should decide where she will be buried

Struggle icon Mama Winnie Madikizela's brother says her children should decide where she should be buried. The Madikizela family in the Eastern Cape says it hopes Madikizela-Mandela recieves a funeral without controversy- befitting the contribution she made to South Africa . The 81- year-old anti-a…

Opposition parties chaos ahead of no confidence motion against Trollip

The chaotic Nelson Mandela Bay Metro special council meeting has been adjourned for the second time since it started in Port Elizabeth this morning. The meeting is expected to debate a motion of no confidence in DA Mayor Athol Trollip, Speaker Jonathan Lawack and Chief Whip Werner Senekal. But chao…