November, 9 2016.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Thabi Madiba.

Making headlines:
EFF calls for further boycott of Gupta-owned entities
DA's Breytenbach accuses ANC of wasting time with bill debate
And, Municipal by-elections get under way in 6 provinces

The Economic Freedom Fighters yesterday welcomed the postponement of Gupta-owned news channel ANN7's South African of the Year Awards, saying South Africans were beginning to put the interests of the country first.

This follows ANN7's editor-in-chief Moegsien Williams' announcement that a new date would be announced in due course for the SATY Awards.

EFF spokesperson Mbuyseni Ndlozi called for more people to boycott all companies associated with the controversial Gupta family including their news channel and newspaper.

Democratic Alliance MP Glynnis Breytenbach accused the African National Congress of trying to score political points amid multiple crises in the party by forcing Parliament to debate the "uncontentious" Justice Administered Fund Bill.

MPs, led by Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development John Jeffery, debated the merits of the bill in the National Assembly yesterday.

Breytenbach said the ANC was deliberately using one of the last few sittings in the House for the year to avoid talking about the university fees crisis or the "captured National Prosecuting Authority".

She said the bill was supported by most parties and a debate was not necessary. The ANC was trying to "polish their marble" amid all the issues facing it, she said.

Fifteen municipal ward by-elections will take place across six provinces today, the Electoral Commission of South Africa has said.

These are the first by-elections since the August 3 local government elections.
Sixty-six candidates representing 16 political parties and two independent candidates are contesting.

Nine of the contested wards are in KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo. The by-elections there are due to the deaths of councillors.

Eight of the nine wards were won by ANC councillors while Ward 2 in the Kgatelopele municipality in the Northern Cape was won by the Democratic Alliance.

Also making headlines:
Wits #FeesMustFall activist, Dlamini, back in court
Canadian Migration Department website crashes as Trump leads US Presidential election
And, Helen Suzman Foundation and FUL press for Shaun Abrahams to be suspended

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