June 07, 2016.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

ANC and SACP meet over Guptas and election lists

Uganda's Yoweri Museveni names new cabinet and gives wife key ministry

And, Malls in Cape Town and Joburg step up security

 

Leaders from the SACP and the ANC, including President Jacob Zuma, are locked in a meeting to discuss their differences after struggling for weeks to find a suitable date.

SACP chairperson Alex Mashilo confirmed that the meeting started late yesterday.

Two of the issues expected to top the agenda were the ANC's dropping of its investigation into the Gupta family's dealings with the state, as well as the candidate lists for the upcoming local government elections, which the SACP alleges were cooked in some regions.

Mashilo said the bilateral meeting was postponed twice in recent weeks.

SACP second deputy secretary general Solly Mapaila said they wanted [the president] to be present because they didn’t want him to act on hearsay.

 

Uganda's veteran leader Yoweri Museveni named a new cabinet yesterday that retained his prime minister and ministers in the key energy and finance jobs while giving the education portfolio to his wife.

The 71 year old president who had ruled the east African country for 30 years, was declared winner of the February presidential election with 60% of the vote and sworn in for a new term on May 12.

His main rival Kizza Besigye rejected the results and called the election a sham, citing widespread rigging, intimidation by security forces and use of state funds to bribe voters.

 

A corporate group representing five malls in Johannesburg and Cape Town says they've stepped up security after the US, British and Australian embassies put South Africa on terror alert.

In a statement, CEO for JHI Retail Nomzamo Radebe said the group had "taken note" of the security alert.

She said all five shopping centres in the Liberty Property Portfolio were on high alert and additional security measures have been implemented in line with the Liberty Group policy.

In an alert issued on Saturday, the US government said it had "received information that terrorist groups are planning to carry out near-term attacks against places where US citizens congregate in South Africa, such as upscale shopping areas and malls in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Also making headlines:

Axed KZN economic development MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu resigned from Parliament.

And, opposition parties said KZN reshuffle was an attempt to settle
scores.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today