May 23, 2016.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

NPA to announce Spy Tapes plan of action.

EFF says unreasonable rates and taxes debts must be cancelled.

And, Zuma urges South Africans to pray for the return of the spirit of Ubuntu.

 

The National Prosecuting Authority (or NPA) will today reveal its course of action regarding the High Court in Pretoria judgement which set aside the decision to halt President Jacob Zuma’s prosecution in 2009.

NPA spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku initially told a news agency that today was the NPA’s last day to respond on the matter.

Earlier this month, the NPA said it was still mulling on whether the 783 charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering against Zuma should be reinstated.

 

Unreasonable debts in rates and taxes should be cancelled for the poor immediately, the EFF said yesterday.

National spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said there was growing phenomenon across townships where the municipalities were charging people, in particular old age headed households, unreasonable and inexplicable rates.

He said it made no sense that the poor who were on pension and child grants were charged services of so exorbitant amounts within the rising levels of unemployment.

Ndlozi said the EFF called on the debts to be cancelled as they believed they were unreasonable and represented “corruption”.

President Jacob Zuma yesterday told South Africans to pray for Ubuntu, love and respect for one another.

Zuma said respect was the fundamental trait of any human being.

He was speaking at the National Prayer Day at Kings Park Stadium in Durban where he said respect was the fibre that held families, organisations and communities together.

He said South Africans should spread the message of Ubuntu.

He also prayed for the drought stricken province saying it was negatively affecting the economy.

Also making headlines:

Zuma condemned 'hooliganism and thuggery'.

Stellenbosch University said it’s students would be accommodated by the institution’s revised language policies.

And, the National Education Collaboration Trust issued a crowdsourcing appeal issued for Vuwani schools.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today