An independent disciplinary tribunal was not convinced that Aubrey Mokadi walked on water and fired him as vice-chancellor of the Vaal University of Technology. Dubbed "Jesus of the Vaal", he got axed after being found guilty on 161 counts of corruption, fraud and nepotism.

The National Union of Mineworkers' president Senzeni Zokwana says he did not think the people gathering at the koppie in Marikana were criminals.

Cosatu leader's warning comes as a battle over union affiliation plays out at Implats' s shaft six.

Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa says 'sinister forces' were behind the August 10 action that culminated in the death of 34 people on August 16.

Land sector commentators have widely criticised Julius Malema's call for the expropriation of white-owned farm land without compensation.

The Special Investigating Unit is also probing the DA-controlled Midvaal municipality.

NUM officials and Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi were pelted with stones by some protesters at AngloGold Ashanti's mine near Orkney.

Legal analysts say the judgment on Thursday ruling Menzi Simelane's appointment invalid reflects poorly on President Jacob Zuma's legal decisions.