The Presidency says it will not entertain what it calls rumours and gossip about operations at Eskom

** The University of KwaZulu-Natal says it will convene an urgent meeting with students soon, to address the defacing of the statue of King George the fifth on the university's Howard College campus.

**Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says it will take her department between six months and a year to resolve all the issues that social workers have raised.

**The SABC's Board of Directors has met and resolved that Rachel Kalidass and Ronnie Lubisi be removed as non-executive directors. SUDISHA