Metalworkers' union NUMSA is sceptical as to the sincerity of President Jacob Zuma's call for a special meeting to forge unity within the tripartite alliance.

**Sixteen German schoolchildren on a school trip and two babies were on the fatal Airbus 320 passenger jet that crashed in the French Alps today.

**The debate regarding the removal of Cecil John Rhodes statues has spread to Kimberley

**Government says waste recycling and re-use has the potential to create jobs and it would also help protect the environment. SUDISHA