IN THE NEWS AT TWO:
**Ten public sector unions representing more than one million public servants, are on the verge of striking after the state revised its wage offer downward to four point eight percent.
**The Seriti commission has appealed to arms deal critic and whistle blower, Dr Richard Young to speed up his evidence-in-chief at the arms procurement commission in Pretoria.
**The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that it has received a docket on the murder of the Van Breda family.
AND.....**Cash-strapped SA Airways has declined to say how many workers the national carrier plans to retrench.
NAVITHA GAJRAJ
