13 AUGUST 2015 7AM

Smoke is billowing from the site of huge explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, which killed at least 17 people and injured hundreds more. **Transport Minister, Dipuo Peters, has spoken to the passenger rail agency, PRASA, about the urgent need for a comprehensive audit of all employees' academic qualifications. **Parliament will today* debate the much-anticipated Marikana report by the Farlam Commission. **Roads agency, SANRAL, is expected to continue making submissions in the Western Cape High Court today* on why it should be allowed to go ahead with plans to toll sections of the N1 and N2 in the Cape Winelands. SUDISHA