2 OCTOBER 2015 7AM

President Barack Obama has repeated his call for new gun control measures, following the college shooting in Oregon, which claimed the lives of at least 10 people, including the 26 year old gunman. **President Jacob Zuma will *today launch Operation Phakisa, which aims to enhance the country's standard of basic education. **The DA has written to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene to demand copies of documents setting out the financing and feasibility of the government's nuclear power expansion programme. **The City of Cape Town has urged SANRAL to act in a responsible and transparent manner following a high court ruling halting tolling plans of the N1 and N2 highways in the Western Cape. SUDISHA