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The North West government has applied to the Presidency for an official provincial funeral for former Bophuthatswana homeland leader, Lucas Mangope. The 94-year-old Mangope, died last week, at Lehurutshe hospital near Zeerust. He will be laid to rest on Saturday at his home village in Motswedi. Patrick Dintwa reports ...

The Treatment Action Campaign and the South African Federation of Trade Unions are planning to lead what has been termed "The People's March" to the venue of the hearings in Parktown this morning.

The Special Investigative Unit, SIU, has confirmed that President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation for the unit to investigate the North West Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport and its senior officials, for corruption. At least 150 companies are reported to have been awarded tenders irregularly. Other corrupt activities include the multi-million tenders for scholar transport and t...

-Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa takes the lead in addressing the challenges at Eskom by appointing a new board. -Cosatu says the City of Cape Town is not being honest about the water crisis in the metro. -Nicole Kidman receives award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series at screen actors guild awards.

Nadir Thokan of Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at the changing political winds and impacts on the market, the impact of the government shutdown in the US and what it means and what better than expected Chinese economic growth means.

Just on the eve of seeing Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa appointing the new head of the NPA, President Jacob Zuma decides to go to court to appeal that ruling. Last year, the High Court ruled that the President is too conflicted to be the one to appoint the new NPA boss and that gave the Deputy President 60 days to make the appointment. We speak to the Executive Secretary of the Council for the...

Deputy Director for Mental Health Services in Gauteng, Hannah Jacobus has conceded that proper procedures were not followed in issuing licences to NGOs that received mentally-ill patients from Life Esidmeni. Jacobus says former Mental Health Director Dr Makgabo Manamela instructed her to proceed with the compilation of licences without vetting or auditing them because of the imminent closure of Li...

Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has been selected to Chair the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF for the next three years. Kganyago will succeed Mexico's Reserve Bank Governor, Agustin Carstens, who resigned from the position last December. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports...

Former Bophuthatswana homeland President, Lucas Mangope has died. Mangope died yesterday at his home in Motswedi at the age of 94 . He led the government of Bophuthatswana homeland for almost two decades, until 1994, when he was toppled ahead of the reincorporation of the region into South Africa.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at The SARB delivered an unchanged policy decision at its first meeting for 2018, the risks going forward and how have the markets responded to recent developments, the rand in particular?

A leading expert in corporate crime has warned against giving criminals a heads up on their intended arrest as this could increase their chances of leaving the country or erasing existing evidence of their criminal activities. BERNARD HOTZ is Director and Head of Business crime at Werkmans Attorneys. He says the fact that media reports that Trillian - a Gupta-linked company - has been cleaned out,...

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has warned parents that he will not tolerate any disruptions as public schools re-open across the country for the new academic year today. At a media briefing yesterday Lesufi named a number of schools which he described as problematic. Their challenges range from infighting among members of the School Governing Body, coloured parents rejecting black principals...

A Judicial Conduct Tribunal for Judge Nkola Motata is set to get under way in Midrand in the north of Johannesburg today, six years after a complaint was lodged. The tribunal will deal with complaints after Motata's drunk driving case. Motata allegedly used racist language and breached judicial ethics by putting forward a false defence during his trial that he was not drunk when he crashed the wal...

Bloomberg Economy Reporter, Ara Gumede looks at Japans Core machinery orders rise for a second consecutive month, Markets mostly in decline in China as investors focus on a govt shutdown in the U.S and Not a good day for crryptocurrencies as both Bitcoin and Ethereum drop over 25%.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at the rand continuing to draw attention in yesterday's session as the local currency briefly traded to its best levels against the USD since mid-2015. November mining production numbers were released and came in stronger than expected. How will this impact on South Africa's GDP growth in Q4 and today the focus will shift to consu...

The Assets Forfeiture Unit is expected to serve summons today on Gupta linked Trillian and consultancy firm, McKinsey - for deals they had with Eskom and Transnet. The NPA last year applied for an order at the High Court in Pretoria to have the companies asserts worth about one-point-six billion rand preserved. New ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa at the weekend promised a crackdown on state capture...

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at South Africa's financially constrained state-owned Eskom was back in the spotlight yesterday as the JSE threatened to suspend the company's debt securities. Rumours are doing the round that the Gupta family assets worth over R1.6bn have been frozen and mining production data for November will be released today. What to expect t...

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at the rand recovering materially through the course of December and trading in a narrow range against the USD since the start of the year, the outlook for the ZAR in the short to medium term and in international markets, we have seen a very strong rally on Brent crude and the market is flirting with the $70/bbl. mark. We find out...

-ANC January 8th Statement -EFF sorms H&M stores - Chicco Twala intends to stop Brenda Fassie Biopic production

The DA Federal Executive Council has resolved to charge City of Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille with several counts including bringing the party into disrepute. DA leader, Mmusi Maimane addressed the media last night in Cape Town after a day of deliberations on De Lille's position in the party and the City. Maimane says De Lille has been invited to make submissions before a sub-committee which...

Veteran anti-apartheid activist, recipient of the order of luthuli and late Walter Sisulu's former secretary, Rica Hodgson has dies at the age of 97. Hodgson was also a member of the South African Congress of Democrats and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA).We speak to her son, Spencer Hodgson...

ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, says the ANC has no room for corrupt leaders and those who are involved in corrupt activities must be dealt with. He was speaking during the pilgrimage visit to Bumbane Great Place outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. He says anyone who stands against the implementation of ANC policies will be removed. Nkululeko Nyembezi was there and filed this report…..

Foreign nationals at the embattled Rustenburg town in the North West, are pilling up at the local police stations to look for refuge. The men and women were attacked on Wednesday night, and their shops were set-alight. This as violence in the city heightened with at least six buildings suspected to be brothels and drug havens set alight. From Rustenburg here's a report by Lucas Mothibedi...

South Africa and Kenya want to boost cooperation and inter-trade relations between the two countries. President Jacob Zuma and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta held bilateral talks at the President's Dr. John Dube residence in Durban. Trade between the two countries has over the years been favouring South Africa, and now the countries want levelled playing field. Vusi Makhosini reports…

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