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Zimbabwe is awaiting the return of Emmerson Mnangagwa - the man who served as former President Robert Mugabe's right-hand man. Mnangagwa will be sworn as interim president this afternoon after Mugabe stepped down yesterday. Mugabe fired Mnangagwa on November the sixth, triggering a military take-over. Mnangagwa reportedly fled to South Africa after receiving death threats. We speak to Senior Resea...

President Jacob Zuma will not travel to Zimbabwe as was earlier planned. This reverses a decision by members of SADeC who met in Angola that Zuma and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço would travel to Zimbabwe to assess the situation. The Presidency says the trip has been postponed until further notice.

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The community of Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg was thrust into the spotlight again last month after the violent murder of 4-year-old Shaynice Talla. Her body was found tossed inside a drain near her family home. She had been reported missing on the same day. Since then the community has mobilised to try and curb the scourge of violent crime in the area. However they feel they are alone in th...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his axed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon be in talks about the current political impasse. The nation's Defense Force - yesterday (Monday) revealed that the pair had already been in contact with each other. According to military leader, General Constantino Chiwenga - Mnangagwa is expected to arrive back in Harare soon. We speak to SABC reporter, No...

Services have come to a complete stand still in the Emfuleni local municipality in the Vaal due to the unavailability of water. Schools, clinics, businesses and households have been affected and have been forced to find alternative means to get water. This follows Rand Water's announcement over the weekend that it has cut off water supply to the municipality by 60%, which includes the historic tow...

Suspended Gauteng Mental Health Director, Dr Makgabo Manamela has conceded that NGOs went for months without getting any payments from government after they received mentally ill patients from Life Esidimeni. This after patients were transferred to them without service level agreements. Some of the 143 patients died of severe dehydration and hunger at ill-equipped NGOs. Some NGOs owners testified...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsaone looks at Asian markets trading higher following a positive close on Wall Street. Tencent becomes the first Asian Company to top US$500 Billion in value and The Rand is unfazed by the looming Rating reviews.

Nadir Thokan of 27Four Investment Managers looks at Netcare earnings that came out yesterday and the factors to watch which may derail the global equity rally and the scale of negative yielding debt globally.

Former President Thabo Mbeki has lambasted the ANC National Executive Committee for choosing not to attend the ANC Stalwarts and Veterans Consultative Conference. Mbeki was speaking at the Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg on the final day of the three day conference. The conference was called on by the stalwarts for more than a year, in order to try and address and resolve the crisis within the...

Zimbabweans will now wait for midday on Monday to see if President Robert Mugabe will finally heed the call for his to resign as the country leader. On Sunday night, the 93-year-old leader shocked the world when he delivered his address that did not included his expected resignation. Earlier in the day, ZANU-PF's Special Central Committee Meeting resolved to remove him as party leader - further gi...

As thousands of Zimbabwean nationals around the world expressed their disappointment that President Robert Mugabe did not resign last night, some Zimbabwean nationals at the Beit Bridge border post in Limpopo came out in his defence. In his much awaited national address last night, Mugabe did not resign as was expected by others. He assured the country that he is still in charge. Some Zimbabweans...

The SA National Defence Force says Brian Molefe has been associated with the force since 2009. There have been reports that Molefe is receiving a salary of 57-thousand rand from the SANDF since August. We speak to SANDF spokesperson, Sphiwe Dlamini.

Zimbabwe's ruling party Central Committee has given it's former long time president Robert Mugabe a deadline of noon TODAY to resign as state president or face impeachment proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday. Zanu PF's Central Committee met yesterday for a special session at its headquarters in Harare. We speak to Zimbabwe's war veterans leader, Chris Mutsvangwa

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Former President Thabo Mbeki has lambasted the ANC National Executive Committee for choosing not to attend the ANC Stalwarts and Veterans Consultative Conference. Mbeki was speaking at the Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg on the final day of the three day conference. The conference was called on by the stalwarts for more than a year, in order to try and address and resolve the crisis within the...

Nadir Thokan of 27Four Investment Managers looks at the scale of the tech rally this year and the investment thesis for Tiger Brands and the scale of negative yielding debt globally.

The SABC board has acussed Rachel Kalidass, who resigned as a board member yesterday, of leaking confidential information. The board addressed the media in Auckland Park yesterday evening about the allegations contained in Kalidass's resignation letter. We speak to Khanyisile Kweyamaa a member of the SABC Board.

The SADC Troika on Politics, Defence and Security has called for an urgent meeting of all SADC regional leaders to discuss the deepening political crisis in Zimbabwe. This follows the seemingly bloodless coup after the army announced that it is targeting what it calls criminals around President Robert Mugabe. President Jacob Zuma who is also the SADC chair arrived in Botswana last night for a Bi-N...

Negotiations are reported to be continuing over the future of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe who is under house arrest. Some reports say progress is being made towards a deal for him to resign. But Mugabe is said to be demanding guarantees and a dignified exit. Pictures have been released of Mugabe at the state house with the South Africa delegation and the man who had him detained, the head o...

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at Oil markets retreating recently, Wholesale trade sales released yesterday and Bloomberg releasing its November Economic Survey.

Parliament's Public Enterprises Committee has sought to push back against what it says are Minister Lynne Brown's attempts to intimidate it. The committee, which is conducting an inquiry into Eskom, rejected Brown's letter in which she complains about how it is doing its work. The committee also heard evidence from a partner of management consulting firm McKinsey about that company's role in Eskom...

There has been mixed reaction from some political parties in Parliament to the military intervention in Zimbabwe. The EFF supports what is calls a peaceful military intervention. The African People's Convention and the Freedom Front-Plus have also welcomed the intervention, while the DA wants Mugabe to resign. Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent reports...

It was a shock outcome and upset for South Africa, after France was named as host of the 2023 Rugby World Cup after a meeting of the World Rugby Council in London. South Africa had been named the clear leader after an exhaustive independent evaluation process, however the country lost to its European counterparts after two rounds of voting. Our correspondent Catherine Drew was there.

A battle is looming involving lawyers representing Winnie Madikizela Mandela and executors of late president Nelson Mandela's will. Madikizela-Mandela has approached the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein to overturn a 2016 decision by the Mthatha High Court, which dismissed her application to acquire Madiba's home at Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Thabiso Radebe reports...