Radio 2000 Mixes

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...

The SABC has reliably learnt that Zimbabwe is likely to have a transitional government after the army takeover. A deal has been proposed that dismissed former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa should lead a transitional government that will be constituted of stakeholders from other political parties. President Robert Mugabe has been given an opportunity to negotiate an exit that includes state pro...

Lehumo Investmets CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian shares trading firmer despite a weaker close on Wall Street and Naspers hits new record on Tencent’s blowout quarter

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at Retail sales data for September coming in stronger than expected yesterday and How Eskom Inquiry has impacted on South African consumers?

A day after issuing a stern warning to President Robert Mugabe and the ruling Zanu-PF‚ Zimbabwean military forces were seen in the streets of Harare, reportedly taking part in a training routine‚ sparking panic in the country's capital. Images shared on social media have left some Zimbabweans fearing that the army could spring a surprise in retaliation to a speech made by the Zanu-PF Youth League...

Zimbabwe's military has detained Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo after seizing power in an attempt to root out criminals around President Robert Mugabe. Chombo was a leading member of the so-called 'G40' faction of the ruling ZANU-PF party, led by Mugabe's wife Grace, that had been vying to succeed the 93-year-old president.

An employee at the state's Cullinan Care and Rahabilitation Centre in Pretoria has told the Life Esidimeni hearings that they were overwhelmed as they were forced to take in more patients than they could care for. They included adults who fell outside the category of patients Cullian looked after. The centre's mandate was to admit patients between the ages of three and 21. Cullinan then had to rap...

EMT Analytics head, Jana Van Deventer looks at market response to National Treasury offering a record amount at its weekly vanilla bond auction as borrowing requirements have increased after the medium term budget ,TransUnion releasing its consumer credit index for South Africa the third quarter and the September retail sales data.

Zimbabwe's military has detained Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo after taking over the streets of Harare. The army says this is not a coup but they're targeting criminals around President Robert Mugabe. Chombo was a leading member of the so-called 'G40' faction of the ruling ZANU-PF party, led by Mugabe's wife Grace, that had been vying to succeed the 93-year-old president. Sakina Kamwendo spoke...

Former President of the South African Society of Psychiatrists or SASOP- Mvuyiso Talatala says the Gauteng Health Department lied in court when it successfully fought off a legal battle to stop the transfer of mentally ill patients. SASOP took the department to court in March last year to stop the transfer of about 50 patients from Life Esidimeni to the Takalani NGO in Soweto. Talatala has been te...

-Former Deputy Minister of higher education Mduduzi Manana sentenced to 12 months in prison or to R100‚000 fine and 500 hours of community service, He will also compensate the women women he assaulted. -EFF rejects the recommendations of the Fees Commission's report. - ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe confirms that he has NOT been suspended from the ANC.

Former Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, says he is still of the view that all poor and working class students should be provided with free education at tertiary level. His comments come after President Jacob Zuma released the Fees Commission Report yesterday. It recommends that students be funded through a cost-sharing model of government guaranteed loans from commercial banks. The repor...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NASFAS) is adamant that the Fees Commission Report's recommendation that the scheme should be replaced would not work. The report which President Jacob Zuma released yesterday, recommends that students be funded through a cost-sharing model of government guaranteed loans from commercial banks. However, NASFAS chairperson Sizwe Nxasana says such a recommen...

Former President of the South African Society of Psychiatrists or SASOP- Mvuyiso Talatala says the Gauteng Health Department lied in court when it successfully fought off a legal battle to stop the transfer of mentally ill patients. SASOP took the department to court in March last year to stop the transfer of about 50 patients from Life Esidimeni to the Takalani NGO in Soweto. Talatala has been te...

EMT Analytics head, Jana Van Deventer looks at so-called political noise flow and how this is impacting on the local markets and what current oil market dynamics mean for South African consumers.

#LoveAloud Segment with Pastor X

#YellowMonday Today we profile literary legend Professor Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda who is commonly known and referred to as Zakes Mda. South Africa's award-winning novelist and playwright, one of the most sought after African writers. His timeless storytelling continues to contribute to the continent's rich literacy heritage. He will join us in the studio to talk about his amazing books, his li...

The water crisis in the city of Cape Town appears to be worsening. The levels of dams supplying the Mother City have dropped by 7 percentage points to 37.8 percent, of which only 27 percent of that water is usable. The City's Executive Mayor, Patricia de Lille joins us join the line for more.

Former Finance Minister and ANC MP Pravin Gordhan has rubbished claims that he has written the book by Jacques Pauw, "The President's Keepers". This comes after a publication Black Opinion, linked to Black First Land First, wrote an article that Gordhan wrote the book. The article revealed a picture showing how Gordhan was signing the autographs of books at Pauw's book launch last week. Our Parlia...

Some Khoi and San groups have expressed mixed feelings about the recent passing of the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill. The Khomani San in the Northern Cape welcomed the bill, while the Khoisan's Gorachoqua tribe in the Western Cape have rejected it. The Bill was passed in the National Assembly last week and was sent to the NCOP for concurrence. Mercedes Besent reports....

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian stocks edged down, with Japanese markets leading losses in the region and key economic data which could impact the market this week.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at the ZAR has attracting fresh selling pressure in recent sessions and SARB Governor Kganyago insights regarding monetary policy risks in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday afternoon

The special meeting of the ANC's top brass is set to resume this morning for a third and final day. The ANC NEC meeting, which started on Saturday in Irene, Pretoria, comes just five weeks ahead of the December elective conference. There were reports YESTERDAY that the closed door meeting was at one stage disrupted due to members not agreeing on the draft report presented by secretary general, Gwe...

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has deferred to the Presidency as he refused to weigh in on reports that President Jacob Zuma could announce free higher education for all in the country. Gigaba is leading a high-powered government delegation on a multi country investor roadshow that begins in New York and includes stops in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore. Correspondent Sherwin Bryce-Pease s...

Former CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Lucky Montana has come out strongly to cast aspersions on those who thought they will find what he calls 'the Guptas behind every PRASA transaction'. This follows revelations that Montana met with Rajesh Tony Gupta and Duduzane Zuma at former Transport Minister Ben Martins' ministerial home in Pretoria. In a statement, Montana says h...