Radio 2000 Mixes

ETM Anlaytics head, Jana Van Deventer on release of the September manufacturing PMI as well as vehicle sales data for last month, Department of Energy announces fuel price will increase by 29c/l om Wednesday, October 4th and what is driving the current ZAR weakness?

Residents of Philippi East in Cape Town have called for the military to be deployed to the area. This follows the killing of 18 people in the Marikana informal settlement over the past week. Residents held a meeting with Western Cape Community Safety Minister, Dan Plato, and Human Rights Commissioner, Chris Nissan. Eleven people were gunned down late on Friday while seven others were killed on Tue...

The family members of centenarian John Chisale whose body was finally buried on a farm in Lephalale in Limpopo, say they are afraid that they could be evicted from the farm now that their grandfather has died. Chisale's body was kept in a mortuary for three weeks after the farmer refused to allow him to be buried on the farm. Chisale had lived and worked on the farm for 70 years. Last Thursday, th...

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The Phumulo Masualle-led ANC faction in the Eastern Cape is now approaching the East London High Court in a bid to nullify the newly elected leadership led by Oscar Mabuyane. Mabuyane, the former provincal secretary, has been elected chairperson in a landslide win over Masualle, who was the incumbent, at the party's provincial conference in East London. we speak to new ANC chairperson in the Easte...

Government has assured the nation that the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will be able to meet the deadline to set up a partnership with the Post Office for the payment of social grants by next year's Constitutional Court deadline. This follows reports attributed to the chairperson of the Parliaments Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Themba Godi, that SASSA officials have failed...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asia markets and other economic data we can expect this week.

EMT Analystics , Finacial markets head, Jana Van Deventer, looks at National Treasury bailing out South African Airways once again and main events that markets will be keeping an eye out for?

ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the newly-elected leadership of the Eastern Cape to unite and heal divisions in the province. He addressed delegates at the provincial elective conference in East London on Sunday. The chaotic conference was characterised by delays, disruptions and clashes that left 28 people injured. Former secretary general, Oscar Mabuyane was elected chairman with...

East London High Court Judge, Belinda Hartley is expected to hand down judgement on Monday in the case of four ANC delegates who want the court to nullify the outcomes of the 8th ANC Eastern Cape provincial conference. Yanga Funani reports.

We look at New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards, the VodacomNextLevel launch, Tributes to Hugh Hefner and a A Grade two learner found with a firearm and live ammunition at Dalpark Primary School on Gauteng's East Rand

27FOUR INVESTMENTS' Nadir Thokan looks at Naspers increasing stake in online food delivery business delivery hero, the impact of Donald Trump's tax cut plan on US equities and the increasing economic pressure china is putting on North Korea.

A Grade two learner found with a firearm and live ammunition at Dalpark Primary School on Gauteng's East Rand is receiving counselling for behavioural change. It is believed that the learner brought the gun to school with the intention of harming another learner. Various incidents of bullying have been reported in the media over the past few weeks, including a learner dying from alleged bullying a...

Tomorrow (Saturday 29.09) is D-day for South African Airways (SAA) to pay back the one-point-eight-billion-rand owed to Citi Bank. The debt, which was supposed to have been paid already, was extended to the end of September. It is unclear where the money will come from as the Public Investment Corporation is digging its heels, refusing to bail out bankrupt state-owned entities. By last night, Trea...

A new bank has been established in South Africa. TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank SA, has been issued a licence by the South African Reserve Bank to open a bank, that is set to broaden competition in the country's banking sector. The company says it willA new bank has been established in South Africa. TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank SA, has been issued a licence by the South African Reserve Bank...

Statistician General - Pali Lehohla has warned that South Africa is facing a disaster because the economic prospects of 90 percent of the population have not improved. Speaking at a Higher Education Conference in Durban, Lehohla said the biggest driver of poverty in the country is lack of education and barriers to black people completing tertiary qualification. Lehohla also says chances of a black...

A Khoi Khoi woman named Krotoa was one of the first local people to interact with Jan van Riebeeck - the Dutch colonial administrator who founded Cape Town. Krotoa was Van Riebeeck's interpreter, and was instrumental in ending the first Khoi Khoi-Dutch war. But colonial tradition has not smiled kindly on our heroine, who is portrayed as an alcoholic and a woman of loose morals. As we celebrate Her...

Parliament has terminated its contract with KPMG, citing reputational risks. The global auditor has been caught up in a scandal involving the Gupta family. Parliament says the termination includes a contract KPMG has with a medical aid scheme for Members of Parliament. KPMG cleared out its South African leadership this month after damning findings from an internal investigation into the Guptas. We...

Thousands of protestors in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northen Cape and the Eastern Cape yesterday joined in the Cosatu nationwide strike. In Limpopo, marchers delivered memoranda to three places in Polokwane, including the premier's office. In Mpumalanga, they marched in Emalahleni and Mbombela. In the North West, a memorandum was delivered at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng. Cosatu i...

A Khoi Khoi woman named Krotoa (pronounced *cra-toe-wah) was one of the first local people to interact with Jan van Riebeeck - the Dutch colonial administrator who founded Cape Town. Krotoa was Van Riebeeck's interpreter, and was instrumental in ending the first Khoi Khoi-Dutch war. But colonial tradition has not smiled kindly on our heroine, who is portrayed as an alcoholic and a woman of loose m...

Nadir Thokan of 27Four Investment Managers looks at Capitec earnings that came out yesterday, Saudi Arabia's $12.5 billion debt issuance and the need for ongoing earnings growth in the US and the impact on earnings on a tax cut.

Investment Analyst, Lungile Malinga looks at Trump has announcement on his proposed Tax Reforms and Capitec bank releasing their half year results.

The space for compromise over the 2015 Peace Agreement in South Sudan is narrow, while the parties to the conflict have shown little interest in engaging in serious negotiations on the way forward. So says the head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to that country, in a briefing to the Security Council. Members also heard that the permanent ceasefire continues to be violated with impunity...

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has given the assurance that state pension funds will not be used recklessly to support ailing state companies such as the SAA. Gigaba addressed the media in Pretoria on Tuesday amid concerns that the Public Investment Corporation was under attack from those who wish to use its funds to bail out struggling state firms. The PIC manages close to two-trillion rand in st...

EFF CIC Julius Malema tweets and helps us with connecting the dots in the Public Investment Corporation saga, The City of Cape Town will be installing 51 000 water management devices on properties of those it has identified as the metro's most excessive users and The Government employees medical scheme has come under fire after it was established that a private Public Relations firm, Martina Nicho...