Radio 2000 Mixes

We look at Asian Markets after Bank of Japan holds steady, Fed signals rate hike and the South African Reserve Bank with Lehumo investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane.

President Jacob Zuma says the world needs political will to change the structure of the global economy In order to achieve sustainable development and inclusive growth. He was addressing the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York last night. The president also reiterated South Africa's call for the UN member states to dismantle their nuclear weapons and instead to use them for peacefu...

Kenya's Supreme Court says it nullified last month's Presidential elections because the electoral commission announced unverified results before declaring President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner. In a detailed ruling released in Nairobi on Wednesday, the Supreme Court however said it did not find evidence of vote rigging and that any official of the electoral commission was criminally culpable for the...

Fruit growers in the Western Cape are crying foul as they are not benefiting from drought relief funding because the money is targeted at livestock farmers. The Provincial Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde met with them yesterday to discuss drought relief measures. The province has received a 40-million-rand drought relief package from national government, but it is mainly meant for l...

We look at the Inflation data for August ,the US Federal Reserve’s latest decision on monetary policy and expectations for the South African Reserve bank with EMT Analystics , Finacial markets head, Jana Van Deventer.

The ANC's legal battles over legitimacy of elective congresses are far from over. The party's members in the North West are planning to approach the court once again in a bid to nullify the 2015 Youth Lleague elective conference. The members argue that processes leading up to the conference were flawed. The pending legal action comes against the backdrop of last week's decision by the Pietermaritz...

In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, United States President Donald Trump has threatened to totally destroy North Korea while calling on righteous countries to confront the wicked few. In a highly anticipated address, Trump also called the Iran Nuclear real reached by six entities including the EU, China and Russia an embarrassment to the United States while complaining abou...

Man accused of killing Karabo Mokoena, Sandile Mantsoe alleged to have scammed 124 people through Forex trading and a special screening of Inxeba - the wound at Rosebank and V&A waterfront Ster Kinekor cinema's from 15-22 September 2017.

The ANC in Kwa-Zulu-Natal and the Free State have welcomed the decision by the party to halt all provincial conferences. ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe has written a letter to all provincial branches saying it has a deadline of September 30 to convene planned elective conferences. This is in preparation for the party's National Conference in December, where a new ANC president will be electe...

IFP National Chairperson, Blessed Gwala has told the Moerane Commission that all politically-motivated killings that have not been resolved must be investigated, including ones that took place before 2011. Gwala was testifying before the commission on behalf of the IFP. The Moerane Commission was established by KwaZulu-Natal premier Willis Mchunu to probe political killings in the province since 2...

The ANC in Kwa-Zulu-Natal and the Free State have welcomed the decision by the party to halt all provincial conferences. ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe has written a letter to all provincial branches saying it has a deadline of September 30 to convene planned elective conferences. This is in preparation for the party's National Conference in December, where a new ANC president will be electe...

Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), who were on an underground strike for better salaries at the Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture (KEM JV), have now agreed to come out. By last night it was not clear exactly when the miners will surface. According to NUM's Kimberley Regional Organiser, Orapeleng Moraladi, a total 158 of their members initially went on an underground hunger stri...

In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, United States President Donald Trump has threatened to totally destroy North Korea while calling on righteous countries to confront the wicked few. In a highly anticipated address, Trump also called the Iran Nuclear real reached by six entities including the EU, China and Russia an embarrassment to the United States while complaining abou...

We look at Asian Markets mixed ahead of the central banks policy meetings. and BitCoin recovers from Friday’s sharp sell off Lehumo Investments CEO Maudi Lehumo also explains what BitCoin is.

we look at the World Bank lowering South Africa’s GDP forecasts for the coming three years and CPI data with MT Analystics , Finacial markets head, Jana Van Deventer.

WARNING: The following story contains graphic description which may upset sensitive listeners including children. The provision of quality health care in the North West is again under the spotlight with another woman claiming to have suffered the indignity of giving birth unattended at the Jouberton Community Health centre, near Klerksdorp last week. The woman alleges she was forced to give birth...

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear international scrutiny on her government's handling of the growing Rohingya crisis. In her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims cross into Bangladesh, Suu Kyi added hat most Muslims had not fled the state and that violence had ceased...

Suspicions have once more been raised following a second fire of its kind that destroyed a wing of the Mthatha Magistrate's Court in the Eastern Cape yesterday afternoon. This follows a similar fire at another court building in the nearby town of Mnqanduli where its believed court documents and computer hardware were destroyed. Police spokesperson, Mzukisi Fatyela says all prisoners who were makin...

Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs says it expects Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize to brief it soon on her decision to suspend her director-general, Mkhuseli Apleni. Apleni says he will challenge his suspension. He was placed on precautionary suspenson for failing to arrange a meeting between Mkhize, and her staff. Aplenis' lawyer, Sandile July, earlier said his client received a notice of...

Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni has been suspended. In a statement, the Home Affairs Minister, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize stated that Apleni has been placed on precautionary suspension with immediate effective. Reasons for his suspension have so far not been provided. We speak to Apleni's Attorney, Sandile July.

Out of all the companies that have been implicated in the Gupta Leaks on bribery and theft, KPMG has been labelled more destructive. This is according to the Chief Executive of Pan-African Investment and Research Services, Dr Iraj Abedian. Abedian adds that the Auditing firm corrupted the very underpinning of corporate governance and the reputational reliability of the external audit function. He...

The western cape Transport Minister, Donald grant instructs officials to get a mediator with a legal background to continue with the taxi industry talks, SARS Commissioner defends the SARS rogue unit report compiled by KPMG saying Sars paid for it and thus it still stands and Video of assault on mentally ill teenager emerges.

We look at Asian Markets mixed ahead of the central banks policy meetings, Egypt knocking South Africa from its long-standing top spot regarding investments in Africa and BitCoin recovers from Friday’s sharp sell off.

we look at the main drivers of the recent ZAR weakness and how oil markets have rallied in recent weeks with ETM Analytics , Head of Financial Markets Jana Van Deventer.

Aphiwe Honono takes us through today's trending topics: Awards season has started in the states and #Emmys are trending, SABC 1 airs - Kalushi- Solomon Mahlangu story and American comedian Kevin Hart under fire after confessing to cheating on his wife.