Radio 2000 Mixes

1. US jobs numbers strong, sealing the case for a FED hike this week 2. EM FX under pressure on strong dollar but global search for yield still a strong theme 3. Oil prices continue to slide as US shale undermine OPEC ability to drain surplus. Bongi Gwala speaks to Mohammed Nalla, Head Strategic Researcher at Nedbank CIB, for more.

1. Asian shares mostly higher on the back of strong US Jobs report 2. Domestic Economic Data due for release this week: Mining, retail sales to offer growth signals. Bongi Gwala speaks to Maudi Len-tsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments for more.

The ANC has admitted it needs to address and look into its internal challenges such as social distance between members and leadership, poor governance and abuse of organizational processes. This is contained in the party's Policy Discussion Documents on Organisational Renewal launched in Johannesburg yesterday. These proposals are set to be discussed when the party holds its 5th National Policy Co...

The community of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape has set alight two suspects who they allege were terrorising residents around the small town. Four other suspects were rescued by the police who received information that the suspects who call themselves "The Vampires " were apprehended and about to be burned alive, allegedly by the angry community. The community also marched to the local police stat...

KG chats to Mr Lebogang Malinga about gardening

Acting National Police Commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane says the one month old baby who was allegedly kidnapped in Durban is now at a place of safety. Police rescued the baby this morning from a vehicle on the N3 highway at the Mariannhill Toll Plaza. The child's mother and two other suspects who were in the same vehicle have been arrested. A massive search was launched on Friday after the mother, S...

The ANC has admitted it needs to address and look into its internal challenges such as social distance between members and leadership, poor governance and abuse of organizational processes. This is contained in the party's Policy Discussion Documents on Organisational Renewal launched in Johannesburg today. These proposals are set to be discussed when the party holds its 5th National Policy Confer...

Mohammed Nalla, Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB looks at how the strong US jobs numbers strong will influence the a possible Federal Reserve hike this week, EM FX under pressure on strong dollar but global search for yield still a strong theme and oil prices continue to slide as US shale undermine OPEC ability to drain surplus

Maudi Lentsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments looks at the Asian shares mostly higher on the back of strong US Jobs report and the Domestic Economic Data due for release this week, what's to be expected?

Market Clive Ntozabantu Ramathibela looks at South Korean equities which rose slightly amid growing political uncertainty after President Park Geun-hye's impeachment ruling boosting even the rest Asian Markets, oil is heading to $42 after speculators throw in the towel and recruitment agencies found by Competition Commission to be colluding

Heavy rains in the Northern Cape have claimed the lives of four people near the Augrabies Falls national park near Kakamas. Four farm workers are believed to have been swept away in the Orange River and drowned. Police have retrieved three bodies. The search for the fourth body is continuing. Lerato Segalo reports

Three women, two from Doornpoort, north of Pretoria and another one from the North-West Province, are reported dead due to malaria. The three, are said to have not been in a malaria prevalent area. One of the dead woman's husband is understood to be also infected. Professor Tiaan de Jager, Director at the University of Pretoria's Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, at the University of Pret...

Nerina Visser Strategist & Advisor at ETF SA looks at the big moves in markets these last few days, two t of which are oil and the rand and an expected rate hike in the US next week, or is there more to it?

SAA spokesperson Tlali Tlali says an SAA flight has been delayed due to protest by Meter taxis on roads leading to the OR Tambo International Airport

Foreigners owning shops at Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape are living in fear after they were attacked, allegedly by an armed gang of youths calling themselves "The Vampires". It's alleged they shot dead two Egyptians three days ago. In another incident, they allegedly beheaded two security guards who were working in a shop owned by a Pakistani. Nkululeko Nyembezi reports.

ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been admitted to Johannesburg's Milpark hospital. Her family says the admission is for a routine medical checkup. In December, Madikizela-Mandela was discharged from the same hospital but the nature of her ailment then was unconfirmed. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Madikizela-Mandela's spokesperson, Victor Dlamini

SABC spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago says the public broadcaster's editorial policy has to be reviewed as 2004 was some time ago. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo Kganyakgo said the SABC respects the process.

Police are continuing to monitor the situation in Reiger Park in the East Rand in Johannesburg after residents embarked on a protest early this morning, blockading several roads in the area. It is understood that the residents went on a rampage this morning and attempted to burn the house of a local councillor. SAKINA KAMWENDO speaks to SABC reporter, Sashin Naidoo

Protesting Reiger Park residents allege foregins are getting RDP houses in the area. The residents tried to torche a councillor's house this morning saying he is NOT helping them. Speaking to that Sakina Kamwendo on #AMLive Human Settlement's Matilda Gasela says foreign nationals do NOT qualify for RDP houses however, beneficiaries of the scheme then pass their houses on to other people.

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at how China's producer price inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in nearly nine years in February and by more than expected as prices of steel and other raw materials extended a torrid rally and Samsung trial gets underway, with potentially sweeping results for Korea Inc.

South Africa will use its chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Rim Association to unlock and upscale the economic potential of its vast ocean. That's according President Jacob Zuma while speaking to the SABC at the end of his two-legged visit to Indonesia last night. He undertook a State Visit to the south-east Asian country and also attended the leaders summit of 21 countries bordering the Indian Oce...

Northern Cape Premier Sylvia Lucas says they need to consult with the community of Bankara Bodulong near Kuruman, before they allow foreign nationals back into the area. Over 30 foreign shop owners were evacuated after their shops were looted and destroyed last year. Community members torched their shops and took stock worth more than 10-million-rand. The foreign nationals are now being accommodat...

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETF SA Business Confidence Index for February was released yesterday, and on the face of it, was quite poor and what is "Twin Peaks" what is it all about?

Just few weeks before World Malaria Day, a new type of mosquito which threatens to spread malaria in South Africa has been discovered. A team of scientists from the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, who made the discovery, says this means South Africa needs to intensify malaria vector control. One of the Scientists who supervised the research is Prof Maureen Coetzee, the director of the Wits Ma...

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