Radio 2000 Mixes

1. Asian markets dragged down by falling commodity prices 2. The Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has urged South Africans to buy shares in the Reserve Bank. What are the shares worth 3. Barclays manufacturing PMI what it means for South Africa? Lungi Malinga from Effectus Capital Management

#FeesMustFall campaigner at the Durban University of Technology Bonginkosi Khanyile has been released from the Westville Prison in Durban. This follows a ruling by the Constitutional court that Khanyile be released on 250 rand bail under strict conditions. He was the only student still in custody after being arrested last September for allegedly firing a sling shot at police and controvening bail...

Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has called on the South African National Defence Force to assist with the search and rescue operation of 5-year-old Richard Thole who fell into a mineshaft at the weekend. Rescue operations have come to naught in Jerusalem, an informal settlement in Boksburg, east of JHB. We spoke to Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services spokesperson, William Ntlad...

South Africa's competition watchdog is seeking to charge Unilever 10-percent of its annual turnover. This follows an investigation by the Commission which found that Unilever together with Sime Darby had at least since 2004 to 2013 entered into an agreement not to compete with each other in respect of certain pack sizes of margarine and edible oils. Sime Darby settled with the Commission in 2016 a...

Market analyst, Nadir Thokan of 27 four investment managers looks at South African markets following release of new car sales figures that were released this week and food inflation in South Africa

The ANC has moved to reassure commercial farmers that the speeding up of land redistribution will take place within the law. The party was reacting to statements by President Jacob Zuma and land reform minister Gugile Nkwinti that legislation will be amended to allow for expropriation of land without compensation. ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte says the party has asked Nkwinti to draft...

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says the land issue remains a contentious one in the country. Motlanthe is leading a high level panel assessing the effectiveness of key legislation introduced in 1994. The panel is holding public hearings in Rustenburg in the North West. It heard from most participants that there's still a large number of people who have had their ancestral land returned to them...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the only way to make the 3 500 rand minimum wage effective, is to ensure maximum compliance. He was answering questions in the National Assembly. He also faced tough questions on the recent excessive security measures taken during the State of the Nation Address as well as on the death of over a hundred mentally-ill patients in Gauteng last year. Our Parliamen...

The Lesotho National Assembly has passed a vote of no confidence in prime minister Pakalitha Mosisili's government. The opposition overzealously voted for the motion, while the government barely said no. This gives the Prime Minister three days to resign or advise the King to dissolve parliament and call for elections. Nthakoana Ngatane reports

Health Tourism Interview

Bussai is in conversation with Mr Tom Mashiya, from Mpumalanga Deaf Federation of South Africa, they are talking about World Hearing Day.

Members of the Coal Transporters Forum have staged a protest in Pretoria that has left motorists frustrated in major traffic disruptions. Trucks have been parked from the Nelmapius turnoff up to Solomon Mahlangu drive on the N21. Members of the Forum along with the workers will convoy to the Union Buildings and handover a memorandum, putting the total of demonstrators at the total of around 2000 p...

1. Cash build shares up by 0.98% 2. Trade deficit numbers came out yesterday. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Nadir Thokan of 27 four investment managers.

1. Asian Shares Mostly Higher after Donald Trump speech. 2. Snap Chat IPO Countdown, Snap Chat expected to start trading on Thursday. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Maudi Len-tsoane, Group CEO at Lehumo Investments

The National Youth Council of Nigeria is reported to have threatened to shut down all South African businesses today over the recent conflicts between locals and foreign nationals. The council made the call during a recent protest at the South African embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. South Africa's mobile-operator MTN Group earlier noted with concern violence and vandalism at its property in Nigeria, wh...

The Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama had earlier summoned the South Africa's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, to discuss the strained relations between Africa's two biggest economies. Onyeama said he is worried about the safety of Nigerian nationals living in South Africa and the destruction of their property. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Mnguni for more details.

The EFF leader Julius Malema's unsuccessfully challenged the ANC to take up the party's offer of 6-percent to amend the constitution to expropriate land without compensation. The National Assembly rejected the motion. It required two thirds of the votes to pass the motion. The PAC, APC and Agang are some of the parties that supported the EFF Motion. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent...

The ANC caucus within the North West Provincial Legislature has urged Premier Supra Mahumapelo to go ahead with his government's plan of erecting President Jacob Zuma's statue in Groot Marico outside Zeerust. The provincial government is planning to put up a six metre giant statue of President Zuma . The tender has already been advertised to sculpture and erect the statue by the Provincial Culture...

What’s on your Mind with Dr Mammekwa

KG talks to Sandra Pohl from Epilepsy South Africa, Gauteng branch about Epilepsy

1. Let's talk about SASOL earnings 2. Nadir talk to us about the Bidvest earnings. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Nadir Thokan of 27 four investment managers

1. The MSCI AC ASIA PACIFIC Higher, led by the Nikkei. 2. The dollar hanging on to gains ahead of the Donald Trump's address to Congress. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Maudi Len-tsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments

The looting of foreign-owned shops continued last night in Jeppestown, Johannesburg. Police say the looting was carried out by a group of hostel dwellers in the area. Public order police continued to monitor the situation. This follows the protest action demanding foreign nationals in Pretoria West and Atteridgeville to curb their alleged criminal activities. Residents claim that the foreign natio...

Transport and Allied Workers' Union, SATAWU will be seeking a meeting with the Transport Minister over challenges at Passenger Rail Agency, Prasa. SATAWU says it is worried by media reports that former PRASA acting CEO Collins Letsoalo had given himself a salary increase of more than three hundred percent. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Satawu's general secretary, Zenzo Mahlangu

The National Treasury has until today to submit a proposed strategy to the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on how outstanding pay-outs for former Venda Homeland civil servants will be paid out. This in light of an order by the former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to get Government Employees Pension Fund to pay former public servants what is due to them. Yolisa Tyantsi who speaks on behalf o...