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Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Ndiziwe Mkhize, a mother whose son was allegedly assaulted with a hammer and stabbed by fellow pupils at Luthayi High School in Kwazulu Natal. The boy is said to be the fifth victim of violent attacks at the same school. MEC for Education in KwaZulu Natal, Mthandeni Dlungwana also responds

Nadir Thokan, Investment Analyst at 27Four investment managers talks about Dischem listing and opportunities there, US GDP growth numbers came out on Friday and trade balance numbers coming out today

Retired Deputy Judge President, Dikgang Moseneke, says students can resort to electoral correction if they are unhappy. He was the key note speaker at Unisa's Founders lecture in Pretoria last night. He said the current FeesMustFall violence is wholly unacceptable and must stop immediately it delegitimize the student's valid claim for universal access to higher education, subject to reasonable qua...

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng held no prisoners at the O R Tambo Memorial lecture last night in Newtown, Johannesburg. The annual lecture marked what would have been the 99th birthday of the struggle icon. Among other things Mogoeng spoke passionately about avoiding an economic downgrade at all cost and the importance of good leadership. Senior Reporter Angela Bolowana attende...

The Mpumalanga department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is to asses the damage caused by a heavy storm in Belfast in the Emakhazeni local municipality near Middelburg. One person has been admitted in hospital following the heavy storm that hit Belfast late yesterday. Vusi Twala reports...

Gordhan has told parliament's finance committee that he is also looking into the matter. The DA says it will submit a parliamentary question next week to the finance minister regarding the response from SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane on the issue. A group of 81 top business people are the latest to offer their support to Gordhan as he prepares to face fraud charges next week. Listen to the following...

Government has revised the economic growth forecast for the year down from zero-point-nine percent to zero-point-five percent. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was presenting the 2016 Mid-term budget - also known as the 'mini budget' earlier yesterday. Gordhan says treasury expects economic growth to pick up to one point three percent next year and two-point-two percent in two years' time. Amina Ac...

The SA Council of Churches has warned that if the ongoing violent protests at Universities are not addressed things will get out of hand and call for a state of emergency. The SACC is appealing to all religious groups to come together and help stop violence during Fees Must Fall protests at tertiary institutions. The council has proposed the establishment of a reference group - comprised of differ...

Residents of Bolotwa village outside Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape are up in arms following brutal murders and rape of women in their area. They say they've been living in fear as they were allegedly terrorised by a 24 year-old suspect for the past two and a half years. Residents travelled in numbers to a local magistrate court where the alleged rape and murder suspect appeared briefly for the crim...

Corruption watch says it will be laying criminal charges against South African Revenue Service Commissioner Tom Moyane for his alleged failure to report two senior employees accused of financial irregularities to the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation. This follows findings of a report from the Financial Intelligence Centre which details allegations of fraud and corruption by senior Sars...

Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba says the replacement of the Rea Vaya bus that was burnt during student protests in Braamfontein on Tuesday night will cost an estimated 3.3 million rand. Mashaba says that while he understands the plight of poor students, violent forms of protests must stop. We spoke to the spokesperson of Johannesburg mayor, Gabu Tugwana...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets which slipped slightly earlier in the week...

Head of Real Time Analytics of ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at whether Mini Budget lived up to what had perhaps been hyped-up expectations and whether South African National Treasury doing enough to ensure that country can avoid a credit rating downgrade to sub-investment grade before year-end...

KG hosts 1st lady Madam Tobeka Madiba Zuma

Whilst the country waits with bated breath the appearance of Finance minister at the Pretoria Regional Court next week, Pravin Gordhan will take to the podium this afternoon in parliament, to deliver his mini budget at a time when the economy is under a huge strain. Top of mind in his speech will be trimming of state debt, the budget deficit, money to fund higher education and the slow economic gr...

The department of Correctional Services has confimed that a fire has broken out at the Johannesburg Correctional Services facility. No one was injured. For more this we spoke to the department of Correctional Services Spokesperson, Manelisi Wolela...

President Jacob Zuma has acknowledged concerns raised by political leaders, business and civil society organisations over the decision by the National Prosecutions Authority to haul Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan before courts. There has been a groundswell of support for Gordhan- ahead of his scheduled court appearance at the Pretoria regional court next week. There are growing calls that the Pre...

Academics and researchers will converge in Cape Town for the first wind energy conference to share knowledge about wind energy in Africa. They will discuss and find out about the challenges which exist to the growth of the wind sector in South Africa and globally and how these challenges can be addressed through scientific research. The conference will be hosted by the South African Wind Energy As...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets which have slipped slightly this morning, Singapore loses its crown as the easiest country to do business and today's Hot topic- South african Mid-term budget update, what to expect.

Head of Real Time Analytics at ETM Analytics Jana van Deventer looks at Data from the Reserve Bank which shows that the August leading indicator bounced, today is Medium Term Budget day- how have local markets been performing ahead of this major risk event

An ANC Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (MPL) and a member of the Provincial Executive Committee, Molebatsi Bopape has been suspended with immediate effect. Parts of her ANC membership suspension are that she is not allowed to make public comments, take part in any activities of the ruling party and not even to enter any offices of the ANC, except when she has to attend to matters rela...

UDM Chief Whip Nqabayomzi Kwankwa has appealed to young Parliamentarians to take the lead in seeking solutions to protests at institutions of higher learning over free education. Protests have erupted across the country in the past few weeks where some of the demonstrations turned violent. Kwankwa says young parliamentarians across the political spectrum should to get together and come up with a w...

Metrorail says investigations are underway to establish the cause of the head-on train collision on the Tembisa line near Kaalfontein Gauteng's East Rand. One person has been killed and more than 100 injured. For more details, we spoke to Rail Safety Regulator Chief Executive Officer Nkululeko Poya...

Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Michael Masutha, today announced the publication, for public comment, of the Prevention of Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Interested parties may make inputs about the bill until the 1st of December this year. He says the bill criminalises hate crimes and hate speech. Masutha says the proposed bill will elevate already existing crimes like...

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is expected to present his mid-term budget statement in the wake of declining government revenue and a pending court battle by the hawks. The finance minister is under pressure to walk a tight rope and demonstrate that government has been able to contain spending. Investors and rating agencies will also be keeping a close eye on his statement. Amina Accram reports ....