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University of Pretoria students are planning a mass protest action outside the Pretoria Magistrate's court, this morning. The march is in support of the arrested student who are to appear before the court. Last week Pretoria University students went on a rampage forcing the university to suspend classes and 27 students were arrested. Sakina Kamwendo Nobungcwele Mbem who is the member of the SRC at...

Management of the Lily Gold Mine near Barberton in Mpumalanga has stressed that the search for its three staff members remains a rescue operation. Meanwhile, drilling operations at the mine are still suspended. Efforts to create an alternative exit route started on Saturday. The staff members have been trapped underground for more than two weeks. The mine's spokesperson Coetzee Zietsman says Miner...

At least a 12 people= have been killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal in less than two weeks. In the latest incidents two teenagers were struck by lightning at Umhlabuyalingana while a 26 year old man suffered the same fate in Umzimkhulu. More than 80 households have been destroyed by the storm at Umzimkhulu area. Fanele Mhlongo reports

Mohammed Nalla from Nedbank Capital looks at Pravin Gordhan's crucial budget speech this week, US inflation rises more than expected in January, will this influence rates domestically and Business leaders warn a British exit from the European Union would deter investment in the UK and threaten jobs

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AgriSA Deputy Executive Director, Christo van der Rheede, and his colleagues have come up with a plan to save cattle from starvation. Van der Rheede is calling for people to donate their cut grass to their initiative called Hope Grass Project. He says if we don't help farmers save their cattle's the country will face high red meat prices. South Africa's worst drought in decades has caused acute wa...

1. China has foreign exchange reserves that most other countries can only dream about, but it has declined quite a lot in recent times. Is this just due to capital outflows? 2. Staying in China, their latest consumer inflation was reported to be one of the highest numbers in recent times. Is this a good or a bad thing? 3. So with all this volatility and uncertainty around the Chinese economy and C...

Vote counting is underway in Uganda. Thousands of voters filled polling stations for the presidential and parliamentary elections. Seven candidates are attempting to remove President Yoweri Musevini who has been in power for thirty years. Leon Ssenyange reports from Kampala in Uganda.

AfriForum says it intends to hold Government responsible for the misappropriation of allocated tax money. The organisation has launched a campaign - #waarvoorbetaalons? or #WhatAreWePayingFor? - which requests members of the public to add their names to the official letter that AfriForum wants to submit to the National Treasury. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to AfriForum's National Campaign Co-or...

The Ministry of Finance says the 2015 Tax Laws Amendment Act provisions relating to retirement will come into force on 1 March 2016. However, the annuitisation requirement for provident funds will be postponed to the first of March 2018. But some tax experts are concerned that the delays will hit consumers in the long-term. To explain the implications of this latest development, Sakina Kamwendo sp...

The ANC will take its anti-racism march to the seat of government - the Union Buildings in Pretoria later this morning. Scores of party members led by Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe will march for unity, non-racialism and democracy. The group will hand over a memorandum to president Jacob Zuma. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports

A special drilling machine is expected to arrive at the Lily Gold Mine in Low's creek near Barberton in Mpumalanga. Mine authorities say small buildings have to be removed from the designated new drill site and a flat surface must also be prepared for the new drill. Motsebi wa Monareng reports

1. It seems like there is finally some much-needed relief coming from the Rand, which strengthened quite strongly against all the major currencies yesterday. Who or what do we have to thank for this? 2. On the flip side of the strong rand was a rising oil price though. Do these two factors just cancel each other out? 3. Ahead of the budget next week, there was confirmation yesterday that some aspe...

President Jacob Zuma's parliamentary reply continued his focus on the economy. Addressing members of parliament after two days of parliament reflecting on the State of the Nation Address, Zuma emphasised that the National Development Plan remained the foundation of government's plan. Senior Political Reporter Angela Bolowana reports....

Prices for private hospital care in South African rank among the most expensive and affordable in the world. Private hospitals and specialists are the main drivers of these high prices which increase more than inflation each year. These are some of the findings of a study conducted by the World Health Organisation and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, presented at the Com...

1. Let's start in Japan. Despite some significant stimulus by the Bank of Japan over the last year, there are growing signs that the Japanese economy is battling. How do you think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will react to this? 2. We tend to focus a lot on Chinese economic growth and the Chinese stock market, but what is the state of China's corporate sector, and in particular, it's banks? 3. But of...

The Angel's Ministry Church led by the Mancoba family in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape says the Holy Spirit is superior to the constitution of the country. They told a delegation led by Social Development MEC, Nancy Sihlwayi that it will never close down. Government officials have been on a fact finding mission at the church after 18 children of school going age were rescued on Tuesday. Nkululeko Nye...

The situation at the University of Cape Town following violence over accommodation shortages, has stabilized. Students allegedly set fire to a bus and paintings on campus. The Vice Chancellor's office was also petrol bombed. The Vice Chancellor of UCT, Dr Max Price, says while the University supports peaceful protest, it cannot tolerate criminality and violence.

About 18 children rescued from the Mancoba Family Church in Ngcobo Eastern Cape must go to school. Eastern Cape Social development MEC, Nancy Sihlwayi, and officials visited the Angel Ministries church on yesterday (Wednesday) to understand its practices. The children are found to have been living under extremely poor conditions. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the MEC of Social Development in the Easter...

Lily Gold Mine management near Barberton in Mpumalanga says it will take them 14 days to resume rescue operations underground. This after operation to find three trapped mine workers were stopped due to rock fall at the mine over the weekend. The workers are believed to be in a container which was used a their work station. The announcement was made last night at a joint media briefing with AMCU a...

1. Inflation and Retail sales data released yesterday, both came in higher than expected. What does that say about local economic conditions? 2. High inflation and low growth - is this what is meant with the term 'stagflation'? 3. If we lose our sovereign credit rating, what alternatives do we have as a country, to source loans or capital inflows?

Lily Gold Mine management near Barberton in Mpumalanga says it will take them 14 days to resume rescue operations underground. This after operation to find three trapped mine workers were stopped due to rock fall at the mine over the weekend. The workers are believed to be in a container which was used a their work station. The announcement was made last night at a joint media briefing with AMCU a...

Every Friday a social media specialist joins us as we look at what’s ‘trended’ this week in the social media space and we look at what to look forward to in the next week topically in the social media space.

Every Friday a social media specialist joins us as we look at what’s ‘trended’ this week in the social media space and we look at what to look forward to in the next week topically in the social media space.

The inquiry into the collapse of the temporary bridge over the M1 at Grayston Drive in Johannesburg will resume again in April. On Tuesday - stakeholders submitted administrative reports where it was revealed that there may have been bolts missing on the temporary scaffolding structure that collapsed onto the highway in October last year. Two people were killed and 19 injured. The inquiry has been...