The National Pulse

-AngloGold Ashanti put a second mine up for sale -AMCU calls all mines to join Sibanye strike against job losses. How will this affect the company? -the latest on the markets Guest: Viv Govender -Senior analyst – Randswiss Offshore

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Sihle Zikalala, today raided many illegal operations and shops in his province. Guest:: Nonhlakanipho Magwaza - SABC Reporter

The ANC is calling on potential investors who can help save workers from possible retrenchments at African Global Operations, formerly known as Bosasa. This follows he company’s decision to ask for voluntary liquidation. Guest: Ntebo Mokobo SABC reporter

South African Airways has been ordered to pay R1.16 billion to JSE listed aviation company Comair. The Competition Commission found SAA guilty of anti-competitive behaviour, and SAA has traversed the process of appeal and has lost. Guest: Unathi Henama -Tourism lecturer – Tshwane University of Technology

Struggling state-owned SAA will be broken into three business units as part of a restructuring plan according to CEO Vuyani Jarana. He said the company which has not made a profit since 2011 and was given a R5bn bailout in 2018 to shore up its balance sheet — will be split into domestic, regional and international business units, each with their own management. Finance minister Tito Mboweni is exp...

Bosasa announced today that it has gone into voluntarily liquidation following the closing of its bank accounts. Bosasa, which is now known as African Global Operations, found itself embroiled in allegations of state capture when its former COO, Angelo Agrizzi, appeared before the Zondo commission and testified about corruption and bribes relating to the firm’s contracts with the government. The c...

#Entpreneurship LOAD SHEDDING AND SMALL BUSINESSES It is said the unstable Eskom situation including load shedding is taking a toll on small business and may result in job losses and some small businesses closing down. Apparently, load shedding could cost the country as much as R5 bil a day according to OUTA Mr Elvis Sekhaolelo Founding Executive Director at eKasi Entrepreneurs

-The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has criticised the sharp decline in black ownership in the country’s major economic sectors -Sugar-cane growers have called on finance minister Tito Mboweni to shelve the sugary beverages tax — which they say has cost the sugar industry nearly R1bn since it took effect on April 1 last year. -The latest on the markets Guest: Phinda Mangolothi - Head of Tr...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura delivered his state of the province address in Alberton, Ekurhuleni today. Makhura who is finishing his first term as the Gauteng premier this year has expressed confidence that he has fulfilled the promises he made when he first took over the administration of the province. He also announced that, that e-tolls need to be done away with because they contribute to the...

When addressing his last State of the Province Address earlier today, Gauteng Premier David Makhura says President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured him that the issue of etolls is receiving his urgent attention. The etolling system is one of the thorny issues Makhura has been grappling with throughout his five-year term. Guest: Wisani Makhubele- SABC Reporter

A report released by Right to Care’s Me1st campaign indicates that there’s been a dramatic increase in HIV tests among men who have sex with men. These men are said to be facing a devastating stigma and discrimination in society. This they say happens especially when they seek healthcare service. Guest: Ian Hove - Programme manager for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Rig...

-SAA will be broken into three business units as part of a restructuring plan according to CEO Vuyani Jarana. Is this the right step? -South Africa's largest coal producer, Exxaro Resources confirmed on Monday that it has sold back its 26 percent stake in Tronox Sands LLP -The latest on the markets Viv Govender, Senior analyst – Randswiss Offshore

Aid agency Gift of the Giver which has just intervened in Makhanda last week over the water crisis say that they have have received calls from Riebeeck East, Amathole District (Queenstown) where over 50 000 people in 100 villages are without water for several months. They go on to say that the challenges in the Eastern Cape are multiplying. Guest: Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers

Hundreds of EFF aligned students from the Durban University of Technology have marched to the Steve Biko campus in central Durban. They are demanding that the university's operations be shut down. The students are demanding that 3-thousand 500 students be allowed to register for the B-Tech qualification despite the fact that they owe student fees from last year. Students are demanding free, qualit...

Founder and chairperson of African Rainbow Energy and Power (AREP) Patrice Motsepe has denied allegations of nepotism and reports that the unbundling of Eskom will benefit his company. Motsepe held a press conference earlier today to discuss the alleged roles by minister of energy Jeff Radebe and president Cyril Ramaphosa who are both brother-in- laws. Guest: Amona Accram, SABC economics reporter

Western Cape premier Helen Zille delivered her last State of the Province address today in the Western Cape legislature. She touched on number of issues from infrastructure and education to the water crisis. She said the At 83 percent, the Western Cape received the highest number of clean audits in South Africa in 2018/19. Today, we are the cleanest government in South Africa. Bonginkosi Madikizel...

Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Western Cape Legislature when ANC staged a walkout during Premier Helen Zille's State of the Province Address. Zille was delivering her last SOPA as Premier was hackled by members of the opposition party during the first half of her speech which saw her stating that she would not address or respond to comments from members who were misinformed. Guest: Khaya Magaxa -...

Friday we talk technology with our regular expert, Guest: Wesley Diphoko, founder and editor of The Infonomist.

President Ramaphosa is today finishing a year as the President of South Africa. He was sworn in on 15 February last year. Economically, how has he performed as the President? Guest: Lumkile Mondi- economist and Senior Lecturer at WITS

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) leadership is to launch it 2019 elections manifesto in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Port Elizabeth, tomorrow. The party will be addressed by its president, Bantu Holomisa. Clip; UDM Deputy President Nqabayomzi Nkwankwa spoke to Stephen Grooteson #SAfmSunRise Guest: Ralph Mathekga - Political analyst

Today is International Childhood Cancer Day. The day is commemorated annually on February the 15th to raise awareness and express support for children and adolescents with cancer. How are we doing as a country in dealing with the scourge and also how much do we understand about it? Guest: Dr Coceka Mfundisi – Pediatric Neurosurgeon

A group of former SADF soldiers and IFP defence unity members under the banner of the United Statutory Military Veterans have marched and delivered a memorandum of grievances to President Cyril Ramaphosa's office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. SADFMVA coordinator Phillip Monyela says they have approached the presidency office after attempts to engage with the department of military veterans f...

North West Premier, Job Mokgoro says the intervention of section 100 by the national government in the province has brought some stability and effectiveness in some of the provincial departments. Mokgoro says the intervention was informed by the failure to provide administrative leadership and effective oversight to service delivery departments, especially on the part of the office of the premier....

Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is at the Gloria Coal Mine in Middelburg Mpumalanga. Mantashe met with the mine management earlier today. His visit comes after 22 people are feared to be underground after a gas exploded while they were allegedly stealing copper cable a week ago. Guest: Motsebi wa Monareng- sabc reporter

The South Africa’s fruit and vegetable export capabilities were recently on display when the department of trade and industry showcased twenty-five companies at a fair in Berlin, Germany. The department said the Fruit Logistica Berlin, regarded as the world’s leading international trade fair for the industry, covers every sector of the supply chain from production, distribution and marketing to th...