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Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says he did not interfere in the tender processes during the time he was Public Enterprises Minister from 2010 to 2014. Gigaba YESTERDAY appeared before the Eskom parliamentary inquiry into alleged state capture. He was responding to various allegations levelled against him by some of the witnesses who testified in the inquiry. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Me...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says police will take ownership of the streets away from criminals and they will be visible 24/7, especially in crime hotspots. He was addressing residents at Lower Crossroads near Gugulethu on the Cape Flats during an imbizo with community members. Earlier, Cele, accompanied by police top brass in the province also interacted with community members from Gugulethu at the...

The community of Eldorado Park, South of ts that Johannesburg will embark on a protest this morning. Reports are that the community plans to shut down the area, demanding that problems at a local school be resolved. To get clarity on what is really going on, we are now joined on the line by Community activist, Keith Duarte

Metalworkers union- NUMSA and civil organasation- Transform SA have won an urgent court interdict to prevent Energy Minister Jeff Radebe from signing deals with 27 renewable energy producers. Minister Radebe was due to sign the agreements with the independent power producers, or IPP's, in a move expected to shift South Africa's energy mix towards greater use of renewable sources like solar energy....

It remains to be seen if indeed Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will attend the Eskom State capture Inquiry happening in parliament today. Gigaba bunked parliament last week and submitted an unsigned sick note. While we are at it, there are reports that the Former SAA Board Chairperson Dudu Myeni, the Gupta brothers and Duduzane Zuma, who are central to this Eskom inquiry, won't be attending t...

Forensic investigator, Paul O'Sullivan says he intends opening up murder charges against Tiger Brands for the deaths of people due to the Listeriosis outbreak. O'Sullivan, who is also the founder of a non-profit organisation called Forensics for Justice, says it is shocking that Tiger Brands, in its recent annual report, placed product quality as number nine on the list of risks facing the company...

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Director & Head of Analytics at ETM Analytics, George Glynos, looks at key data releases both domestically and abroad, events that will be of interest that we can look forward to through the course of March and Britain’s Finance Minister to deliver his half-yearly update today

The IEC expects Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal to record the highest number of new voters on the voters' roll. The IEC says although it is still early to have the exact numbers, they are convinced that the two provinces will have the highest figures. IEC Vice chairperson, Terry Tselane has noted a few disruptions in areas such as Katlehong in Gauteng, Makhaza in the Western Cape, Bushbuckridge in Mpuma...

SABC Senior Economics reporter, Nompumelelo Siziba look at Asian markets all in the green today, the Political scandal in Japan and Chinese FDI in SA's oil sector.

China has removed presidential term limits from its constitution giving President Xi Jinping the right to remain in office indefinitely. The constitutional changes were passed by China's annual sitting of the National People's Congress YESTERDAY. The amendments also include inserting Xi's political theory into the constitution, something that was already added to the party charter in October at th...

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The police in the Eastern Cape have established a task team to investigate the murders related to taxi violence in the Mthatha area. Five people which include one passenger, have been gunned down over the weekend. A number of people were also wounded in the shootings. Nkululeko Nyembezi has filed this report.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is humbled by interest shown by ordinary South Africans to check and confirm their registration details during voter registration drive at the weekend. He spent the last two days in Soweto and Tshwane encouraging people to register ahead of the 2019 national elections. The president was accompanied by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and other ANC officials in the pr...

North West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo, says there is a political onslaught in the province aimed at unseating him from his position. He was reacting after the Hawks raided his offices and those of the provincial Finance Department in search of documents related to alleged irregularities. Mahumapelo, who is also the North West ANC Chairperson, says the party leadership in the province has discussed...

The Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, says preparations are in place for this weekend's voter registration and verification drive. The commission says it will open its more than 22 - thousand stations throughout the country from eight am to five pm on Saturday and Sunday. This is in a bid to allow eligible voters to either register or update their details in preparation for the 2019 elections...

The long-awaited renewable power purchase agreements with 27 independent power projects will be signed on Tuesday next week. Energy Minister Jeff Radebe made the announcement in Parliment YESTERDAY. The decision will feed more renewable energy into the national grid with the 27 projects expected to account for investment of about R56bn in the next two to three years. For their reaction to this new...

Striking workers at the Gupta owned Optimum coal mine in Mpumalanga have gone back to work. National Union of Mineworkers - NUM - Regional Secretary in Mpumalanga, Tshilidzi Mathavha, says they are pleased with the outcome of the meeting they had with the Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe YESTERDAY over unpaid salaries.

Director & Head of Analytics at ETM Analytics George Glynos looks at SA markets seemingly ignoring most of the political noise, President Trump implementing tariff increases of 25% on Steel and 10% on Aluminum and ECB left rates unchanged yesterday, today the BoJ did the same, two major central banks that are far from hiking.

Ashburton Investments Senior Portfolio Manager Wayne Mccurrie looks at Aspen Normalised earnings up 26% , Mtn and Sanlam good results but some small negatives

Atul and Rajeesh Gupta are South African citizens, however, their brother Ajay is not. Home Affairs Director-General, Mkhuseli Apleni, sought to clarify the statements that Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba made in Parliament yesterday. Gigaba had earlier said Atul Gupta was not a South African citizen. Atul was naturalised in 2002 and his brother Rajeesh in 2006.

Academic activities at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape continue to be disrupted as the Academic Professional Staff Association continues with its protest action. The association is calling for the in-sourcing of their members working for private companies at the institution. The institution has been marred by incidents of arson including clashes between a local private secu...

One of the two suspects who appeared in the Ngcobo magistrate court on Monday afternoon will appear again today for rape, sexual exploitation and sexual grooming charges. Thirty year old Banele Mancoba, a senior member of the controversial Seven Angels Ministries church appeared in court on Monday afternoon alongside 29 year old Siphenathi Mafikwana for a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery wit...

The repatriation of eight Zimbabwean children who've been kept at a place of safety in Rustenburg in the North West is set to take place today as scheduled. This follows the dismissal of an urgent application by the parents of the children who sought an order from the high court in Pretoria prohibiting officials from deporting the children back to the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. The children aged...

The School Governing Body at Eldorado Secondary School, south of Johannesburg has threatened a lockdown of the school if Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, suspends the school's principal. This follows weeks of disruptions to learning and teaching as teachers aligned to SADTU have abandoned their posts since late last year. Its alleged the teachers staged a walk-out after the SGB of the school...