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Another Eskom Senior Executive has resigned. Prish Govender who worked as Eskom's acting HR Head, was under investigation relating to the Trillian and Mckinsey saga. Govender resigned a day after Anoj Singh, who was the Chief Financial Officer of Eskom quit under a cloud. Are we likely to see more resignations at Eskom? To help us answer that, we speak to the Managing Director at EE Publishing, Ch...

Parliament's Evidence Leader in the Eskom Inquiry Nthuthuzelo Vanara says former Eskom CFO Anoj Singh is not telling the committee the truth about who arranged and paid for his trip and accommodation to Dubai in December 2015. This comes as Singh's evidence contradicted the evidence presented by Vanara. Singh claims that the trip was paid for by an acquaintance from the United Arab Emirates while...

The United States has joined global commemorations for the late Legendary jazz musician and activist Hugh Masekela. Masekela, who developed his musical talents in New York after being forced to flee South Africa in the 1960s also left his mark on the US Capital as our Washington correspondent Kevin McAleese reports..

Nadir Thokan of Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at the prospects for Sasol, what's driving the global equity market rally since the start of the year and how much legs are left and Richemont's decision to buy Yoxx Net A Porter

Former Gauteng MEC Qedani Mahlangu says the decision to terminate their contract with Life Esidimeni was not hers alone, but that of a collective. She says it was a cost cutting measure and in response to the Auditor-General's concerns that the contract did not follow normal tender processes. The contract has been in place since 1979. Mahlangu has been answering questions at the arbitration hearin...

Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini returns to the hot seat at an inquiry to investigate her role in last year's social grants crisis - which saw the extension of an unlawful contract with Cash Paymaster Services. The minister oversaw work streams, which are alleged to operated as a parallel process and hampered the Social Security Agency (SASSA) in taking over the payment of grants. SA...

The business of Parliament officially resumes this week after the December recess. The Eskom inquiry will kick off today (tuesday 23 January), while the Sub Rules Review Committee will meet again later this week. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us that SCOPA has also subpoenaed the Transnet Board and executives to appear before it this morning

#LifeEsidimeni #Sassa #AnojSingh -Ghanian President, Nana Akufo-Addo goes undercover driving around the streets of Accra.

Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini, returns to the hot seat at an inquiry to investigate her role in last year's social grants crisis - which saw the extension of an unlawful contract with Cash Paymaster Services. The minister oversaw workstreams, which, its alleged, operated as a parallel process and hampered the Social Security Agency (SASSA) in taking over the payment of grants. Can...

The Life Esidimeni hearings will resume tomorrow following former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu's first appearance yesterday. Mahlangu told the hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg that the decision to terminate the contract with Life Esidimeni was not hers alone, but that of a collective. She said it was a cost cutting measure and also in response to the Auditor-General's concerns that the con...

Nadir Thokan from Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at Lonmin's results, the impact of stronger than expected Chinese growth on the global economy and why the IMF cut South Africa's growth forecast for 2018.

Security is expected to be tight ahead of the much-anticipated appearance of former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu at the Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg. Mahlangu is expected to be grilled over the department's decision to aburptly end the contract it had with Life Esidimeni for about 36 years, and take mentally-ill patients to NGOs who had neither the capacity n...

As the ANC LEKGOTLA drew to a close and ANC PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA gets ready to head for the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says the transition in the ANC is part of the good story they will tell Issuing a stern warning to State Owned Enterprises, Gigaba said the decisions taken on Eskom and the Free State Dairy show that governme...

Residents of Kagiso township in Mogale City on the Westrand say they will continue their shutdown in the area unless their concerns are addressed. Burning tyres and rocks have blockaded roads as residents claim the township has become a haven for drug peddlers and prostitution. For more on this we speak to the community leader in Kagiso, Rev Joe Mabuela....

The North West government has applied to the Presidency for an official provincial funeral for former Bophuthatswana homeland leader, Lucas Mangope. The 94-year-old Mangope, died last week, at Lehurutshe hospital near Zeerust. He will be laid to rest on Saturday at his home village in Motswedi. Patrick Dintwa reports ...

The Treatment Action Campaign and the South African Federation of Trade Unions are planning to lead what has been termed "The People's March" to the venue of the hearings in Parktown this morning.

The Special Investigative Unit, SIU, has confirmed that President Jacob Zuma has signed a proclamation for the unit to investigate the North West Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport and its senior officials, for corruption. At least 150 companies are reported to have been awarded tenders irregularly. Other corrupt activities include the multi-million tenders for scholar transport and t...

-Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa takes the lead in addressing the challenges at Eskom by appointing a new board. -Cosatu says the City of Cape Town is not being honest about the water crisis in the metro. -Nicole Kidman receives award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series at screen actors guild awards.

Nadir Thokan of Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at the changing political winds and impacts on the market, the impact of the government shutdown in the US and what it means and what better than expected Chinese economic growth means.

Just on the eve of seeing Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa appointing the new head of the NPA, President Jacob Zuma decides to go to court to appeal that ruling. Last year, the High Court ruled that the President is too conflicted to be the one to appoint the new NPA boss and that gave the Deputy President 60 days to make the appointment. We speak to the Executive Secretary of the Council for the...

Deputy Director for Mental Health Services in Gauteng, Hannah Jacobus has conceded that proper procedures were not followed in issuing licences to NGOs that received mentally-ill patients from Life Esidmeni. Jacobus says former Mental Health Director Dr Makgabo Manamela instructed her to proceed with the compilation of licences without vetting or auditing them because of the imminent closure of Li...

Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has been selected to Chair the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF for the next three years. Kganyago will succeed Mexico's Reserve Bank Governor, Agustin Carstens, who resigned from the position last December. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports...

Former Bophuthatswana homeland President, Lucas Mangope has died. Mangope died yesterday at his home in Motswedi at the age of 94 . He led the government of Bophuthatswana homeland for almost two decades, until 1994, when he was toppled ahead of the reincorporation of the region into South Africa.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at The SARB delivered an unchanged policy decision at its first meeting for 2018, the risks going forward and how have the markets responded to recent developments, the rand in particular?

A leading expert in corporate crime has warned against giving criminals a heads up on their intended arrest as this could increase their chances of leaving the country or erasing existing evidence of their criminal activities. BERNARD HOTZ is Director and Head of Business crime at Werkmans Attorneys. He says the fact that media reports that Trillian - a Gupta-linked company - has been cleaned out,...