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EMT Analytics head, Jana Van Deventer looks at so-called political noise flow and how this is impacting on the local markets and what current oil market dynamics mean for South African consumers.

The water crisis in the city of Cape Town appears to be worsening. The levels of dams supplying the Mother City have dropped by 7 percentage points to 37.8 percent, of which only 27 percent of that water is usable. The City's Executive Mayor, Patricia de Lille joins us join the line for more.

Former Finance Minister and ANC MP Pravin Gordhan has rubbished claims that he has written the book by Jacques Pauw, "The President's Keepers". This comes after a publication Black Opinion, linked to Black First Land First, wrote an article that Gordhan wrote the book. The article revealed a picture showing how Gordhan was signing the autographs of books at Pauw's book launch last week. Our Parlia...

Some Khoi and San groups have expressed mixed feelings about the recent passing of the Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill. The Khomani San in the Northern Cape welcomed the bill, while the Khoisan's Gorachoqua tribe in the Western Cape have rejected it. The Bill was passed in the National Assembly last week and was sent to the NCOP for concurrence. Mercedes Besent reports....

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian stocks edged down, with Japanese markets leading losses in the region and key economic data which could impact the market this week.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at the ZAR has attracting fresh selling pressure in recent sessions and SARB Governor Kganyago insights regarding monetary policy risks in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday afternoon

The special meeting of the ANC's top brass is set to resume this morning for a third and final day. The ANC NEC meeting, which started on Saturday in Irene, Pretoria, comes just five weeks ahead of the December elective conference. There were reports YESTERDAY that the closed door meeting was at one stage disrupted due to members not agreeing on the draft report presented by secretary general, Gwe...

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has deferred to the Presidency as he refused to weigh in on reports that President Jacob Zuma could announce free higher education for all in the country. Gigaba is leading a high-powered government delegation on a multi country investor roadshow that begins in New York and includes stops in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore. Correspondent Sherwin Bryce-Pease s...

Former CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Lucky Montana has come out strongly to cast aspersions on those who thought they will find what he calls 'the Guptas behind every PRASA transaction'. This follows revelations that Montana met with Rajesh Tony Gupta and Duduzane Zuma at former Transport Minister Ben Martins' ministerial home in Pretoria. In a statement, Montana says h...

President Jacob Zuma says radical transformation is government policy and one way of enhancing it is by paying small businesses which do business with government, on time. President Zuma was delivering his annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent reports

The official death toll of mentally ill patients could go up today when Health Ombudsman, Malegapuru Makgoba makes a second appearance to present his updated report at the Life Esidimeni Arbitration in Parktown, Johannesburg. Makgoba, who was the first witness to testify when the hearings got underway last month, had put the figure at 118, up from the 94 he had announced in February when he releas...

EFT Strategist Nerina Visser looks at the 5th South Africa Tomorrow Investor Conference is taking place in New York this week. Manufacturing output stats for September and demand for so-called “green” investments, or environmentally-friendly investments.

#JacquePauw - book launch cancelled after power outage. #280characters - Twitter expands character count. #MduduziManana - Former @HigherEduGovZA deputy Minister has two previous convictions of theft.

Award-winning investigative journalist Jacques Pauw says he is not deterred by continuous death threats on his life. Pauw was speaking at the official launch of his book "The President's Keepers last night at the Hyde Park Shopping Centre in Johannesburg. "The President Keepers" makes allegation about the abuse of money by the Revenue service, security agencies, and accuses President Jacob Zuma of...

Suspended head of Legal Services and Governance at Eskom, Suzanne Daniels has said that she met the Gupta family through their associate, Salim Essa. Meanwhile, another former executive at the power utility, believes that she was punished for refusing to sign the New Age and Regiments deals. Lulama Matya reports....

Gauteng ANC chairperson Paul Mashatile has denied treating Emfuleni mayor Simon Mofokeng with kid gloves in the light of allegations of sexual grooming of a 14-year-old girl. Mofokeng has been placed on special leave by the ANC in Gauteng following the allegations against him. The DA claims Mashatile is shielding Mofokeng - who's also the ANC chairperson in the Sedibeng region because of the power...

Former Higher Education deputy minister, Mduduzi Manana, who has pleaded guilty to assaulting three women at a Johannesburg night club in August, has offered to compensate the women, do community service and pay a 100-thousand rand fine. His lawyer, Michael Motsoeneng Bill, has also asked that Manana be sentenced to 12 months imprisonment wholly suspended for 5 years, on condition he does not comm...

ETF Strategist, Nerina Visser on the latest SACCI Business Confidence Index, the International Monetary Fund and the long running saga of payments of social grants.

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Markets as they are trading mixed following a mixed close on Wall Street, Donald Trump warns North Korea about making a "fatal miscalculation' and while the recent increase in the Oil price is negative for INFLATION, it is definitely offering a support for SASOL Shares, including the SASOL Inzalo BEE scheme

Taxi commuters have been advised to seek alternative transport on Wednesday morning due to a taxi strike. Taxi operators affiliated to the National Taxi Alliance will gather in Marabastad in Pretoria before marching to the Transport Ministry and the Union Buildings. The organisation is accusing the transport ministry of failure to address their long-standing concerns. They include the controversia...

A top South African National Defence Force general is among suspects that have been arrested for alleged fraud and corruption. The arrest follows a sting operation which was conducted by the Military Police and Defence Intelligence Divisions of the SANDF. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Head of Communication for the Defence Force, Siphiwe Dlamini...

The Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings into the deaths of 141 mentally-ill patients will resume in Parktown, Johannesburg this Wednesday morning. Lawyers involved in the arbitration have not succeeded in bringing three key witnesses, including Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu, to testify within the scheduled three weeks of the hearings. The sitting has since been extended. After resorting to su...

Tensions were running high between the EFF and the DA in the National Assembly during an EFF Motion calling for the Nationalisation of Banks without Compensation. The debate was led by EFF Leader Julius Malema. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more....

Firefighters have spent the night battling a mountain fire in Gordon's Bay outside Cape Town. At least five houses have been burnt down but no lives have been affected. An extensive vegetation fire has been raging against the slopes of the Hottentots Holland mountains between Grabouw and Gordon's Bay. Mlamli Maneli reports..

The state has wrapped up its cross-examination of Henri van Breda in the Cape Town High Court. The 23-year old Van Breda faced a grilling from the state and Judge Siraj Desai during his four days of cross-examination. He is accused of the murder of his parents and brother at their De Zalze Estate home two years ago. His sister was severely injured. Van Breda maintains that a masked axe-wielding in...