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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says critical investigations may be delayed after important documents were damaged by a burst water pipe at her Centurion offices. The office was reportedly flooded after its roof collapsed following heavy overnight rains in Lynwood‚ Pretoria. Advocate Mkhwebane says her main concern is that the damaged documents are irreplaceable. She says the incident also occ...

Kenya's Electoral Commission yesterday met opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto for consultative talks ahead of fresh presidential elections later this month. After the talks, the opposition said the electoral commission has not met its demands that it says will guarantee free elections. It has called for protests on Friday. However, the governing party said it was sati...

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced changes in the management of the Philippi East police station outside Cape Town where eleven people were killed last weekend. Mbalua visited the families of the victims who were shot and killed in the local Marikana Informal Settlement. A task team has also been formed to try and bring stability to the area. Thandiswa Mawu reports..

Students from the Nelson Mandela University have barricaded entrances to the two Summerstrand campuses in Port Elizabeth, calling for stringent security measures on all campuses. This comes after two students were attacked at the Computer lab on the University's 2nd Avenue campus. One student was allegedly raped and another stabbed. The students are calling for better shuttle services, more securi...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asia markets mixed despite another record close on Wall Street. President Donald Trump’s advisers have given him a final list of people they’re recommending as candidates to lead the Federal Reserve and the Beit Bridge border post, was a key topic during the annual Bi-National Commission where plans to eradicate border delays that affect economic ac...

EMT Analytics head, Jana VanDeventer looks at National Treasury presentation in parliament yesterday, how has JSE All Share Index performed so far this year and the main release on the local data calendar today is the economy-wide Standard Bank PMI.

Opposition parties - the EFF and DA - in the North West say they will picket at the Jacob Zuma Capture Site Monument at Groot Marico set to be unveiled on Wednesday. The parties say that taxpayers' money is being wasted to honour President Jacob Zuma, while the country is struggling with high umemployment levels. The President is expected to officially open the Groot Marico Heritage Site and Liber...

The ANC in Limpopo says it is looking into an official complaint submitted by the executive mayor of Polokwane, Thembi Nkadimeng, following death threats against her. Nkadimeng says the threats were not only against her, but also her entire family. Police are also investigating a case of intimidation. Katlego Nyoni report.

Gangsterism is said to be on the increase at Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape, with seven people including a community newspaper reporter killed over the weekend. Police say alleged gangsters continue to terrorise the communities of Flagstaff and Lusikisiki, despite a recent visit by President Jacob Zuma and Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula. A man, his wife and children were held hostage by alleged ga...

GraceMugabe is trending again after Bulawayo news ran a story about the FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe reportedly donating used underwear and night dresses at a Zanu-PF meeting in Mutare and Lifetime movies announces The Oscar Pistoriuas movie titled: Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer.

A meeting between the ANC Senior Officials including president Jacob Zuma and a faction that took the party's Kwa -Zulu natal leadership to court is believed to have run into the late hours of the night in Durban. The Party's top officials are in the province to try and restore unity following the 2015 provincial elective conference and subsequent judgement that nullified it. The Province's PEC la...

The Gupta family is opposing the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse's application to freeze mine rehabilitation funds worth one-point-seven billion rand for two of their coal mines. OUTA last week obtained an interim order from the High Court in Pretoria which directed the Bank of Baroda to continue to hold the trust funds of the Optimum and Koornfontein mines. The application was brought after the Gu...

It seems the plight of mentally ill patients in Gauteng is not coming to an end anytime soon. Over a hundred psychiatric patients are stuck in state hospitals in the province because the Health department cannot find suitable facilities for them. This is according to a statement by the DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC Jack Bloom. He adds in the statement that in one hospital, 18 patients, cost governm...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asia markets trading mostly higher following US. Equities closing at record highs overnight and 2. Oil prices apulling back from the recent highs, Brent crude is now back below $56.

ETM Anlaytics head, Jana Van Deventer on release of the September manufacturing PMI as well as vehicle sales data for last month, Department of Energy announces fuel price will increase by 29c/l om Wednesday, October 4th and what is driving the current ZAR weakness?

Residents of Philippi East in Cape Town have called for the military to be deployed to the area. This follows the killing of 18 people in the Marikana informal settlement over the past week. Residents held a meeting with Western Cape Community Safety Minister, Dan Plato, and Human Rights Commissioner, Chris Nissan. Eleven people were gunned down late on Friday while seven others were killed on Tue...

The family members of centenarian John Chisale whose body was finally buried on a farm in Lephalale in Limpopo, say they are afraid that they could be evicted from the farm now that their grandfather has died. Chisale's body was kept in a mortuary for three weeks after the farmer refused to allow him to be buried on the farm. Chisale had lived and worked on the farm for 70 years. Last Thursday, th...

#InumberNumber is trending after the last episode of the series aired last night and Tjovitjo and Idols SA lowering trends list.

The Phumulo Masualle-led ANC faction in the Eastern Cape is now approaching the East London High Court in a bid to nullify the newly elected leadership led by Oscar Mabuyane. Mabuyane, the former provincal secretary, has been elected chairperson in a landslide win over Masualle, who was the incumbent, at the party's provincial conference in East London. we speak to new ANC chairperson in the Easte...

Government has assured the nation that the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will be able to meet the deadline to set up a partnership with the Post Office for the payment of social grants by next year's Constitutional Court deadline. This follows reports attributed to the chairperson of the Parliaments Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Themba Godi, that SASSA officials have failed...

Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asia markets and other economic data we can expect this week.

EMT Analystics , Finacial markets head, Jana Van Deventer, looks at National Treasury bailing out South African Airways once again and main events that markets will be keeping an eye out for?

ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the newly-elected leadership of the Eastern Cape to unite and heal divisions in the province. He addressed delegates at the provincial elective conference in East London on Sunday. The chaotic conference was characterised by delays, disruptions and clashes that left 28 people injured. Former secretary general, Oscar Mabuyane was elected chairman with...

East London High Court Judge, Belinda Hartley is expected to hand down judgement on Monday in the case of four ANC delegates who want the court to nullify the outcomes of the 8th ANC Eastern Cape provincial conference. Yanga Funani reports.

We look at New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards, the VodacomNextLevel launch, Tributes to Hugh Hefner and a A Grade two learner found with a firearm and live ammunition at Dalpark Primary School on Gauteng's East Rand