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27FOUR INVESTMENTS' Nadir Thokan looks at Naspers increasing stake in online food delivery business delivery hero, the impact of Donald Trump's tax cut plan on US equities and the increasing economic pressure china is putting on North Korea.

A Grade two learner found with a firearm and live ammunition at Dalpark Primary School on Gauteng's East Rand is receiving counselling for behavioural change. It is believed that the learner brought the gun to school with the intention of harming another learner. Various incidents of bullying have been reported in the media over the past few weeks, including a learner dying from alleged bullying a...

Tomorrow (Saturday 29.09) is D-day for South African Airways (SAA) to pay back the one-point-eight-billion-rand owed to Citi Bank. The debt, which was supposed to have been paid already, was extended to the end of September. It is unclear where the money will come from as the Public Investment Corporation is digging its heels, refusing to bail out bankrupt state-owned entities. By last night, Trea...

A new bank has been established in South Africa. TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank SA, has been issued a licence by the South African Reserve Bank to open a bank, that is set to broaden competition in the country's banking sector. The company says it willA new bank has been established in South Africa. TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank SA, has been issued a licence by the South African Reserve Bank...

Statistician General - Pali Lehohla has warned that South Africa is facing a disaster because the economic prospects of 90 percent of the population have not improved. Speaking at a Higher Education Conference in Durban, Lehohla said the biggest driver of poverty in the country is lack of education and barriers to black people completing tertiary qualification. Lehohla also says chances of a black...

A Khoi Khoi woman named Krotoa was one of the first local people to interact with Jan van Riebeeck - the Dutch colonial administrator who founded Cape Town. Krotoa was Van Riebeeck's interpreter, and was instrumental in ending the first Khoi Khoi-Dutch war. But colonial tradition has not smiled kindly on our heroine, who is portrayed as an alcoholic and a woman of loose morals. As we celebrate Her...

Parliament has terminated its contract with KPMG, citing reputational risks. The global auditor has been caught up in a scandal involving the Gupta family. Parliament says the termination includes a contract KPMG has with a medical aid scheme for Members of Parliament. KPMG cleared out its South African leadership this month after damning findings from an internal investigation into the Guptas. We...

Thousands of protestors in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northen Cape and the Eastern Cape yesterday joined in the Cosatu nationwide strike. In Limpopo, marchers delivered memoranda to three places in Polokwane, including the premier's office. In Mpumalanga, they marched in Emalahleni and Mbombela. In the North West, a memorandum was delivered at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng. Cosatu i...

A Khoi Khoi woman named Krotoa (pronounced *cra-toe-wah) was one of the first local people to interact with Jan van Riebeeck - the Dutch colonial administrator who founded Cape Town. Krotoa was Van Riebeeck's interpreter, and was instrumental in ending the first Khoi Khoi-Dutch war. But colonial tradition has not smiled kindly on our heroine, who is portrayed as an alcoholic and a woman of loose m...

Nadir Thokan of 27Four Investment Managers looks at Capitec earnings that came out yesterday, Saudi Arabia's $12.5 billion debt issuance and the need for ongoing earnings growth in the US and the impact on earnings on a tax cut.

Investment Analyst, Lungile Malinga looks at Trump has announcement on his proposed Tax Reforms and Capitec bank releasing their half year results.

The space for compromise over the 2015 Peace Agreement in South Sudan is narrow, while the parties to the conflict have shown little interest in engaging in serious negotiations on the way forward. So says the head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to that country, in a briefing to the Security Council. Members also heard that the permanent ceasefire continues to be violated with impunity...

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has given the assurance that state pension funds will not be used recklessly to support ailing state companies such as the SAA. Gigaba addressed the media in Pretoria on Tuesday amid concerns that the Public Investment Corporation was under attack from those who wish to use its funds to bail out struggling state firms. The PIC manages close to two-trillion rand in st...

EFF CIC Julius Malema tweets and helps us with connecting the dots in the Public Investment Corporation saga, The City of Cape Town will be installing 51 000 water management devices on properties of those it has identified as the metro's most excessive users and The Government employees medical scheme has come under fire after it was established that a private Public Relations firm, Martina Nicho...

Business is divided over its support for Wednesday's anti-corruption march by Cosatu. Business Leadership SA is the only formation that has fully endorsed the march. Business Unity South Africa and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry say they will not support the strike, but will respect their workers' right to protest. The labour federation says the marches will be directed at corruption in both...

The family of a deputy principal who was shot and killed at Edlinceba Primary School in Duduza on Gauteng's East Rand have expressed shock. The suspects entered the school premises under the pretence that they had an appointment to fix an electric fault. As the deputy principal came out of his office enquire about their visit, he was shot several times and died on the scene. The motive for the att...

Investment Analyst, Lungile Malinga looks at Janet Yellen addressing markets last night and debate over investing in Emerging Markets or Developed Markets .

We look and Asian Markets with Nadir Thokan of 27Four Investment Managers.

Schooling is expected to be affected in some parts of Johannesburg as COSATU embarks on a nationwide strike against corruption and state capture. Some teachers who are members of trade union SADTU have indicated that there will be no lessons at schools. Members of trade union NEHAWU have also confirmed that they will join the action. The main march will be held in Johannesburg where thousands of p...

CardiB now the hottest female rapper after she reached number 1 on the billboard hot 100 for her hit BodakYellow, Bonang has found herself at the top of the Twitter trending list for apparently failing to follow through on a promise to help pay for a student's varsity fees, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has lashed out at the provincial government‚ accusing them of failing to pay him what he deserv...

Limpopo police yesterday intercepted four vehicles that were being smuggled across the Limpopo river outside Musina into Zimbabwe . Police say the vehicles were either hijacked or stolen from various parts of South Africa. Over the past 12 months criminals have attempted to smuggle over 100 vehicles across the Limpopo. For more on this we have on the line Limpopo police spokesperson, Lt. Colonel M...

Classes are expected to resume at the Klipspruit West Secondary School, south of Johannesburg, this morning after teachers' union, SADTU agreed to send its members back to teach at the school. Yesterday*, the Gauteng Department of Education dissolved the school's Governing Body in a bid to normalise the situation after several disruptions at the institution in recent weeks.

Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says the SADC region has made some progress in the roll out of Digital Terrestrial Television, DTT. There are only five SADC members' states that have completed the process of migrating to digital while others, including South Africa, are lagging behind. Dlodlo says this process must move with speed. She was addressing the SADC-Broadcasting Conference currentl...

The property, which housed struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and earmarked for renovations, remains in a shoddy condition. Madikizela-Mandela was banished to house number 802 in Brandfort in the Free State with her daughter Zinzi from 1977 until 1986. The house was bombed twice while Madikizela-Mandela was staying there. Thabiso Radebe reports..

We look at the decision to take assets offshore and what people should consider as well as the impact of German election on global financial markets with Nadir Thokan of 27Four Investment Managers.