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Apple's new iPhone 8 has been officially unveiled. The latest smartphone, released in Los Angeles, is seen as a radical change for the company, which is seeking to wow users for the 10th anniversary of the device. we speak to Editor of Stuff Magazine, Craig Wilson.

National Treasury is now under pressure to pay 13 billion rand bailout packages in order to save two ailing parastatals. The South African Airways (SAA) is expected to get 10 billion, while the SABC is looking at getting 3 billion from Tresury. This comes as reports have emerged that the extension of SAA Board Chairperson, Dudu Myeni's contarct to November may be irregular. Three months ago, some...

National Treasury is now under pressure to pay 13 billion rand bailout packages in order to save two ailing parastatals. The South African Airways (SAA) is expected to get 10 billion, while the SABC is looking at getting 3 billion from Tresury. This comes as reports have emerged that the extension of SAA Board Chairperson, Dudu Myeni's contarct to November may be irregular. Three months ago, some...

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts - SCPOA - in Parliamnet is this morning expected to visit SASSA Headquaters to exercise its oversight role over the social security agency. Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini, last week wrote a letter to National Assembly Speaker, Baleka Mbete complaining that Sassa should not be interrogated by Scopa over the new social grant payment contract...

On today's trending topics; Former Minister of higher education Mduduzi Manana plead guilty to three counts of assault, SA's richest man, Johann Rupert says "radical economic transformation" is no more than theft and Comedian and radio personality Tumi Morake lifts the lid on racial slurs she's been receiving since joining the Jacaranda Breakfast radio show.

We look at how are Asian markets doing after China released weaker than expected data points and South Africa saw the release of retail sales and the business confidence figure with Investment analyst, Lungile Malinga.

We look at business confidence in South Africa seeing a marginal increase in the third quarter t of the year but still remained in a subdued territory with seven out of the ten respondents having remained unsatisfied with business conditions in the country, Retail trade sales increasing by 1.8% year-on-year in July 2017 and Brent Crude back at $55 a barrel, this despite figures showing US Oil Inve...

Sophiatown is one of South Africa's iconic historical sites. During its heyday it was the epicenter of politics, music, creativity and multi-culturalism. It is in Sophiatown where artists, writers and musicians flourished against the odds. As South Africa celebrates Heritage month - one of Sophiatown's well-known residents - Can Themba - who passed away in 1968 is also being remembered. Can - as h...

The ANC says it understands the urgency required in making a pronouncement following the outcome of the court judgement made by the Pietermaritzburg High Court yesterday. The court struck down the results of the party's KwaZulu-Natal 2015 elective conference declaring it unlawful and void. The party says it is still examining the legal and political implications of the judgement but has learnt les...

We look at how Asian markets doing this morning after Apple announced its new Iphones and Moody's released a report on SA ahead of its conference in JHB today.

President Jacob Zuma says the National Development Plan will remain an empty promise if it is not linked to the national budget plans. The President was speaking in Cape Town last night on the fifth anniversary of this blue print document.

On Trendswatch today we look at Apple unveiling the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Another sensational Lionel Messi display helped Barcelona crush Juventus at Camp Nou and avenge their Champions League knock-out last season and -The High Court in Pietermaritzburg ruled the outcome of the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal ANC provincial elective conference was unlawful.

we look at tax revenue in the first quarter of the current financial year was R13.1-billion lower than predicted, Standard Bank, has appointed Sim Tshabalala as its first black chief executive after four years of sharing the role, OPEC members considering a further extension to production cuts and APPLE reveals new Products with Lehumo investments CEO, Maudi Lenstaone.

South Africa's golden boy and Daily show host, Trevor Noah wins an Emmy and Gauteng Department of Education intervenes at Klipspruit West Secondary School.

Power supply in the Johannesburg CBD will be restored to full capacity by the end of the day. This as City Power technicians are working around the clock the replace underground power cables. Power supply was severely disrupted in the CBD after criminals gained access to the city's underground electricity cables and stole copper worth millions of rands used to supply electricity. Scores of busines...

Residents of the Fochville area on Gauteng's Far West Rand are becoming increasingly worried about five lions at large in the area. Wildlife experts have warned that the animals could approach human settlements as they grow hungrier. Efforts to find them and trace their owner have drawn a blank. These Fochville community members have urged the authorities to capture the lions as quickly as possibl...

Judgment in the court case between five KwaZulu-Natal ANC members and the party's provincial leadership is expected in the Pietermaritburg high court. The five members took the leadership to court, challenging processes leading up to the 2015 elective conference, as well as its outcome. Last month, the court reserved judgment to allow the judges time to deliberate on the evidence before court. The...

Support continues to pour in for an Eastern Cape mother charged with the killing of one of three men caught allegedly raping her daughter. The woman, who is from Lady Frere, stabbed a man to death and wounded two others after catching them raping her 27-year-old daughter. The mother, who was earlier arrested has since been released on five-hundred rands bail and is expected back in court next mont...

The assasult case surrounding Grace Mugabe, has now taken a new twist with Zimbabwe's First Lady now denying assaulting 20-year-old model Gabriella Engels with an electric cable and instead claiming that an "intoxicated and unhinged" Engels attacked her with a knife. Mugabe makes the claims in a previously unseen statement to the South African police, widely reported by Reuters. Mugabe's statement...

We look at how Asian markets doinG ahead of Apples much anticipate iPhone release today and A.V.I year end results with Investment analyst, Lungile Malinga.

We look at rating agency Moody's maintaining a negative outlook for South African banks and how did banks fair in yesterday trade after Moody's report with Maudi Lentsoane, CEO of Lehumo Investments.

Rafael Nadal raced to a third US Open title and 16th Grand Slam crown, Sloane Stephens who won her first Grand Slam title and Idols top 10 is announced.

We look at how Asian markets doing given that North Korea was quiet over the weekend and what to expect this week in terms of economic data points with investment analyst, Lungile Malinga.

The search is still on for a pride of five lions that has been on the prowl in Fochville, west of Johannesburg for days. Initially police and wildlife authorities were hunting for one lion after it was spotted outside the gate of a Fochville resident. Air support was called in on Sunday after residents reported that they had come across a pride of lions in the area. We speak to Drew Abrahamson, fr...

The Office of the ANC Chief Whip in Parliament says there is nothing suspicious about former AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma becoming an ANC MP as her name is on the party's top 20 national list. But the DA says this is irrelevant. She is expected to be sworn in this week. We unpack what this means with Associate Professor of Political Studies at Wits University, Professor Daryl G...