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Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian markets ending the week mixed and good news at last as S A's Mining Production and Sales figures for May show improvements

South Africans need to take responsibility for the direction the country is taking and stop relying on the governing ANC. This is according to former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor who was speaking at the Cape Town Press Club about her self published book. In the book Mentor chronicles her life and her involvement in ANC politics. While commenting on the politics of the day, Mentor also repeated claims of s...

Opposition parties say National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete should recuse herself from presiding over the debate and vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma because she is biased. Several opposition parties - including the DA, EFF, ACDP,COPE and UDM - met in Pretoria yesterday to discuss several issues in the political sphere including the debate and vote on the motion of no confidence sch...

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)'s Interim Board is the process of reviewing its 2004 Editorial Policy. This follows a change in Policy which was implemented in 2016 by the former COO of the corporation Hlaudi Motsoeneng, which was later rejected by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).

The DA is going after the Gupta family following allegations of corruption at a dairy farm in Vrede in the Free State. DA leader Mmusi Maimane paid an oversight visit to the farm on Wednesday accompanied by those who were supposed to be the beneficiaries. The beneficiaries say they have never received any money from the loss-making farm. Angela Bolowana reports…

Condolences continue to pour in for the late legendary jazz musician Ray Chikapa Phiri who succumbed to lung cancer in a Nelspruit hospital early on Wednesday. 70-year-old Phiri's death has left promising young musicians in Mpumalanga, where he was born, shocked and saddened. Mthobisi Mkhaliphi reports..

Research Analyst, Fundiswa Nkuta looks at South African markets following release of SA consumers index on Wednesday, Nigerian finance Minister comes out to say Nigeria cannot borroow money anymore and the much anticipated announcement made by the Fed yesterday

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Stocks as they follow Wall Street higher on the back of Janet Yellen testimony before congress and Stats SA due to release the Mining Production figures for May today

The Communication Workers Union, CWU says it's not happy with Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo and the SABC interim board. The union says its concerned and dissatisfied with the performance of the Interim SABC board, whose term ends end of September. Sakina Kamwenod spoke to CWU General Secretary, Aubrey Tshabalala

Calm has returned to George after a tense stand off between protesters and police in Thembalethu in the Southern Cape. Angry residents blockaded roads and burnt tyres, demanding housing and service delivery. An estimated one-thousand residents took part in the protest action. Sagree Chetty reports...

Dr. Blade Nzimande has been retained as the SACP's general secretary for a fifth term. He was re-elected at the party 's 14th congress in Boksburg east of Johannesburg on Wednesday night. There has been a minimal change the rest of the top leadership. All the top six positions were not contested. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SACP stalwart, Dr Sydney Mufamadi....

SACP General Secretary, Blade Nzimande, has warned that the ANC could be facing defeat in the 2019 national elections if strong action isn't taken against corruption and state capture. Nzimande yesterday addressed delegates at the start of the week-long SACP Congress currently underway in Boksburg on Gauteng's East Rand. The SACP leadership announced that it had barred President Jacob Zuma from ad...

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks Asian markets as Stocks trade mostly lower following a volatile Wall Street and markets expected to pay attention to Janet Yellen's testimony before Congress today.

Market Analyst, Fundiswa Nkuta looks at South African markets post manufacturing production data and what it reveals about SA Economy and what a trade agreement has been signed between SA and Tanzania means for both countries moving forward...

The EFF has labelled as 'the 'highest form of defiance', the action by it's councilors who voted with the ANC in Mogale City Local Municipality's budget vote yesterday. Party's spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says the mandate given to its councillors was to NOT vote with the ANC, but by doing so, the councillors have become complicit in normalizing corruption and criminality. Sakina Kamwendo spoke...

SACP General Secretary, Blade Nzimande, has warned that the ANC could be facing defeat in the 2019 national elections if strong action isn't taken against corruption and state capture. Nzimande yesterday addressed delegates at the start of the week-long SACP Congress currently underway in Boksburg on Gauteng's East Rand. The SACP leadership announced that it had barred President Jacob Zuma from ad...

Oakbay Investments is said to be delisting from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The Gupta- owned company suspended the trading of its shares, a move it said was temporary as it was struggling to find a sponsor which is one of the key requirements for trading on the JSE. Tshepo Mongoai reports..

Corruption Watch has confirmed that its founding board member and veteran trade union leader, Emma Mashinini, has died at the age of 87. Mashinini was the first General-Secretary of the Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union in 1975. She co-founded the trade union federation, Cosatu, ten years later. Mashinini was at the fore-front of breaking racial job reservation; fighting for maternity...

ANC structures in KwaZulu-Natal are calling on the party' senior leadership to remove outspoken party MP, Dr. Makhosi Khoza, from parliament. Khoza earlier indicated that she would defy the party's directive and vote according to her conscience during a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma. Recently, Khoza - like the opposition parties - wrote to the speaker of the National Assembly, Bale...

The SACP says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the party's congress in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg on Wednesday. This after the communists asked the ANC not to send President Jacob Zuma to deliver a keynote speech. About 2-thousand-500 delegates have converged in Boksburg for the the SACP's 14th national congress. The five-day gathering will among others discuss issues like the sta...

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks Asian markets as Stocks were mixed on low Volumes and the focus today will be on the release of the Manufacturing figures by Stats SA

Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane won't be opposing the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)'s review application. In a statement, Mkhwebane says she took the decision after well-thought-out legal advice from the Senior Counsel. Sakina Kamwendo her spokesperson, Cleopatra Mosana for clarity on what this means...

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has filed an affidavit supporting the South African Reserve Bank's court application to set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's recent report and remedial actions. Parliament says Mbete has also asked the High Court in Johannesburg to allow her and Justice and Correctional Services portfolio committee chairman Mathole Motshekga to act as applicants in...

Research Analyst Fundiswa Nkuta looks at South African markets

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