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Parliament has scheduled a debate on the Motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma for the 18th of April. In a statement Parliament says that the speaker received several letters from parliamentary political parties requesting an urgent scheduling of a motion of no confidence in the President.

Market analyst, Nerina Visser of ETF SA looks at South African markets as last day and a half has been dominated by discussions around credit ratings, so I think today we should focus on other issues, preferably good news stories! Tell us about petrol prices, vehicle sales figures for March was released on Monday, but I guess it got somewhat ignored due to other news. What did we learn about the s...

The ANC Stalwarts have joined calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down. This follows a recent downgrade by ratings agency Standard and Poor after Pravin Gordhan was fired as the Minister of Finance. The stalwarts have spoken strongly against the manner in which the decision to remove Gordhan was taken. We spoke to Chairperson of the ANC Stalwards, Dr Mongane Serote and International Union of Ps...

Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba has acknowledged that the recent credit downgrade by ratings agency Standard and Poor's is a setback. Gigaba has urged South Africans to unite in order to reignite the country's economic growth. While addressing members of the media in Pretoria on Tuesday says he has not been able to meet with former minister Pravin Gordhan. Our reporter, Amina Accram reports

President Jacob Zuma's supporters have launched a scathing attack against senior ANC members who became critical to the president following last week's cabinet reshuffle. President Zuma has been widely condemned by civil society, political parties and some within the ANC for changes to his executive. He amongst others replaced former finance minister Pravin Gordhan with Malusi Gigaba. The ANC yout...

Lesotho's former Prime Minister and leader of opposition All Basotho Convetion - Tom Thabane - has appeared in the Maseru Magistrate's Court to be charged for saying the country's King Letsie III should know that he can be removed. Thabane made the statements following the proclamation of elections by the King, where he said the King shouldn't have followed the advice of the Prime Minister. But Th...

Pressure is mounting on President Jacob Zuma to step down. The ANC stalwarts and veterans are the latest to call on the president to quit both as head of state and head of the governing party. This followed just three hours after Cosatu impressed on the ANC to recall its president. Last Friday, another alliance partner, the SACP, made a similar call. Ntebo Mokobo has more.

We look at S&P decision to downgrade South Africa's long term foreign debt to sub-investment grade rating,the road ahead with Fitch and Moody's and how fair is talk of dismissing credit ratings agencies as instruments of privilege, protecting so-called "white monopoly capital", that they are corrupt?

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has downgraded South Africa to junk status. The rating change follows a cabinet reshuffle that saw finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas removed from the Treasury. S&P held an emergency meeting over the weekend after perceptions were created that the move was intended to push through a one-trillion rand nuclear deal and to bail out entities...

The ANC is holding an extended meeting of its National Working Committee today. The NWC meeting, which normally takes place every Monday, was today postponed to allow the top six of the party to deliberate on recent events. These include Secretary General Gwede Mantashe and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking out publicly against President Jacob Zuma's failure to consult on last week's cabin...

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says her department will ensure that grants are paid according to schedule. The social security agency SASSA has been paying out grants since Saturday. This after the Constitutional Court extended SASSA's contract with Cash Paymaster Services for another 12 months after its expiry at the end of last month. Dlamini was speaking in Soweto where grant ben...

More police have been deployed to Vuwani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. This comes after community structures representing concerned residents declared the start of a shutdown of services. They want the Municipal Demarcation Board to exclude some parts of Vuwani in the new LIM345 municipality.

More police have been deployed to Vuwani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. This comes after community structures representing concerned residents declared the start of a shutdown of services. They want the Municipal Demarcation Board to exclude some parts of Vuwani in the new LIM345 municipality. For the latest we are now joined on the line by our reporter, Witness Tiva

There are allegations that the new minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba has signed the nuclear deal. Gigaba said at the weekend that he would not be reckless when it came to funding for plans to add more nuclear power to the country's energy mix. Sakina Kamwendo speaks Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba's spokesperson, Mayihlome Tshwete

Mpumalanga's ANC Chairperson, David Mabuza says leaders of the ANC who criticise President Jacob Zuma in public, are not disciplined. Mabuza was addressing journalists after welcoming members of the Bushbuckridge Residents Association who defected to the ANC. SABC Reporter, Mthobisi Mkhaliphi has filed this report.

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Adviser at ETF SA looks at the how the market ended last week, is South Africa facing a potential credit rating downgrade and the much anticipated deadline for the first SASSA payments after the Constitutional Court ruling last month is here.

An earth tremor is reported to have been felt in areas including Ferndale, Randburg, Kempton Park and Randfontein in Johannesburg. Other affected areas are Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom in the North West and Bultfontein and Hoopstad in the Free State. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to SAfm listeners Amang Malaka in Bultfontein in the Free-State and John kleynhans, he is in Stilfontein.

President Jacob Zuma has fired Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and replaced him with Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. Gordhan's deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, has also been axed and replaced by ANC Member of Parliament, Sifiso Buthelezi. President Jacob Zuma made the annoucement that he has reshuffled his cabinet, just before midnight. Zuma's named a total of ten new ministers and deputy ministers. Sa...

President Jacob Zuma has fired Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and replaced him with Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. Gordhan's deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, has also been axed and replaced by ANC Member of Parliament, Sifiso Buthelezi. President Jacob Zuma made the annoucement that he has reshuffled his cabinet, just before midnight. He has fired a total of five ministers. Apart from Gordhan, Touris...

President Jacob Zuma has sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan after days of speculation that rocked the country's markets and currency. In a cabinet reshuffle late last night, the Presidency replaced Gordhan with Malusi Gigaba. The Deputy Finance Minister, Mcebisi Jonas, was also given the boot making Sfiso Buthelezi the new Deputy. Earlier this week, President Zuma recalled Mr Gordhan from an I...

Calls for president Jacob Zuma to resign as expressed by struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada in a letter last year received resonance at his funeral in Johannesburg yesterday. This is after former president Kgalema Motlanthe read excerpts from the document - receiving a standing ovation from the mourners. Some senior ANC leaders say the president - who was not in attendance - should respect the wishe...

Calls for president Jacob Zuma to resign as expressed by struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada in a letter last year received resonance at his funeral in Johannesburg yesterday. This is after former president Kgalema Motlanthe read excerpts from the document - receiving a standing ovation from the mourners. Some senior ANC leaders say the president - who was not in attendance - should respect the wishe...

Maudi Lentsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments looks at Wall Street and a mixed picture in Asian, Oil rallies to a 3-week high after data showed US Oil Inventories increased less than expected and European Commission blocks London Stock Exchange's merger with Germany's Deutsche Boerse

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, its first flagship phones since exploding phone debacle. The has a new voice assistant and larger display as the technology titan looks to steal a march on Apple and regain ground after the embarrassing Note 7 saga. hee in South Africa the S8 will sell for over R15 000 and the S8 Plus over R17. We spoke to Samsung Marketing Manager Justin Hume

1. What to expect from the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision expected today, 2. What is the impact of the U.K. triggering article 50 to begin EU divorce. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Nadir Tokhan, Investmen Analyst at 27-Four Investment Manager for more economic news.