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President Jacob Zuma is expected to address an ANC rally at the Grand Parade in Cape Town shortly after delivering his State of the Nation Address in parliament. Thousands of party supporters are expected to gather in the afternoon in anticipation of Zuma's address during SONA. The rally is the first to run parallel to SONA. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to ANC national spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa

· It's SONA day, so all eyes will be on Parliament and the precinct around it. What can we expect and how will it affect the economy and markets? · Fast forward two weeks, we have the all-important budget speech in parliament. This is arguably the much more important one of the two speeches. What can we expect from that event? · It feels like so much of what is happening out there is outside of th...

The DA's Chief Whip in parliament, John Steenhuisen, says they have been assured by the Speaker of Parliament, Baleka Mbete, that the SANDF soldiers to be deployed during the State of the Nation Address will not be based inside the National Assembly. This follows the announcement by the Presidency yesterday, that 441 SANDF members will be sent to parliament to maintain law and order. Steenhuisen m...

DA's Chief Whip John Steenhuisen say the employment of soldiers for the opening of parliament is unprecedented. Steenhuisen tells AMLive anchor Sakina Kamwendo that only 188 SANDF were deployed for the opening of parliament in 2016

Walter Sisulu University management and the student leadership met until late last night to try and resolve their differences over outstanding debt. Registration and other administration processes came to an abrupt halt at the University in Mthatha yesterday afternoon. This is after students prevented university workers from entering the premises, claiming that some students who have outstanding d...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at the Asian Shares traded lower as cruide oil prices fall

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETFSA talks about the VIP lunch yesterday between government and business leaders on the side lines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, a set back in the Minimum Wage Agreement and SACCI Business Confidence Index released

Former Springbok captain and scrum-half, Joost van der Westhuizen hailed a true leader and champion for putting the spotlight on motor neuron disease. Joost founded the J9 Foundation to help those suffering from the disease. He died yesterday after battling the disease since 2011. Sakina Kamwendo speaks J9 foundation Marketing and Public relations officer, Claire Grobler

The situation has returned to normal in Vuwani and surrounding villages outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. This after some protesting residents called off the shut down of services after the provincial government acceded to their demand. They were calling for the MEC for cooperative governance Makoma Makhurupetja to withdraw all the services that were being rendered by the new LIM345 municipality as...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana says his department is yet to identify a specific pesticide to deal with the recent armyworm outbreak. The worm has been positively identified in Gauteng, the North West and Limpopo. The pest is also reportedly causing havoc in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. Phanuel Shuma has the details

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets which are trading lower as global markets fall on policy uncertainty, Botswana's growth to double as commodity sales rebound and reviews the 1st day of the Mining Indaba.

South Africans will have to fork out up to 14 percent more for medical aid this year. Most open medical aid schemes will charge their members substantial increases because many more people checked into hospital last year, increasing medical inflation. It has also emerged that medical aid schemes have been detecting millions of rands in fraudulent transactions. Senior Reporter Angela Bolowana filed...

Journalists will only be allowed to work within a specific area, in Parliament, during Thursday's State of the Nation (SONA) address. This is according to the Parliamentary Press Gallery Association (PGA) which has expressed alarm at the decision. This comes after a recent pledge by the Secretary to Parliament, Gengezi Mgidlana, that there won't be any extra security measures for SONA.

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETFSA looks at key pointers from Minister Mosebenzi Zwane delivered the keynote address to open the Mining Indaba yesterday and US President Trump has signed many executive orders since his inauguration just over 2 weeks ago, one of these relate to relaxing some of the financial regulations that were introduced after the global financial crisis in 2008. What...

Former Springbok captain and scrum-half, Joost van der Westhuizen, has been hailed a true leader and champion for putting the spotlight on motor neuron disease. Joost founded the J9 Foundation to help those suffering from the disease. He died yesterday after battling the disease since 2011. This report by Simone Burke in Johannesburg

Parliament is soon set to either review or repeal almost 2000 pieces of legislation that were enacted during the apartheid-era. Last week, the Legal Services Unit of the institution submitted a report to the National Assembly Programming Committee related to progress made on apartheid-laws that could possibly be unconstitutional. The DA and ANC have welcomed the move. However, they differ on the a...

The late gospel star, Lundi Tyamara, will be buried today* (sunday) in his home town of Worcester in the Boland. 38-year-old Tyamara died last week after a long battle with stomach TB and a liver condition. Ondela Bacela reports

Former African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is making her presence felt ahead of the ANC's Elective Conference in December. She is considered a front runner together with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the top position. Speaking at a church service in Carletonville in Gauteng on Sunday, Dlamini-Zuma said it was time for women in Africa to hold the top positions. Noma...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asia markets which are mixed with private survey shows china's services sector remains strong and looks ahead on what to expect from the 2017 State of the Nation Address

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETFSA the week on a positive note with the rand once again at very strong levels, especially against the US dollar, the Mining Indaba starts in Cape Town today. What is this all about and what can we expect to come from this week? · One mining company that has been in the news a lot lately, for various reasons, is Kumba Iron Ore. I see on Friday its share pri...

One of the four NGOs with the highest death rates of patients from the Life Esidimeni Centre, closed its ranks and gates to the media yesterday (Thursday). The Cullinan Care Rehabilitation Centre was listed in the report of the Health Ombudsman as one of four centres where 80% of the 94 patients died after being moved. The other centres were Takalani, Tshepong and the Hephzibah Centres. The Ombuds...

Former President FW De Klerk says South Africa is on the wrong road constitutionally. He says since the ANC's conference in Polokwane in 2007, the government has trundled aimlessly down the road to societal decline. He says government is determined to accelerate the country's descent along the road to state capture, economic crisis and racial confrontation. He was speaking at the annual conference...

Secretary to Parliament, Gengezi Mgidlana, says all plans are in place to host the State of the Nation Address next Thursday. He's also reassured the public that there will be no disruption or blackout of television footage during the event. Lulama Matya reports....

Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane says her first 100 days in office were bumpy, with an attempt to derail her work by certain people through misinformation. In a media briefing yestersday, The public protector also announce that she is considering an independent legal opinion on President Jacob Zuma's decision to take the "State of Capture" report on review. For more on this we spoke to...

The City of Ekurhululeni says it is planning to introduce an occupation unit that is meant to deal with land invasions. This follows reports that between September and November 2016, the municipality has spent about 22-Million rands on land invaders. To get more clarity on how this land occupation unit will work, we are joined on the line by the city's Member of the Mayoral Committe, lesiba Mpya.....