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The Limpopo pastor who sprays his congregants with the insecticide, Doom says he believes he has been chosen to put into practice the miracles that have been described in the Bible. SABC News was exclusively invited to attend Lethebo Rabalago's church service on Sunday. The 24-year old preached to his congregation that his church, the Mount Zion Christian Assembly has been anointed by God. He refe...

Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, ZESA, owes Eskom over R250 million in unpaid electricity. Eskom supplies Zimbabwe with 300MW of electricity, and is now threathning to pull the plug if NOT paid by December. We are now joined on the Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe

Tshwaragano district hospital in Kuruman in the Northern Cape has been without water, no washing powder, no ambulance. Aobakwe Jarvis a patient at the hospital says he has been sleeping at the hospital since Monday with a broken leg, that need specialists in Kimberley, but there's no transport for patient. We caught up with patient at the hospital Aobakwe Jarvis, and also the health department spo...

Friday marks five years in captivity for South African, Stephen McGown and Swede, Johan Gustafsson were captured by al-Qaeda militants, AQIM in Timbuktu in 2011. NGO, Gift of the Givers is still battling to secure freedom for hostages being held by al-Qaeda militants. The rebels asked the South African and Swedish governments for 5 million euros (about R74.8m) each in ransom. In a video released l...

Maudi Lentsoane, Managing Director at Lehumo Capital looks at Asian shares which are higher, Nikkei adds 0.8% as weak yen theme prevails, the Bank of Japan Can't Keep Stores From Cutting Prices with core CPI falling by 0.4 percent in October, year on-year and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is willing to try just about anything to get his company back into China.

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly give us an update From The Coal-Face looking at Gold worth hundreds of millions of rands is being recovered on the East Rand from mine throw-aways like woodchips and grease, once-mighty Anglo American mining company, which is already a shadow of its former self, is intent on becoming even smaller and Business and labour need t...

Jana van Deventer, Head of Real Time Analytics at ETM Analytics looks at the SARB brought no surprises at its final MPC meeting for 2016 as the benchmark repo rate was kept unchanged at 7.00%, focus now shifting to the Moody's credit review report, that will likely be released after the local close and fuel price adjustments for December on the cards

Save South Africa says President Jacob Zuma has failed the nation and should not be allowed to finish his full term in office. The Organisation which consists of ordinary South Africans, struggle stalwarts, business and civil society groups officially launched the its campaign of entitled "the people's motion of no confidence in the President". This follows the release of the state capture report...

Media freedom activists have given the CITIZEN newspaper owner Caxton media, fourteen days to respond to their demands or face more action. Dozens of activists under the banner of Forum of Journalists For Transformation, labour federation cosatu, Black First Land First movement, ANC and Communications Workers Union marched to caxton head office in Johannesburg to deliver a memorandum of demands. T...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian markets as Nikkei is up 1% following Japanese shares leading in gains on the back of a weaker yen, FED November minutes released yesterday seemed to validate a rate hike in December and Gold prices sink below US$1,200 for first time in nearly a year.

Market analyst, Jana van Deventer of ETM Analytics looks at SA markets with no argument that the SARB's final rate decision for 2016 will be the main event on the local calendar today, October CPI data, surprising to the topside at an 8-month high of 6.4% and expectations for the SARB rate decision

Investigation is under way into allegations of racial discrimination and abuse at the Cape Town high school. Pupils residing in a Wynberg Girls' High School hostel recently took to social media to voice their concerns about alleged ongoing racial and sexual abuse by the superintendent. We spoke to Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schafer...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane, Managing Director at Lehumo Capital looks at Asian shares trading in positive territory Wednesday, taking a lead from record gains in the U.S. overnight, Oil ending little changed on Tuesday in volatile trade and India's cash economy being thrown into turmoil since Modi announced on November 8th that 500 and 1,000 rupee notes would cease to be legal tender..

Market analyst, Jana van Deventer, Head of Real Time Analytics at ETM Analytics looks at one of the major developments was an updated report from the Department of Energy in which it was indicated that plans to build a nuclear power plant have been delayed at least until 2037, positive signs from the SARB's leading business cycle index which rose to an over 1-year high in September and CPI data fo...

Unemployment rate in South Africa continues to soar with the official number standing at 27 point 1 per cent in the third quarter from the 26 point 6 per cent recorded in the second quarter. This is the highest unemployment figure since 2003. Releasing the results of the labour force survey for the third quarter, Statistician general Pali Lehohla said there is a need to identify economic sectors,...

The Treasury is looking into media reports that South African Revenue Service (SARS) has established a special investigation unit similar to the controversial "rogue unit". National Treasury says it first learnt about the unit through the media. The department's spokesperson Yolisa Tyantsi...meanwhile, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Cape Town, Pierre de Vos, says there is n...

Foreign national are alleged to be made to pay bribes to government officials upon seeking asylum in the country. A report tittled Project Lokisa: Asylum at a Price by Corruption Watch has opened a can of warms which led to investigations into allegations of extortion, threats and bribery by government officials to foreign nationals. The Head of Legal and Investigations at Corruption Watch, Leanne...

Managing Director at Lehumo Capital, Maudi Lentsoane looks at markets in Asia NOT shaken by 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan, US president Elect Donald Trump saying the US will quit the Trans Pacific Partnership trade Deal on his first in the white house, Iron Ore hits two year high this month and traders see 100% chance of Fed hike next month...

Market Analyst, Jana van Deventer looks at a number of risk events that loom large this week, the rand managed to start the new week on a firm footing, the local data card kicks off with the SARB Leading Index for September and the unemployment rate for Q3 that will be released and R3 500 monthly minimum wage that government proposed over the weekend. What is your take on this decision and what ra...

The ANC and it's veterans have agreed to convene a follow-up meeting to resolve all outstanding issues. The governing party's national working committee has met the veterans in Pretoria to discuss their concerns around the state of the ANC and the country. The meeting comes in the backdrop of growing calls , particularly by senior party members that president Jacob Zuma should step down. ANC secre...

Tiger Brands has asked Lethabo Rabalago‚ dubbed the "prophet of Doom"‚ to stop spraying the insecticide in people's faces. The Pastor of the Mount Zion General Assembly in Limpopo, Prophet Lethebo Rabalago - who believes to be instructed by God to spray Doom on people for healing, joins us on the line to interrogate this further....

Members of the three families of the mine workers who are still trapped underground at Lilly Mine in Mpumalanga say they are glad that locals come and conduct prayer services for them. Different churches held a prayer service at the mine remembering Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerenda. Funds were donated to the families of the three trapped miners as the Christmas season arrives. Ab...

President Jacob Zuma has called on ANC members to be vigilant and guard against what he calls a ploy by western countries who are funding certain political parties and individuals plotting a regime change in South Africa. The President was addressing party members attending the party's cadre's forum in KwaDukuza north of Durban. The President also told party members and supporters that the ruling...

Remember we spoke to Danish filmmaker about his documentary bitter grapes which showing conditions of farm workers at several Cape wine farms, and highlighting claims of below minimum wage salaries, exposure to toxic pesticides and poor living conditions among others. Well, now the Western Cape Labour Department is visiting wine farms in the province in order to conduct a comparative study on work...

The NEDLAC advisory panel has proposed three-thousand-500 rand as the national minimum wage. The panel tabled its report yesterday. Wits Professor and Chair of Nedlac's advisory panel, which proposed the amount, Imraan Valodia says the proposed wage will address inequality and boost economic growth...we caught up with Professor Imraan Valodia for more details...