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Britain has chosen its new Prime Minister, Theresa May. She takes over from David Cameron who has led Britain as Prime Minister for six years. May is the second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher. To help us look at the legacy David Cameron left and who Theresa May is, we are joined on the line by the CEO of the Mzala Nxumalo Centre, Dr Bheki Mngomezulu.

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian shares hovering near eight-month peak on Bank of England rate cut, South Africa investigating possible insider trading at Discovery and Thursday investment theme which is Crisis in Zimbabwe the SADC region....

Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB, Mohammed Nalla speaks South Africa retail sales strengthening despite expecting, South Africa being back to second largest economy in Africa after Nigeria and the United State beige book continuing to show modest economic growth....

Some of the 62 candidates nominated for the position of public protector, have charges ranging from rape to having links to the Gupta family. This follows a vetting exercise that was conducted by Corruption Watch and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU), to help establish the suitability of these nominees. The list of the candidates is with the parliamentary ad hoc committee responsibl...

A Zimbabwean preacher leading protests against President Robert Mugabe has been charged with inciting public violence. In a video recorded before his arrest, Baptist minister Evan Mawarire urged supporters to go ahead with demonstrations planned for today and tomorrow, (Wednesday and Thursday) as part of the 'hashtag-ThisFlag' movement, against alleged corruption, ailing economy and rights abuses....

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Shares continuing to do well, close to reaching 2016 peak as the appetite for risk improves, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester confident by the U.S. job rebound in June, Ex-Barclays director Steven McClatchey pleads guilty to insider trading and Nintendo shares falling by 6% due to growing log in complaints to Pokemon Go Austraila.....

Mohammed Nalla, Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB looks at SA manufacturing suprise to upside, Oil rebounds and the Japanese Yen continues to slide

Election campaigns are heating up - going to the most rural parts of the country. Political parties in the Khai-Ma Local Municipality in the Namakwa region are pulling out all the stops - to capture the hearts and minds of communities for the upcoming local government elections. It is often not an easy job as locals demand answers and express unhappiness over the lack of proper housing, eletricity...

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth is on a shut down. Students are demanding among other things a debt relief for those who are on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The spokesperson for the university, Debbie Derry, joined us for the latest details.

As the world marks the 7th annual Nelson Mandela International Day next week, SAfm Radio Current Affairs in partnership with NGO, Gift of the Givers, Nedbank, financial services company, Allianz, Mercedes Benz South Africa and a host of other sponsors will be lending a hand to NGO, Youth Express Network in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. For more on this we are now joined on the line by the chairman and...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has declared what he calls a unilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, and ordered government troops to "disengage" from fighting rival forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar. This follows days of violence that left hundreds dead. It's been reported that renewed fighting broke out yesterday between forces loyal to the Kiir and Machar. A reporter in t...

The latest survey from Statistics South Africa has revealed that access to basic services such as water, electricity and housing in the Eastern Cape has improved during the past twenty years. This information was part of the 2016 mini-census community survey by Statistics SA that was released at the Provincial Legislature in Bhisho. The figures reveal that the province is the third most populous w...

Rustenburg in the North West was established in 1851, and the Afrikaans name translates into "resting place". But the town knows no rest these days, as every major political party wants to govern it. The Rustenburg Local Municipality is home to 626-thousand people. It is one of the country's mining hubs and one of the tourist attractions in the platinum province. It has grown over the years, to be...

The SABC will challenge the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa's ruling against the public broadcasters' decision to ban showing visuals of destruction of public property during violent protests. ICASA announced its ruling in Sandton, north of Johannesburg today (monday 11 July). Civil society organisations, including the Right to Know and the Save Our SABC Coalition had lodged a...

Mohammed Nalla, Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB looks at how the rand is world's best performing currency over the last month, the Pound holds ground as UK selects new Prime Minister and US stocks close at all time high

The National Freedom Party (NFP) will be contesting the August 03 municipal election. The party will be contesting the eNquthu Municipality. Last week‚ the Electoral Court dismissed the party's bid to be included on the ballot paper after it missed the Electoral Commission of SA's payment deadline. We spoke to the NFP's NEC Member Manzzor Sheik Imam

The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Des Van Rooyen went to visit Tlokwe last week, to find out progress made on putting voter's addresses on the voters roll. This was his second visit in a week and he expressed appreciation in the work done so far. The minister made these visits as a chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Elections and spoke to us about the c...

Eleven people have been killed and seven others sustained serious injuries when a bakkie they were travelling in overturned. The crash happened at Kwa Mbotho near Harding in the Ugu District on the KwaZulu Natal, last night. We spoke to KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mxolisi Kaunda...

Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB, Mohammed Nalla speaks US jobs data showing continued strength, supporting risk, Asian markets upbeat as Japan prepares for stimulus and oil continuing to slide from late last week....

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Stocks which sank with the pound as haven demands boosted bonds and gold....

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has called on his party members not to resort to violence as means to resolve political differences. He was speaking at the launch of his party's provincial manifesto in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg on sunday. Buthelezi says he is aware of what he described as desperate attempts by apparent National Freedom Party members to use the IFP as a scapegoat in its alleg...

The Department of Culture, Arts and Traditional Affairs is closing illegal initiation schools in the North West. A school in Syferlaagte outside Klerksdorp has become the latest to be closed. Five young boys who were discovered in the bushy area were rescued and taken to the hospital before being transferred to a legal initiation school nearby. Sisi Segalo reports

Government says improved relations between South Africa and France will benefit ordinary South Africans. President Jacob Zuma is in the French capital Paris on a two day state visit aimed at advancing economic relations between the two countries. France is currently South Africa's 4th biggest trading partner in the European Union after Germany, the UK and Italy. Both President Zuma and his French...

The Mpumalanga Health Department has spent over 60 million rand to revamp the Sabie hospital. The department officially opened a new wing after the locals raised concerns about the bad state of the hospital. This report was compiled by Tumelo Machogo and Vusi Twala reports

South Africa's economic growth has been cut to 0.1 percent for 2016. This is a fall from1.3 percent last year. In their latest annual assessment, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says in order to revive the country's economy, decisive action needs to be taken. We spoke to IMF's Senior Resident Representative in South Africa, Axel Schimmelpfennig....