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Municipalities have increased their income by 25 and a half billion rand in the last financial year, grossing a total of 309 billion rand. This is according Financial Census of Municipalities released by Statistics South Africa today. The census uses ratios to determine the financial health of municipalities around the country. Dimakatso Leshoro reports...

As the season of initiation is upon us, a new trend has emerged whereby the owners of bogus initiation schools allegedly pay boys a fee to get them initiates. It is understood that in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, principals of these initiation schools, offer young boys R150 for each new recruit. There are also reports that these young recruits come home addicted to drugs. Captain Keke Motsi...

Investment analyst at 27Four Investment Managers, Nadir Thokan looks at S&P's downgrading the UK's credit rating as well as the latest on Old Mutual's plan to split....

The Justice and Constitutional Development Department says the country needs to adopt robust measures to put an end to all forms of discrimination such as racism. This comes as the department held its provincial hearings in East London as part of its National Action Plan to combat racism. The hearings are part of various engagements on the draft plan that the department and various partners are ho...

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced that the closing date for the Lesotho special permit applications has been extended by three months. The original closing date was scheduled for the end of this month. Commenting on the repeated call by a section of the Lesotho nationals inside the country that the Mountain Kingdom should become part of South Africa, Gigaba say that decision lies w...

There is no crisis at the SABC. This is according to the public broadcaster's board which denied reports that employees are in revolt against management. The board has also denied widespread unhappiness among staff. According to some reports, journalists have threatened a news blackout if COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng does not reverse the suspensions of three senior reporters. The suspensions were followe...

It's been a week since a four-year-old boy with Albinism, Manelisa Ntombela, disappeared at Mkhoboza, ESikhaleni outside eMpangeni in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The Community of Mkhoboza have marched to a local police station to express their unhappiness at the lack of progress in the search for the missing boy. His family has lost hope of finding him alive. Fanele Mhlongo reports...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Stocks Advancing Amid Global Rebound on Stimulus Speculation as well as Toyota recalling 1.4 million cars over faulty airbags...

There is no crisis at the SABC. This is according to the public broadcaster's board which denied reports that employees are in revolt against management. The board has also denied widespread unhappiness among staff. According to some reports, journalists have threatened a news blackout if COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng does not reverse the suspensions of three senior reporters. The suspensions were followe...

The National Freedom Party has been disqualified from contesting August 3 municipal elections. KwaZulu-Natal IEC Commissioner Mawethu Mosery says the NFP failed to meet the deadline of paying the deposit. The party says they are still waiting for the decision of the Electoral Court after they approached it in connection with the challenges they encountered. We spoke to National Freedom Party's Sec...

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The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has launched a campaign to highlight the crime surrounding the increasingly distressing dog fighting realities in South Africa. The council's Senior Inspector Wendy Wilson says it's about time that the society must turn anger into action because; dog fighting is ripping our society apart. She joins us on the line to tell us more.

Following the International Day Against Drug Abuse which highlighted the growing problem in societies worldwide, in Mpumalanga the spotlight has fallen the Lowveld area where drugs smuggled from nearby Mozambique are readily available. The small farming town of White River in Mpumalanga has two rehabilitation centres to help addicts overcome their problems.. Amanda Celliers reports.

A Sodwana bay guest house is under investigation for allegedly refusing to accept black people at its establishment. The department of Tourism has asked the South African Human Rights Commission to investigate these allegations with immediate effect, after a visitor at the guest house complained of alleged racist policies. The Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom said in a statement, racism will not...

The Democratic Alliance says the 7.8 million rands the treasury has determined President Jacob Zuma pay back for his Nkandla home does not absolve him for the balance of the total money spent on the project. The Constitutional Court in March directed that the Treasury determine what President Zuma must only pay for the five items built at his home that did not constitute security upgrades. The EFF...

The Albinism Society in KwaZulu Natal says it is shocked by the alleged kidnapping of a four-year-old boy with albinism - Maneliswa Ntombela - who went missing from Mkhoboza at eSikhaleni, outside eMpangeni in northern Kwazulu Natal. The family say the little boy had been outside a local church in the company of two unknown men. Fanele Mhlongo filed this report.

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asia markets which are mostly lower this morning and British Prime Minster David Cameron to meet with other European leaders to discuss the Brexit fall-out

ANC Spokesperson Zizi Kodwa tells AM Live anchor Sakina Kamwendo that the ANC is concerned with the situation at the SABC. On the risignition of Jimi Mathews, Kodwa says Matthews cannot jump the ship and start talking about the “corrosive atmosphere” at the public broadcast.

Investment analyst at 27Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan looks at the harmful effects of the flight of corporate capital in SA and the impact of Brexit in global monetary policy.

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) says that the call by the Gender Commission to scrap Ukuhlolwa" kwe'Ntombi or virginity testing is insensitive and takes the country back to the painful apartheid years. In a statement the department says the practice should be understood for what it is and be addressed with extreme caution. This comes after the Commission fo...

About two thousand Grade 12 learners from Vuwani, Limpopo are expected to start of their catch up programme on Monday. Schooling has been disrupted in the area for over two months as some residents protested against the area being included in a newly-demarcated municipality. Learners have been transported to various camps, where learning is expected to resume. We spoke to Limpopo department of edu...

The SACP in Gauteng has suspended some of its members for allegedly taking part in the recent violence in Tshwane. In a statement, the alliance says the anarchy in Tshwane was as a result of the factionalism which dates back to 2011, as well as failure and collapse of internal organisational discipline. We spoke to the Gauteng Provincial Secretary of the SACP, Jacob Mamabolo...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at the impact of Brexit in the South african Economy and Banking sector, asia markets which are trading mixed on Monday, as traders continued to digest the U.K.'s unexpected vote to leave the European Union, the Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney says U.K. Banks Have Capital to Withstand Brexit.

Nadir Thokan Investment Analyst at 27Four Investment Managers looks at the Impact of Brexit on South Africa, at What point do equities become a buy after the Brexit selloff and Brics countries planning to launch a ratings agency?

The World Food Programme in Southern Africa has released their EL Nino situation report which speaks to the food security crisis in southern Africa. This report is based on the latest figures for the numbers of people facing hunger as a result of the El Nino. 41 million people in the SADC region set to be food insecure, with 21 million in need of emergency humanitarian assistance. We spoke to Comm...