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Two people have been confirmed dead and dozens of others arrested in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, following a spate of lootings over the past 24 hours. Two alleged looters were killed in Mamelodi. On Sunday, an ANC member was shot and killed at the Pretoria Events Centre after it was announced that Thoko Didiza had been endorsed as the ANC's preferred mayoral candidate for the capital city. Since t...

The country will head to the polls in the coming weeks to elect new municipal councillors. More than 200 political parties will be contesting the elections on the third of August. While service delivery remains the main issue that's dominating the election trail, other parties are using other issues to try and win votes. Zalene Merrington looks at what issues other parties are focusing on to ........

South African Cities are facing massive urbanisation and are still struggling to transform from the Apartheid spatial legacy. But while they've improved their financial reporting and audit findings their revenue is still inadequate for them to deliver infrastructure and services with some facing corruption and an increasing administrative burden. These are some of the findings of the State of Sout...

There are renewed calls for law enforcement agencies to increase security as violent protests continue in and around the townships of Tshwane. Although calm seems to have returned to some areas, elsewhere the protests are continuing. The eruption of violent protests followed the announcement by the ANC that Thoko Didiza is the party's preferred mayoral candidate for Tshwane in the upcoming local g...

Investment Analyst from ETM Analytics Jana van Deventer talks about; 1) May CPI data was softer than expected yesterday and the rand strengthened to its best levels in 7 weeks 2) It is finally D-day: UK citizens will today vote on whether or not they would like to remain in the European Union. Any clarity on what the outcome might be and when are we likely to know?

Government says it's working around the clock to contain on-going unrest in Tshwane. Tensions have been high in the capital city since Sunday following an announcement that ANC National Executive Committee member and National assembly chairperson Thoko Didiza has been selected as the Metro's mayoral candidate in the upcoming local government elections. Vehicles were torched and roads barricaded in...

The chairperson of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, says the violence and destruction of property that the country has witnessed in and around Tshwane is unacceptable and should not be allowed to continue. However, she said the South African National Defence Force would not be deployed to Tshwane to restore order. She was briefing the media on the violen...

People deserted the Pretoria CBD yesterday as fears of more violence in the capital mounted. The violence erupted on Monday night over anger about the ousting of Pretoria mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa‚ who has been replaced by ANC MP Thoko Didiza as an ANC mayoral candidate for the August 3 municipal election. For more on this we caught with our reporter Morafe Tabane who is in the Pretoria CBD...

Unrest was still being reported from parts of the Tshwane Metro last night. Police fired rubber bullets to prevent Mamelodi West residents from looting the Denneboom shopping mall. The residents said they were only prepared to listen to Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa. They want him to keep his job, despite the ANC leadership not accepting him as the party's mayoral candidate for the August local gover...

Market Analyst Clive 'ntozabantu Ramathibela looks Asian stocks edged up ahead of the Brexit vote. the Federal Reserve cautious on rates due the EU Referendum and MTN appoints Rob Shuter as the new MTN CEO.

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has downplayed fears that the ongoing violence in the Tshwane Metro could hurt South Africa's efforts to stabilise the economy and restore investor confidence. Disagreements over who should run as the ANC mayoral candidate in the capital city have led to an outbreak of violence in areas around Pretoria, particularly Atteridgeville, Mamelodi and Hammanskraal. Suppor...

Jana van Deventer, Investment Analyst at ETM Analytics looks at the country's discouraging economic outlook following South African Reserve Bank's Leading Indicator fell to a fresh low since 2009 and the upcoming EU Referendum continues to draw ample focus in domestic and global markets, the latest prominent figure to comment on this is the Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen

Market Analyst Clive 'ntozabantu Ramathibela 1. Asian stocks rose and the dollar weakened before remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that will help shape expectations for U.S. monetary policy 2. Britain's Stocks Advance Most Since February as Trading Surges 3. Brexit doesn't scare Chinese homebuyers

The ANC National Executive Committee and the Gauteng provincial leadership are expected to meet with Tshwane ANC branches this in an effort to try to resolve the stand off in the city. Alleged disgruntled ANC members in the city went on a violent protests over the party's Tswane mayoral candidate, Thoko Didiza. Buses where burned and a metro police vehicle overturned and roads barricaded in and ar...

The funeral service of Radio and Television personality, Hope Zinde, will take place at the Hellenic Hall in Hatfield, east of Pretoria this morning (tuesday 21 June). Zinde was found murdered in the boot of her car at her Pecanwood Estate home in Hartebeespoort. Her 23-year old son, Warona Mark Zinde has been arrested in connection with the murder. Zinde will be buried at the Garsfontein cemetery...

Human Rights lawyers have applauded the Commission for Gender Equality's position on the bursaries for virgins scheme. The commission found that the decision to grant bursaries to young girls in KZN on the basis of virginity, violates the right to equality, dignity and privacy. Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) says it expressed deep concern about the scheme as it subjected women and girls to social...

Although there has been an agreement that schools in the Vuwani region of Limpopo will re-open, some parents are still reluctant to send their children to school and businesses remain closed. Teachers are still not going to school because of intimidation. Weeks of violent protests against the incorporation of the area into a new-established municipality have seen the burning of more than 20 school...

Market analyst from ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer 1) Despite the upcoming Brexit vote, the rand, local bonds and the JSE All Share Index all staged an impressive rally into the new week and short-dated South African Government Bonds are trading at early December lows. 2) Today the SARB will release the leading indicator for April, what insights will this provide on South Africa's economic growt...

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Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela 1. Asian stocks rallied with U.K. equities futures and the pound surged by the most since 2009 amid signs Britons are warming toward the European Union ahead of a referendum on Thursday 2. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned the U.K. of the risks of leaving the European Union and said there was a clear economic argument for remain...

Investment Analyst with ETM Analytics Jana van Deventer looks at what are the main events that could impact the markets this week and the May CPI data will be released on Wednesday - what are the inflation numbers expected to show?

The ANC has unveiled its much anticipated mayoral candidates list for major cities and what it calls strategic towns. It has brought in new names in all major metros except for Johannesburg and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro where it retained Parks Tau and Danny Jordaan respectively and Thoko Didiza for the Tshwane metro. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to political analyst based at the University of South A...

Political infighting amongst ANC members in the Madibeng region of Brits, in the North West, is to blame for the death of a SANCO leader on Saturday. This is according to ANC sub-regional convenor Lawrance Maluleka. Thabo Moroa was shot and killed at his home in Maboloka village near Brits. This is not the first incident where ANC members and leaders of the tripatiate alliance have exchanged punch...

The St. Nicholas Anglican Church in Elsies River on the Cape Flats has marked the 30th anniversary of the 1986 Police Raid. Police stormed into the church and arrested 189 people for commemorating the events of June 16 in 1976. The mass arrests were remembered with a prayer and personal testimonies yesterday. Thandiswa Mawu compiled this report.

Mohammed Nalla, Head Strategic Research at Nedbank CIB looks at ** US Federal Reserve on hold for now as expectations soften significantly ** Bank of Japan also on hold for now leading to yen strength ** Brexit remains the elephant in the room for markets