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ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe says the ANC is not made up of saints and that the party leaders can commit mistakes from time to time. Addressing a church congregants at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape he reiterated that there'll be no recall of President Jacob Zuma despite widespread calls. Nkululeko Nyembezi reports

Mohammed Nalla, Head of Strategic Research at Nedbank Corporation and Investment Bank looks at how reports around Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan could cause some rand volatility and Moody's downgrades Saudi Arabia

The Tshiko-nelo royal council will appeal a high court decision giving the demarcation board the green light to establish a new municipality in the Vhembe district in Limpopo. The new municipality is to include Vuwani and surrounding villages. The council is part of those who lost the bid to have the high court reverse the board's decision. A top government delegation is in Vuwani in a bid to end...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged investors attending the World Economic Forum in Kigali, Rwanda to invest in South Africa's infrastructure. Ramaphosa was speaking during a panel discussion on infrastructure investment. He told delegates at the forum that South Africa still has a large number of infrastructure projects. Tshepo Mongoai reports….

Vaal University of Technology management has admitted that allegations of theft made by students against campus security guards are true. This follows this violent clashes between students and the guards at the university's main campus in Vanderbijl Park, south of Johannesburg. Some students were injured. The students are demanding improved security within campus following burglary incidents. They...

Brazil has been plunged into renewed political turmoil after the Senate voted to impeach president Dilma Rousseff. The Senate voted in favour of putting Rousseff on trial, for breaking budget laws by 55 votes to 22. To unpack this, Sakina Kwamwendo speaks to Tom Wheeler, an independent commentator and former diplomat.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has orderd the directors of Aurora Empowerment System to pay the workers or be sequestrated. President Jacob Zuma's nephew, Khulubuse Zuma is one of the three directors ordered to pay. His Spokesperson Vuyo Mkhize says Khulubuse Zuma is not liable for making any payments and that what Trade Union Solidarity is saying is misrepresentation.

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian equities as they fall toward a one-month low, Vodacom Overtakes MTN as Africa's Biggest Mobile-Phone Company and Thursday Investment Theme is the significance of South Africa falling 3rd in Africa as an economy.

Nerina Visser, strategist and advisor at ETFSA looks at the World Economic Forum on Africa for 2016 is currently underway in Kigali, Rwanda and South Africa now only the third largest economy in Africa, after Nigeria and Egypt

An economist at KPMG, Christie Viljoen, says South Africa has slipped to number 3 on the African continent, and is not only behind Nigeria, but now also Egypt. That's according to Viljoen's analysis based on the International Monetary Fund's latest figures. South Africa lost its status as the continent's largest economy in 2014, when it finished an exersice to rebase its economic data. Now, KPMG n...

Residents of Agincourt in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga are calling for the resignation of their Municipal Regional Manager, Ephraem Nkuna. They are accusing him of corruption and employing politically connected people. The angry residents marched to the municipality's regional offices and handed over a memorandum yesterday. Mthobisi Mkhaliphi reports....

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says the country has reached a stage where it needs to decide whether it wants a defence force or not. Speaking to the media ahead of her department's budget vote the Minister said the budget vote should decide where the country is going to and if it wants to influence the direction in which the continent is going. Joseph Mosia reports

With the local elections coming in less than three months' time, service delivery protests are on the increase. This is according to data collected by Municipal IQ, an organisation that specialises in research on service delivery protests. In a statement, Karen Heese, who is an Economist at the Municipal IQ has expressed concern about an increase in service delivery protests just before elections.

The SABC says from today, it will play 90% local music across all platforms. This in a bid to ensure that the broadcaster prioritises more local content that reflects the diversity of South African cultures. This follows extensive consultation with various stakeholders including music representatives. The public broadcaster says it will continue to engage its audiences to evaluate whether they are...

Nerina Visser strategist and adviser at ETF SA looks at the global ratings agencies, what is the direct impact on the amount of money government can spend and there is growing focus on small business development in SA

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Commodity, Oil companies using alternate energy to spike their performances with weak oil prices and South Africa approves SABMiller, Coke bottling deal on condition.

Impeachment calls for the high court Judge, Mabel Jansen is growing after she allegedly made racist and bigotry comments on social media against black people. In a conversation with the Co-Founder of Media Justice and Activist Gillian Schutte, Jansen said that black people's conduct is despicable because gang rapes of babies, daughters and mothers is a pleasurable past time. Activist Gillian Schut...

Liberation movements say they are concerned by what they call attempts by western countries to effect regime change within the southern Africa region. These parties include the ANC, Tanzania's Chama-Cha-Mapinduzi, Frelimo of Mozambique, Swapo of Namibia, Angola's MPLA and Zimbabwe's ruling Zannu-PF. They met at the holiday resort of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe over the past weekend to take stalk of...

The department of health is planning to launch a programme next month, geared towards keeping young women away fro the so-called blessers. The announcement was made during Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's budget speech in parliament yesterday. The wide-ranging plan would according to the minister, have 5 objectives, which include decreasing infection rates in young women and girls including decr...

The controversial Gauteng E-Toll project has once again generated a fierce debate in the National Assembly. This as the Transport Minister Dipuo Peters delivered her budget vote. Concern over vandalism of public property, rail safety and reliability also came un der the spotlight. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more..

COSATU has called for an urgent jobs summit to discuss what they call shocking and depressing unemployment figures released by Stats SA. This after President Jacob Zuma met with labour and business leaders to discuss job creation and economic growth in our country. Ahead of the State Of The Nation in February this year, the President established a business-government task team to explore ways the...

The Department of Trade and Industry is to launch a dedicated gas industrialisation unit next week to drive the latest industrial policy action plan (ipap. )The programme is in collaboration with other government departments and industry stakeholders. An action plan for the unit has already been developed by a working group consisting of departmental officials, industry experts and representatives...

The South African Police Service says it will assess the seriousness of an alleged plot to kill Public Protector Thuli Madonsela - before deciding whether to beef up her security. SAPS says it is working with its various structures including crime intelligence and the Western Cape Provincial Commissioner's office to investigate claims made to Madonsela by a whistleblower that a Western Cape gang b...

What, if anything, will the Constitutional Court do about our less than perfect national voters roll? The clock is ticking for a solution, as the voters roll must be certified by the end of May in order to be ready for the August municipal elections. The IEC wants the Constitutional Court to intervene after the Electoral Court set aside the voters roll for the Tlokwe by-elections. This was because...

Market Analyst Clive Intozabantu Ramathibela looks at Asian commodity producers drop amid a slump in oil and industrial metals, oil producers are evacuating workers from the Niger Delta because of the deteriorating security situation and South African unemployment hits record high.