Update@Noon

President Jacob Zuma has urged Cosatu affiliated members to campiagn for the ANC during election time saying the governing party does not take its unity with the federation for granted. He was speaking at the federation's main May Day Rally in Mamelodi outside Pretroria on Sunday. The event was attended by all alliance partner members including Cosatu President Sdumo Dlamini, SACP's Blade Nzimande...

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as first vice president. He arrived in Juba the capital on Tuesday, after repeated delays to implement a peace agreement. Machar resumes a post he held before the conflict erupted in December 2013. The development ends his 28-month military conflict with President Salva Kiir, which has killed tens of thousands of people. To chat to us about...

The National Teacher's Union says the Department of Basic Education did not consult them about introducing teacher licenses to professionalise teaching. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to the Deputy President of the National Teacher's Union Allan Thompson.

Department of Basic Education is considering issuing licences to new teachers. This is an attempt by the department to strengthen the teaching profession in the country. The department is working closely with the South African Council for Educators through standard setting and strengthening the induction of new teachers. FSakina Kamwendo speaks to Basic Education Spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Stocks which fell, Big Oil earnings season has started with a surprise that some analysts already say their estimates for the other companies may be too low and what to expect from the JSE after #FreedomDay holiday

East African leaders have welcomed the swearing in of South Sudan's rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar hours after he returned to the capital Juba on Wednesday. Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Amina Mohammed said Machar's return fulfills one of the conditions of the peace agreement signed last year and offers a chance for the world's youngest nation to end the two year conflict in the country. Sara...

Impala Platinum's Zimbabwe unit has submitted new black empowerment proposals to governments. The proposals, the second submitted in three years show how Zimplats intends to comply with the country's indigenization law. The law bans majority foreign shareholding in mining firms. Our correspondent Shingai Nyoka reports from Harare

South Africans in London were just one group of expats who celebrated Freedom Day far from the motherland....with a braai, beer and music, recreating a bit of home under cold skies of London. Our reporter Catherine Drew went along and filled this report.

Policy and political analyst at UNISA Professor Somadoda Fikeni says although South Africa is a country of hope, its people are experiencing moments of despair. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Professor Somadoda Fikeni

A Constitutional Court judgment puts paid to a David and Goliath battle for fair compensation. At the centre of the battle is the multi-billion rand Please Call Me concept, which is listed among the top five South African innovations of the decade. Sixteen years ago, Nkosana Makate, a trainee accountant, pitched his idea to his then employer - cellphone giant Vodacom. The highest Court in the land...

The news of the death of Founder of Park Lane Fertility clinic, Doctor Herman Netshidzivhani has shocked his friends, colleagues and female patients. Netshidzivhani, the first black fertility doctor in South Africa, died in a motorbike accident on the N1 in Polokwane on Saturday. His patients say he gave them hope when they thought they could never have babies. Senior journalist Thabile Mbhele rep...

Afriforum says it will complain to international sports bodies abouts Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's ban on SA Rugby‚ Cricket SA‚ Netball SA and Athletics SA hosting international events. Yesterday, Minister Mbalula annouced that he has decided to impose punitive measures on four of the big five federations who haven't met their transformation targets. This base on the findings of the Eminent Pe...

Market analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian equities which fell for a third day, Concerns about Britain's exit from the European Union are starting to look overdone and what to expect against from the JSE

The International Criminal Court has announced it is launching preliminary examination into the situation in Burundi for alleged crimes including rape, murder and torture. At least four hundred and thirty people have been killed and over three thousand four hundred arrested in violence and unrest in Burundi since disputed elections last April. Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

The EFF says it will defend it's leader, Julius Malema on a treason charge laid by the ANC at the Hillbrow police station in Johannesburg. The ANC was responding to comments that Malema made during an interview with Television network Al Jazeera. Malema warned the ruling party that if it continued to respond violently to peaceful protests, his party would remove the current government - quote- 'th...

Nadir Thokan, Analyst at 27 Four Investment Managers looks at Saudi Arabia agreement on plans to move away from oil profits, markets eyeing the US Federal Reserve's rate announcement tomorrow and Pick n Pay interim earnings expected today

South Africa and Iran have agreed to increase non-oil trade and investment to a billion dollars by 2020. This emerged after bilateral talks between President Jacob Zuma and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in the capital Tehran, Iran yesterday. President Zuma is on a two-day visit to strengthen bilateral trade and investment between South Africa and Iran. The lifting of sanctions against Ira...

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) believes Johannesburg needs a complete facelift. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says dilapidated buildings, poor infrastructure and densely populated settlements have turned the city into unhygienic environment. He addressed party supporters at the launch of the party's Gauteng election manifesto with the theme, Community First, in Pretoria. Phanuel Shuma reports

SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng has announced the SABC will launch several language-based television channels which will serve the SABC's audiences in the language of their choice and no more external advising for jobs and tenders. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Hlaudi Motsoeneng

The World Health Oragnaization says the global efforts to fight and control malaria and the implemented actions to combat the disease are still a challenge, as today marks World Malaria day. WHO says the theme for 2016 - "End Malaria for good" - reflects the vision of a malaria-free world set out in the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030. The strategy sets the target of reducing globa...

LTE Consulting Engineers is being accused of a billion rand maladministration in a tender for water and sanitation, which was allegedly awarded without following proper procedures. According to media reports, President Jacob Zuma has asked the Special Investigating Unit to investigate the matter. The tender allegedly amounted to R502 million, but then ballooned to R2.7bn within a year. The CEO of...

In an interview with Aljazeera which aired last night EFF leader Julius Malema said the EFF is ready to remove the government by force if it responds violently to protests

Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Markets Analyst Clive Ntozabantu Ramathibela looking at Asian shares which were set for the first back-to-back declines in a month as the Japanese yen strengthened and crude oil retreated from a 5-month high, China's Economy seems to be recovering faster than and expected and the 5 expenses that will change in retirement

Nadir Thokan, Investment Analyst at 27 four Investment Managers looks at China debt load reaches record high as risk to economy mounts, South African inflation slowed for the first time in seven months in March and a summarry of US earnings season so far?

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly at KwaZulu-Natal being a recipient of a hat-trick of multi-billion-rand investments, South Africa’s Sibanye Gold has board approval to spend nearly R4-billion on its booming gold mines and a promising new African auto association has been formed to spread manufacturing know-how across the continent.