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Lectures University of the Free State remain suspended following further disruptions on the main in Bloemfontein . In a statement, the management said it is expecting that lectures will resume next Monday. Meanwhile, the Solidarity trade union insists that the university take a pro-active steps to ensure the safety of its members at the university. Thabiso Radebe reports

Continued protests at different universities across the country have resulted in the suspension of academic activities in some of the universities. Workers and students at different universities are protesting against outsourcing and demand for language transformation. Last year during the Fees Must Fall campaigns by students, the Council on Higher Education (CHE), which is the custodian of qualit...

The Free Market Foundation wants some sections of the labour law dealing with the bargaining councils be rendered unconstitutional. The foundation has approached the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to have section 32 of the Labour Relations Act be suspended. The unions have lambasted this application saying the motive is to advance the interests of capitalists while exploiting workers. Sakina...

1. Global Stock Slump Deepens in Asia as some portfolio managers opt for profit taking 2. Emerging-market stocks and currencies fell for a second day as oil extended declines and investors shunned riskier assets 3. What does business want to hear from the Minister of Finance on the budget speech!!

The Black Sash- a civil society organisation says they waiting with bated breath for what the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordan will announce at this year's budget speech, later today. Black Sash's National Advocacy Manager, Elroy Paulus says his organisation is hoping that government will protect the poor from the current difficult economic times.

Passanger Rail Agency- PRASA says it is working to rid itself of the legacy of its former CEO Lucky Montana. This as Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts asked questions about the agency's management practices and board oversight. The Auditor General found among other things that PRASA had incurred fruitless and wasteful expenditure to the value of more than 550 million rand. Worse w...

Public protector Public Protector Thuli Madonsela says it a major concern that the post office moved to Lavish offices in Centurion at a higher rental. This happened , at a time when it was experiencing financial constraints. When investigating allegations of maladministration and corruption related to improper conduct in the leasing of the Eco Point Office Park, she discovered that the motivation...

University Rector Free State, Jonathan Jansen says the university will deal with incidents of violence internally. Protesting students and workers clashed with spectators during a varsity rugby cup game, when they invaded the pitch and disrupted the match. The university has condemned the attack on protestors and at the same time did not condone the disruption of rugby activities. Konelo Lekhafola...

National Organiser of the Socialist Youth Movement at the University of the Free State, Itumeleng Lecheko, has blamed the rector Professor Jonathan Jansen for the protest on the Bloemfontein campus. Security has been tightened on the university's Bloemfontein campus where lectures have been suspended in the wake of workers' protests the workers who are being supported by students are demanding an...

1. Emerging-market stocks retreated from a six-week high as Chinese equities fell after the nation's central bank weakened the yuan's fixing and crude oil resumed its decline 2. BHP Billiton Ltd. made a larger-than-expected cut to its dividend, lowering the payout for the first time in 15 years 3. Scientist provide data to prove that India has worse polluted air than China!

Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Director at the Centre for Study of Democracy at Rhodes University and the University of Johannesburg, Professor Steven Friedman...

Freedom Front Plus Member of Parliament Corné Mulder calls on "#EFF Fascists" who have put universities under siege to be crush them. Mulder says he is not inciting violence. He asks "if there is an institutions tha tis out there trying to destroy our democracy, should that person be allowed to. Mr Mulder Spoke To AM Live anchor Sakina Kamwendo.

1. Risk off returns as China adjusts daily yuan fixing lower 2. Oil markets watching outcome of meetings to inform output cap 3. Rand facing resistance as much optimism built in around budget

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says the Tlokwe by-elections in the North West province will go ahead as planned, despite the court application by independent candidates seeking the elections to be postponed. More than a thousand people are expected to vote today with special votes ahead of tomorrow's by-elections in seven wards. Voting stations will open at eight this morning and close...

#OutsourcingMustFall committee at the Tshwane University of Technology say they will continue with their strike action should management not adhere to their demands. The protesting workers and students want the university to terminate contracts of service providers and do away with outsourcing. The also demand that those workers who were fired for taking part in the protest be reinstated. The prot...

Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe turned 92 years old yesterday. He spent the day with close family, ahead of a huge public bash said to cost eight hundrend thousand dollars or 12 million rand. The bash is planned for the coming weekend. This year's birthday is significant in more ways than one as Shingai Nyoka reports

Market Analist looks at Asian stocks as they fell, after the biggest weekly rally in four years, as oil held declines and a stronger yen weighed on Japanese shares, Emerging-market stocks extended a weekly advance as oil rebounded and investors speculated that the new head of China's securities regulator will take measures to bolster the world's second-largest equity market and previews the State...

University of Pretoria students are planning a mass protest action outside the Pretoria Magistrate's court, this morning. The march is in support of the arrested student who are to appear before the court. Last week Pretoria University students went on a rampage forcing the university to suspend classes and 27 students were arrested. Sakina Kamwendo Nobungcwele Mbem who is the member of the SRC at...

Management of the Lily Gold Mine near Barberton in Mpumalanga has stressed that the search for its three staff members remains a rescue operation. Meanwhile, drilling operations at the mine are still suspended. Efforts to create an alternative exit route started on Saturday. The staff members have been trapped underground for more than two weeks. The mine's spokesperson Coetzee Zietsman says Miner...

At least a 12 people= have been killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal in less than two weeks. In the latest incidents two teenagers were struck by lightning at Umhlabuyalingana while a 26 year old man suffered the same fate in Umzimkhulu. More than 80 households have been destroyed by the storm at Umzimkhulu area. Fanele Mhlongo reports

Mohammed Nalla from Nedbank Capital looks at Pravin Gordhan's crucial budget speech this week, US inflation rises more than expected in January, will this influence rates domestically and Business leaders warn a British exit from the European Union would deter investment in the UK and threaten jobs

AgriSA Deputy Executive Director, Christo van der Rheede, and his colleagues have come up with a plan to save cattle from starvation. Van der Rheede is calling for people to donate their cut grass to their initiative called Hope Grass Project. He says if we don't help farmers save their cattle's the country will face high red meat prices. South Africa's worst drought in decades has caused acute wa...

1. China has foreign exchange reserves that most other countries can only dream about, but it has declined quite a lot in recent times. Is this just due to capital outflows? 2. Staying in China, their latest consumer inflation was reported to be one of the highest numbers in recent times. Is this a good or a bad thing? 3. So with all this volatility and uncertainty around the Chinese economy and C...

Vote counting is underway in Uganda. Thousands of voters filled polling stations for the presidential and parliamentary elections. Seven candidates are attempting to remove President Yoweri Musevini who has been in power for thirty years. Leon Ssenyange reports from Kampala in Uganda.

AfriForum says it intends to hold Government responsible for the misappropriation of allocated tax money. The organisation has launched a campaign - #waarvoorbetaalons? or #WhatAreWePayingFor? - which requests members of the public to add their names to the official letter that AfriForum wants to submit to the National Treasury. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to AfriForum's National Campaign Co-or...