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Nadir Thokan , analyst at 27four Investment looks at Saudi Arabian budget released last week and why that is relevant to South Africa, Stock pick ideas for 2016 and the impact of higher interest rates in the US

AbaThembu Royal Council says a successor to the recently jailed king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has been chosen. The Council says they are currently attending a number of royal meetings in the aim of announcing King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo's successor. For more we are joined on the line by was Chief Dalidumo Mtirara.

The African National Congress will be celebrating its 104th anniversary this weekend in Rustenburg in North West. As the party will today be intensifying its campaigns around the entire Bojanala region as part of a build up to the event, we look at the party's performance in both the last national and local government elections in the North West. Our political reporter Patrick Dintwa compiled this...

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters says law enforcement officers will continue to mount roadblocks to ensure that the country's roads are safe even after the festive season. Thousands of holidaymakers and migrant workers are travelling back to Gauteng and other provinces after the December holidays. Peters, who has been speaking to the SABC at the Capricorn toll plaza outside Polokwane in Limpopo, sa...

Markets Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at, Asian stocks which are headed toward the biggest drop in three months as investors started the new year looking for safety amid renewed signs of a slowdown in China, Emerging-market stocks tumbled the most in three weeks and currencies slid and what to look out for in the local and emerging markets in 2016

Expelled DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard's fate will be decided by the party's federal legal commission in Johannesburg today. Kohler Barnard is appealing her expulsion from the DA after she was found guilty for bringing the name of the party into disrepute and for contravening its social media policy. This comes after Kohler Barnard shared a Facebook post calling for the return of former Apartheid st...

ANC Member of Parliament and former spokesperson Jackson Mthembu has accused Journalists of supporting the ZumaMustFall campaign and marches. In a weekly ANC newsletter Mthembu charged that the way in which the ZumaMustFall was covered followed the classic propaganda model. He says the media created a narrative that South Africa was doomed and Journalists followed on this line with their posts on...

1. Asian markets sudbdued by a strong dollar overnight upsetting most of the Asian currencies 2. Japanese Yen helps export numbers to increase as the Chinese Yuan continues to slide despite approval by the IMF 3. Rand volatility continues despite better perfomance by the JSE

The city of Tshwane will be hard on those selling fireworks illegally. The city says it will subject those found guilty to a fine of 2 thousand rand found using them without the approval of the municipality. Thousand of people are expected to be igniting firecrackers during the festive season. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Metro Police Department spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba

The convicted abaThembu King, Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, must this week hand himself over to prison authorities to start a 12-year prison sentence. King Dalindyebo is a nephew of the late first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela. King Buyelekhaya belonged to the ANC's liberation armed wing UMkhonto Wesizwe. He spent years in exile with his father King Sabatha Dalindyebo. When he came ba...

A panel discussion leading up to Reconciliation Day celebrations revealed that more is to be done to achieve reconciliation in South Africa. The year was highlighted by turmoil with violent service delivery protests, attacks on foreign national owned businesses and mass student protests. Reconciliation day discussion, initiated by the department of arts and culture, addressed various issues and re...

Civil society organisation Section 27 has confirmed that it has been granted permission to march in the Johannesburg CBD today. It is demanding the resignation of President Zuma. A Zuma-Must-Fall-march is also planned at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Corruption Watch has organised a march in Cape Town. The Unite Against Corruption movement will protest close to Parliament. Another march will ta...

President Jacob Zuma has called on the public to report abuse, neglect and exploitation of elderly persons. He was speaking during his visit to the Lodewyk P. Spies Home in Eersterust east of Pretoria yesterday, this as part of promoting care and support for older persons. President Zuma also handed over certificates of recognition and gifts to elders who wrote stories about their personal experie...

Marches against President Jacob Zuma will go ahead despite the change in the Finance Ministry. The President appointed Pravin Gordan back as minister of Finance to quell the uproar that followed the appointment of the little-known Member of Parliament David Van Rooyen. A number of marches have been organised for Wednesday in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pretoria. Senior Reporter Angela Bolowana rep...

Provincial Veterinary Services in Limpopo have detected an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth disease in cattle in the Matiane community, in the Thulamela local municipality of the Vhembe District. The Thulamela Local Municipality is within the country's FMD protection zone where vaccination for the disease is routinely conducted. SAkina Kamwendo speaks to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,...

The only surviving victim of the triple family murder in Katlehong on Gauteng's East Rand says she wants justice to prevail. Nthabiseng Letsoalo survived a brutal attack at the hands of her two cousins. The other three victims, two teenage girls and a seven month old baby, were assaulted and their bodies tossed inside a bathtub full of boiling water. Neliswa Mavundla reports

New UDM deputy President Khanyisile Litchfield Tshabalala has big plans for the party and says she will be doing things differently. Litchfield-Tshabalala was elected to be second in command at the party's elective congress over the weekend. She beat chief whip Nqabayomzi Kwankwa by 65 votes. Litchfield-Tshabalala joined the party barely six months ago after she was expelled by the EFF. UDM Presid...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Japanese Stocks Fall as Rout in U.S. and Europe Spreads to Asian markets 2. The fears of the FEDs interest rate hike continue to cause havoc in the Emerging Markets 3. What does the new carbon emissions agreement mean to the world

The PAC has retained its top leadership at its 10th Elective Congress in Molapoamogale, near KwaMhlanga, in Mpumalanga. Luthando Mbinda remains party president, while Narius Moloto, holds the powerful position of Secretary-General. The conference comes at a time when the party is plagued by factionalism which has seen several leaders being removed. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports

President Jacob Zuma has called for unity amongst ANC members. Zuma has been addressing the last day of the Mpumalanga 12th ANC Elective Conference at Mbombela stadium. Vusi Twala reports

The newly appointed Finance Minister David Van Rooyen has lost his job after just four days in office. He is now replaced by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Pravin Gordhan. President Jacob Zuma removed Van Rooyen from his portfolio last night and appointed him the new Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs which was earlier led by Gordhan. Van Rooyen took over fr...

A delegation from the ANC's National Working Committee is in Durban to meet with a group of disgruntled KwaZulu-Natal party members. This comes after protesters twice marched to the provincial offices demanding a rerun of the provincial elective conference. Supporters of ousted provincial chairperson Senzo Mchunu claim there were irregularities in the conference that elected Sihle Zikalala and his...

Ratings Agency Moody's says it will closely monitor any potential policy implications of the move by President Jacob Zuma to remove Nhlanhla Nene as the country's finance minster. It says fiscal policies are an important factor in its assessment of a country's credit profile. The agency cited earlier this week that lack of sufficient capital inflows into the country will affect the rand negatively...

Hundreds of people have gathered in the Ethekwini Community Church in Durban to celebrate the life of former Ukhozi fm sports commentator and actor Shadrack Ngema. Sixty five year old Ngema died after a short illness last Saturday. He had won the hearts of many people in the SABC 1 sitcom Emzini Wezinsizwa as Magubane the traditional healer. Nonkululeko Hlophe reports

the United Democratic Movement is looking to reenginneer itself as it celebrates 18 years of existence. The party is starting early - using the weekend's congress to launch its 2016 local government manifesto and to fine tune its game plan in what is expected to be a fierce contest. President Bantu Holomisa is again standing for reelection - arguing he is no political dinosaur and in fact he is at...