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1. Asian stocks and currencies jumped as the prospect of more stimulus from the European Central Bank combined with better-than-estimated technology earnings in the U.S. and rising Chinese home prices. 2. Amazon results better than expected and make the owner 3rd richest American 3. The weeks wrap

University of Cape Town's Vice-Chancellor, Max Price, says he is committed to working with police and prosecutors to have charges against protesting students at the university dropped. Price yesterday* addressed thousands of UCT students who gathered on the steps of the Jameson Hall on the university's upper campus

Nyakallo Makgoba, the son of Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, says being arrested was the last thing on his mind. He was one of the students who were arrested on Wednesday while they were taking part in the #FeesMustFall protest outside parliament. Since last week, students have been protesting at universities across the country against proposed tuition fee hikes. Nyakallo has since been release...

Publishing Editor of Minisng Weekly and Engineering News Martin Creamer Crippling new tax laws recommended for SA’s already maimed mining industry, disillusioned investors are demanding radical changes to the way mining CEOs are incentivised and Transnet is setting out to penalise companies that have failed to meet their local-content obligations.

President Jacob Zuma says the demands by students for a zero increase in tuition fees at tertiary institutions are justified. Zuma was speaking following his meeting with Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. Mozambique is South Africa's top trading partner on the continent - and new gas development plans are expected to further bolster economic trade. Presidential correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng report...

Learners at Westbury Secondary School feel the death of Zukisa Kela robbed them of not only a teacher, but a father and brother as well. An emotional memorial service was held on Thursday afternoon to honour the 25-year-old teacher. Kela and his friend, Sizwe Keke were drowned in the Rhodes Park dam by a gang of twelve men on Saturday night. The men had been walking through the park after a church...

1. Yesterday you promised us good news stories, so I hope you are ready to deliver some Friday cheer! What have you got for us today to put us in the right frame of mind for the weekend ahead? 2. It was a busy day yesterday, especially from a company news flow point of view. Was there anything in particular that put a smile on your dial? 3. What else, other than the expectation of a win for the Sp...

Members of the KwaZulu-Natal government have visited the Mncwabe family to offer condolences and support following the brutal killing of eight family members. The eight, among them young children and pensioners, were hacked to death at eMaBheleni, Mthwalume on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast early on Wednesday morning. Its believed that the family had been accused of practising witchcraft. Nonkulule...

The lawyer who is representing the University students who were arrested during a protest yesterday, Popo Mfubu says the charges of treason against the students who were arrested is an attempt to intimidate, and send a message to the students protesting with the aim to weaken the movement

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene delivered his medium term budget policy statement as student protests broke out outside the National Assembly building in parliament. Nene's speech was delayed by at least half an hour. This was after EFF's members of parliament requested a postponement of the tabling of the mini budget in a bid to address the students concerns about university fee increases. Tshepo...

Parliament became a battleground as the "Fees Must Fall" campaign continued on the parliamentary precinct and in the National Assembly during Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's Mini Budget speech. Out parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more

1. Asian stocks fell after U.S. shares declined amid mixed company earnings 2. The underlying issue of the "fees must fall" campaign and is there a solution - Twitter 3. What to expect from the midterm budget speech

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande and various stakeholders have agreed to look into a fee increase not higher than the inflation rate of 6% for the 2016 academic year. Nzimande, various representatives of university vice chancellors and student representatives, met in Cape Town yesterday to find solutions to the increase in tertiary education fees. Our Parliamentary Corresponde...

Students' organisation, COSAS, will embark on a national protest in support of the 'Fees Must Fall Campaign' in tertiary institutions. The student union says hundreds of young people will march to the Department of Higher Education in Pretoria to demand free education. For more we are now joined on the line by COSAS Secretary-general, Khulekani Skosana

1. Today is mini-budget day, and as we focus on parliament and Min. Nene this afternoon, the latest domestic economic indicators point to a possible technical recession. What is your view - are we in a recession? 2. A few months ago it was announced that agreement had been reached between South Africa and the US around the poultry market, and how it affects AGOA, the African Growth and Opportunity...

Moscow is hosting a meeting of industry ministers of BRICS countries for the first time. The issued discussed include ways to strengthen co-operation between members as well as assistance to deal with common challenges. SABC's Julia Lyubova has more from the Russian capital.

Students from Wits University have rejected the agreement that tuition fee increases at tertiary institutions be capped at 6 percent. Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande made the announcement after a meeting with representatives of various universities in Cape Town yesterday. Wits students begun protesting last Wednesday over the proposed tuition increases of 10,5 percent at the institution....

Academic activities remain suspended at a number of universities due to rolling protests over proposed tuition fees increases. The affected institutions include the Universities of Cape Town, Wits, Rhodes, Stellenbosch and Fort Hare. Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande held a meeting with the representatives of various universities in Cape Town yesterday (tuesday 20 October) to discuss the is...

Higher Education Minster Blade Nzimande will meet with representatives of various universities in Cape Town today to discuss tuition fee increases. The minister addressed the media in Pretoria yesterday about protests at a number of institutions over the proposed fee increases. Nzimande has appealed to the students to give efforts aimed at resolving their grievances a chance. He also says governme...

Minister of International Relations, Maite Nkoana- Mashabane says South Africa is working closely with the UK on a range of issues from security threats to scientific breakthroughs. Nkoana-Mashabane has been meeting with the UK's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London for the bilateral forum between the two countries. UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports

The ANC says South Africa will raise the plight of the Palestinians in all international forums as part of a letter of intent signed with HAMAS in Johannesburg yesterday. The leadership of Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS led by Khaled Meshaal met with the ANC on the invitation of the ruling party. The ANC says it will co-operate with the party to struggle against the oppression and occupation of...

Classes at Wits University have been suspended once again after violent protests erupted over a proposed increase in tuition fees. Angry students overturned a car that allegedly tried to run over some of the protesters and beat up the driver. They then blockaded Empire Road in Parktown after the university's Executive Council failed to meet with them. Students have been protesting at the campus si...

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The clock is ticking for a Western Cape farm manager after the Constitutional Court ordered that she take all necessary steps to help the Snyders family return to their home on the Voorbaat farm. The family complained that they were evicted without notice two weeks ago and have been forced to live in a drafty warehouse. The highest court in the land ordered that they be allowed to return, pending...

The City of Cape Town is expected to serve notices on various top police officials today to appear in court for breaching the Regulation of Gatherings Act. Mayoral Committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says a crime imbizo held by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko in Khayelitsha over the weekend was illegal. The meeting was called to discuss the implementation of recommendations of the Kha...