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1. Asian stocks dropped with U.S. index futures and emerging-market currencies as concern global growth is faltering spurred investors to sell riskier assets and seek the relative safety of government debt 2. Alexis Tsipras will return to power in Greece following another emphatic election victory 3. All eyes on the MPC on Wednesday as gloom still sits on the Rand

Yesterday the minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga met with unions in the education sector, SADTU & Naptosa this as the debate on whether to administer the Annual National Assessments (ANAs) rages on. The pupils were supposed to take the Annual Assessments this week, while the unions want them to be postponed to February next year. For more on this we are now joined on the line by the Spok...

The Congress of South Africa Trade Unions - COSATU - has called on workers to rally behind its campaign to put pressure on government and the private sector to create more jobs. Cosatu General Secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali addressed the KwaZulu-Natal Shopstewards Council at the Durban City Hall. The labour federation is mobilizing workers against retrenchments, proposed VAT increases and lack of...

Twins Sabelo and Samkelo Maisela, who were necklaced by Etwatwa residents near Daveyton on Gauteng's East Rand earlier this week, have been laid to rest. They are two of the three victims who were accused of being involved with the gang called OVL. The gang terrorised the community for months. Ditaba Tsotetsi compiled this report...

Learning and teaching has been disrupted at a farm school in Piet Retief in Mpumalanga since July, due to lack of scholar transport. About 190 learners at the Nokuthula Primary School were unable to attend classes because their transport was allegedly cancelled by the Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport. Parents of the learners claim to have raised the matter with the department with n...

A man suspected of being part of a notorious gang terrorising communities has been attacked and necklaced by angry residents of Etwatwa near Daveyton on Gauteng's East Rand. The man was saved by police and taken to hospital. The attack follows the deaths of three boys who had also been necklaced and killed earlier this week. Sashin Naidoo reports...

Graduates in Information Systems are in great demand. There is an abundance of opportunities with South African job websites looking to absorb as many young talented graduates as possible. This is providing a positive take on an otherwise gloomy employment picture. Professor Kevin Johnston, Head of the Information Systems at UCT, has produced hundreds of graduates who have been absorbed by many re...

A Senior Researcher for West Africa in the Africa Conflict Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, David Zounmenou, says hat the military has no business to be involved in politics in Burkina Faso. This, following the military overthrow of the country's interim government on Wednesday, which saw both the interim president Michel Kafando and prime minister Isaac Zida briefly arr...

The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein will hear an appeal today against a Western Cape Town High Court judgment ordering that SABC Chief Operating Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng be suspended and disciplinary steps be taken against him. The Democratic Alliance went to the High Court to enforce the remedial action proposed by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela that disciplinary steps be taken against...

Gift of the Givers is on another mission to provide humanitarian aid to the desperate people of Yemen. Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world, has seen years of conflict and division. Yolande Korkie, the wife of Pierre Korkie who was killed in Yemen in 2014, has added her voice to the campaign, urging South Africans to assist in providing humanitarian aid for the people of Yemen. Sakina...

In what analysts have labelled a dovish statement, the U.S. Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged for nearly a decade now. Economists say the Fed is caught between a rock and a hard place, especially with a strong dollar which also a reserve currency. Dimakatso Leshoro reports..

1. Its all about the Fed as Yellen keeps rates flat 2. Market shrugs off Fed decision to remain largely unchanged 3. Oil stable as pressure shows up with some U.S. Shale bankruptcies

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu says he was suspected in the murder of his bodyguard who was gunned down in July. Mchunu revealed this during an address at the Provincial POPCRU congress in Durban. 24-year-old Xolani Nkosi was murdered in his car at Empangeni. The shooting heightened political tensions in the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal as it came soon after the death of party regional leader, Thulani...

Plans are underway to move over four-thousand inmates, including juveniles and those awaiting trial, from Pollsmoor Correctional Facility in Cape Town to other facilities in the Western Cape. This follows the death of two inmates last month after contracting Leptospirosis, a disease spread through contact with rat urine. Megan Flemmit reports...

The Department of Home Affairs has pleaded with the Constitutional Court to reconsider a decision to dismiss its appeal regarding an office for refugees. The appeal relates to the decision to close down the Refugee Reception Office in Port Elizabeth. The Constitutional Court's refusal to hear the appeal means the Department has three months within which to re-open the office. This was the order of...

L:Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha says he is in the process of finalizing parole recommendations of more than 33 political prisoners requesting pardon for politically motivated crimes. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leadeship says this is long over due. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to IFP Member of Parliament, Albert Mcwango...

There have been mixed reaction from some of the political parties to the recommendation to release 33 prisoners jailed for politically linked crimes on parole. The National Council of Correctional Services has recommended parole for 33 qualifying prisoners. Correctional Services and Justice Minister Michael Masutha says he will consider their records before deciding whether to approve the recommen...

Five people were killed at KwaMashu Hostel, north of Durban. A group of five people allegedly opened fire, killing four on the spot, while another died on the way to hospital. The fifth person believed to be one of the suspects was found dead with a 9mm pistol next to him. It's not clear who shot him. Fanele Mhlongo reports

Five people were killed at KwaMashu Hostel, north of Durban, yesterday morning (wednesday 16 September). A group of five people allegedly opened fire, killing four on the spot, while another died on the way to hospital. The MEC for the Department of Transport, Community Safety, and Liaison in KwaZulu Natal, Willies Mchunu, has condemned the killings. he spoke to Sakina Kamwendo

Presidential guard members loyal to former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore have detained President Michel Kafando and his cabinet. Kafando was chosen as interim president last October after the ousting of Compaore. The detention of the nation's transitional leader has triggered immediate street protests outside the presidential palace, raising fears of a coup few weeks before the country. T...

1. SABmiller approached by InBev to create worlds largest brewer 2. SA retail sales still in low single digits 3. Its Dday for the Fed today assets globally rallied,are they ready for a hike?

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called the African Growth and Opportunity Act the corner-stone of the trade relationship between his country and South Africa. He was speaking at the conclusion of the biennial strategic dialogue with International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane where issues of regional security, trade and development and public health were discussed. Sherwin Bryce...

The EFF in Parliament says it will make sure that National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete informs Lonmin mine that the Assembly says the mining company is "corrupt to the core". This comes after the EFF successfully presented a motion without notice in the house last week, and without any objection from any political party in the House. But the ANC wants an investigation on how the motion slipped t...

Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change party has claimed that several of its legislators received death threats. The threats sent via SMS came as President Robert Mugabe officially opened the third session of the eighth parliament Tuesday. During the address to parliament there was an apparent mix-up as President Mugabe read the wrong speech. Shingai Nyoka reports

The bodies of at-least eleven illegal miners are still trapped underground at a disused mine shaft in Benoni on Gauteng's East Rand. It is understood that the bodies of a group of eight miners have been trapped in a shaft for almost three weeks, after they were killed when a generator exploded underground. The bodies of another three miners are also trapped, after they died due to a lack of oxygen...