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The newly-elected ANC Youth League President, Collen Maine during his first speech told the delegates that they have a responsibility to go back to basics and remember that the ANC was formed as an organisation of the people. He promised that the character of the youth of 1944 will be restored in this new season of the youth league. Meanwhile, members who took the league to court before its electi...

Newly elected leadership of the ANC Youth League has pledged to work towards uniting the league and reclaiming it's former glory of being a kingmaker in the ANC. The league elected a new leadership it's three day conference which ended earlier on Sunday in Midrand , north of Johannesburg. The conference also marked the end of the mandate of the national task team appointed by the ANC to rebuild th...

Azanian People's Organisation says Steve Biko's political philosophies have been forgotten. This after a handful of AZAPO supporters marched to the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria, to commemorate their slain leader and hero who died in police custody on 12 September 1977. The march and visit to Biko's cell at the prison kickstarted the Steve Biko commemoration month. The Black Consciousness leade...

1. The volatility in global markets continued unabated last week - there was little Spring cheer on the local front early in the week, but Wednesday and Thursday things seemed to recover very well, only to end the week on a very negative note. What role did China play in the market's performance last week and what is the outlook for the week ahead? 2. After a particularly volatile and weak August,...

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly, looks at; Gas represents a R250-billion opportunity for South Africa, according to McKinsey, one of the word’s foremost global consultancies, the petroleum refining industry this week became the latest sector to warn of survival risk and Gauteng’s gold-from-dumps miners are making heaps of cash on the strong rand gold price.

It's all systems go for the ANC Youth League's 25th National Conference this morning. The ANCYL National task Team says it can confirm that all provinces are on board. This is despite disputes by the Youth League's North West faction which has filed an urgent application to stop the conference from going ahead. It is alleging that there are unresolved disputes concerning the exclusion of some dele...

A group of ANC Youth League members in the North West have launched an urgent court application to stop the league's elective congress from going ahead . The group alleges that there are unresolved disputes concerning the exclusion of some delegates. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the North West ANC Youth League, Thabo Molamu....

A probe has found that the minibus taxi that crashed into a train killing 16 people in Stanger on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast last month was unroadworthy. This is despite the e-Natis system showing that the taxi had recently been tested and issued with a roadworthiness certificate in Gauteng. Fifteen people died after the driver lost control of the taxi, causing it to veer off the road and land...

1. U.S job numbers coming out today 2. Exceptionally dovish comments for the ECB 3. The woes facing SA retailers

DA says it will propose Constitutional amendments to ensure that key institutions remain free from political interference. The party says over the remainder of the parliamentary term, they will propose changes such as taking away the President's power to appoint and remove the National Director of Public Prosecutions. This must be done, the party says, to stop the eroding of institutions due to ca...

Police Minister Nathi Nhleko says the report by the Farlam Commission could provide an opportunity for transformation within the SA Police Service. He made these observations when he was presenting an implementation plan on the Marikana Commission's recommendations to the Portfolio Committee on Police in Parliament.

Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance has criticised the leadership of the South African Airways for failing to implement its turn-around strategy. SAA leadership was briefing parliament on its recovery plan and financial performance. Abongwe Kobokana reports

Ratings agency Moody's says electricity shortages coupled with low commodity prices and a severe drought will constrain the country's economy over the next 18 months. The agency expects South Africa to avoid recession in 2015. However, it forecasts growth of only 1.7 percent this year and of 1 point 9 percent in 2016. Growth at these levels will not reduce the unemployment rate significantly. Mora...

1. Eurozone PMI numbers coming out today 2. SA business confidence coming out today 3. Update from Moody's investor services recieved yesterday on SA

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government is making progress in turning around struggling state-owed enterprises. Ramaphosa has told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that the majority of the SOE's are performing well and contributing to both the fiscus and transformation. Joseph Mosia reports

Market analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian stock markets

North West government has been paying the salaries of 37 000 public servants who cannot be accounted for. This revelation comes as the Premier of North West Supra Mahumapelo was briefing the standing committee on public accounts in Mahikeng yesterday. Mahumapelo says this emerged during a process to verify government employee in their salary payment system. AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to D...

It is still not clear whether the troubled Roodepoort Primary School on Gauteng's East Rand will reopen soon. An independent mediation task team has finalised and submitted its report with recommendations to the Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, for consideration. The school has been in the spotlight with allegations of corruption and racism and was temporarily closed two weeks ago. Sakin...

Public shaming on social media was recently cast into the spotlight after a teenage girl in Washington threw herself off a bridge days after her father cut her hair and posted the video online. A simple search of "child-shaming" on Youtube shows more than thirty-thousand results. In the wake of this our reporter Orrin Singh found out more about public shaming and the damage it could do to young mi...

Market Analyst at 27Four investments Nadir Thokan looks at Mckinsey's report on South Africa and the US manufacuring PMI.

Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice Chancellor, Professor Wim de Villiers, has conceded that racism does exist on the university campus. He was briefing Parliament's portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training on allegations of racism levelled against the university. They're made in a video titled "Luister", made by a lobby group calling for transformation at Stellensbosch University....

Durban has been named as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. SASCOC CEO, Tubby Reddy, part of the bid presentation team, says it has been a tough process. The announcement was made in Auckland, New Zeeland by outgoing Commonwealth Games President Prince Tunku Imran of Malaysia

Market analyst Clive Ramathibela talks about Asian stocks, US markets feel a lot of volatility and SA shows trade deficit in July has increased

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is to invest in cement, power and coal mining in Zimbabwe. Dangote who was in Zimbabwe yesterday says his team will be in the country as early as next week for further exploration. The 58 year old multi billionaire is on an aggressive expansion drive across sub-saharan African. Last month, his company Dangote Group opened 450 million dollar cement pla...

Market Analyst at 27Four investments Nadir Thokan looks ArcelorMittal South Africa is planning to shut two mills and is reviewing operations at its largest plant, the mining agreement signed between government labour and business and China Factory PMI Falls to 47.3