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The ANC in Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Metro has come under fire regarding allegations of corruption and poor governance. When the ANC's top six officials arrived in Port Elizabeth at the weekend, some critics predicted a leadership reshuffle. However, this didn't happen. Instead, during a media briefing on Monday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said a plan to strengthen the metro bo...

Market analyst Clive Ramathibela speaks to Sakina Kamwendo about, Chinese stocks slipped as concern that recent gains may have been excessive tempered speculation that policy makers will boost monetary stimulus, Indonesia’s economy unexpectedly shrank last quarter as exports slumped and South African born billionaire and Tesla CEO announces a game changer in energy supply for households

Comair is challenging government's bailout of SA Airways at the Pretoria High Court today. The British Airways franchise partner and Kulula. Com operator launched the court challenge in February 2013 following government's then bailout of five billion rand. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Comair CEO Eric Venter

Wits University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Adam Habib, has removed Student Representative Council President Mcebo Dlamini from office. Habib says Dlamini's comments about Adolf Hitler are still being investigated and has nothing to do with the issue at hand. Dlamini claims he was removed from his position only because he'd given into pressure from what he called, Zionists. Habib has already cond...

Mohammed Nalla of Nedbank Capital talks about South Africa's manufacturing index declines to four-year lows in April, New vehicle sales dip in April and Australia's central bank cuts rates to historic low

Member of the International Women Forum and Partner at EY Mokgadi Machaba-Abiodun speaks to Sakina about US Secretary of State John Kerry visit to Kenya for talks on security cooperation and ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to his late father's home country and the role of women in making a difference in the Economy- purpose led transformation.

The Unites States and the European Union have praised South Africa's aviation regulatory system on aviation and cargo security. This will see South Africa leading discussions of the United Nation's aviation agency. Director of the South African Civil Aviation Authority, Poppy Khoza, has been appointed Chairperson of this international panel. She spoke to Sakina Kamwendo ...

Asian markets update with our market analyst Clive Ramathibela : Asian stocks pared their biggest monthly advance since 2013 and the region's bonds retreated after the Federal Reserve downplayed weak U.S. growth and kept open the prospect of interest-rate increases, China's big five banks are at risk of their weakest full-year profit growth since at least 2004 after first-quarter results showed ba...

Eskom has reached payment agreements with ten out of 20 defaulting municipalities, after the power supplier threatened to begin power cuts in June. Eskom says electricity supplies of municipalities that have entered into a payment agreement with the utility will not be interrupted. On April 10, The power utility announced plans to interrupt bulk electricity supply to the defaulting municipalities...

ETF SA strategist Nerina Visser talks to us about the US GDP slowing in the 1st quarter, a bounce in SA's resources sector over the last few trading sessions, and Diplomatic relations in Africa have taken strain in the aftermath of the Xenophobic violence, should we be concerned that this spills over and damage economic relationships?

Scores of people have been arrested during a raid in Thembelihle - south of Johannesburg. Drugs and weapons have also been seized. The raid which began in the early hours of this morning is being carried out by the police, the army and home affairs personnel. Police say Thembelihle has been identified as one of the hotspots for violent crime Sakina Kamwendo spoke to police spokesperson Kay Makhube...

1. Asian shares outside Japan rose, extending a seven-year high, following an advance for U.S. equities as investors await the outcome of a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting 2. Samsung Predicts Recovery After First-Quarter Earnings Drop 40% 3. Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing

A government-appointed investigation, headed by Judge Frank Kroon, has found that SARS did not have the statutory authority to covertly gather intelligence, and that the rogue unit has harmed the public's confidence. SARS has since disbanded the so-called rogue unit. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Luther Lebelo, Executive Employee for Relations at SARS and DA Shadow Minister of Finance, Dion Ge...

Activists and unionists have launched a report accusing the country's intelligence community of monitoring and harassing them. The organisations include Numsa, Right to Know, Thembelihle Crisis committee and the United Front. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to State Security Agency Spokesperson, Brian Dube

** What is the latest news from Greece - I understand there has been a change in the Greek negotiating team? Has someone actually blinked in the game of chicken? ** The Fed concludes its two day policy meeting later today - what do you expect from the US central bank? ** We've had so much bad news on the domestic front in recent weeks - Xenophobia, load shedding, threat of ratings downgrade to nam...

Metrorail has confirmed that 240 people were injured - two in a critical condition - when a train travelling from Pretoria collided with another yesterday at Denver station. One person is reported dead, and the cause of the accident is still unknown. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Spokesperson for Gauteng Metrorail, Lillian Mofokeng.

Market analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at: 1. Asian stocks outside Japan fell from a seven-year high, while oil retreated 2. Apple Inc.'s iPhone is reeling in buyers in China, sending quarterly profit up by 33 percent 3. What to expect of the JSE after the public holiday

The death toll is reported to have exceeded 4000, as rescue operation continues in Nepal as a result of the massive earthquake that took place on Saturday. Rescue teams are still trying to reach many remote and mountainous areas, amid reports that some villages have been completely destroyed. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to our correspondent in India, Rana Sen and Seismologist and Professor at the Univer...

Limpopo schools will receive less government subsidies this year. The suggested government subsidy of about R1116 for each pupil enrolled will now be R323 per child for Limpopo's quintile 4 and 5 schools. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to acting MEC for education in Limpopo Jerry Ndou …

President Jacob Zuma took a swipe at unruly behaviour in South Africa, saying there was need to do more to promote healing and tolerance amongst South Africans. But the president warned that there was a lot of anger in South Africa coupled with a propensity to use violence, adding that this was the results of years of apartheid dehumanisation. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Political Analyst Professor S...

Strategist at ETF SA Nerina Visser talks about: The probability of a Greek debt default is rising every day, but apparently that does not necessarily mean that Greece will be kicked out of the Eurozone · Japan's credit rating has been cut one notch by Fitch · Domestic markets today...

South Africa will not withdraw its high commissioner in Nigeria to reciprocate Nigeria's decision to recall its acting High Commissioner Martin Cobham and Deputy High Commissioner Uche Ajulu-Okeke. The statement by Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Ministry states that the action, which is the strongest form of protest short of cutting diplomatic ties, is in connection with the on-going xenophobia in Sout...

The 27th of April marks the day that South Africa had its first democratic elections in 1994. Twenty one years have passed and many changes have taken place in the country. What does Freedom Day mean to the ordinary South African? If anything. SABC reporter Amanda Coetzee spoke to a few residents of the Lowveld Area in Mpumalanga. .....

1. Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index set to post a fourth straight weekly advance 2. The Bank of Japan helped push yields on government notes below zero this week for the first time since January before monetary officials set policy on April 30 as they pursue an elusive 2 percent inflation target 3. China has released online a so-called Rogue's gallery of the top 100 corruption...