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The South African Press Association (Sapa) is closing shop. The news agency which has been in existence since 1938, was a special category non-profit company and cannot be sold off. After the disposal of its assets, the company will be liquidated. Its operations will cease when it sends out its last story at midnight on March 31. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Sapa Chairperson Minette Ferreira

The South African Press Association (Sapa) is closing shop. The news agency which has been in existence since 1938, was a special category non-profit company and cannot be sold off. After the disposal of its assets, the company will be liquidated. Its operations will cease when it sends out its last story at midnight on March 31. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Sapa's Chairwoman Minette Ferreira

This week National government handed powers back to Limpopo after placing it under administration more than three years ago. The departments were placed under administration in 2011 by the Cabinet, because of a lack of financial management and a high level of maladministration. On the Forum at eight we were in conversation with the Premier of Limpopo Stan Mathabatha

Rea Vaya bus commuters in Johannesburg continue to be stranded without transport as the illegal strike continues. Piotrans management says they are hoping to begin talks with the relevant stakeholders as soon as possible to resolve the matter. Rea Vaya bus drivers abandoned their buses with the keys in the ignition during peak-hour traffic on Monday and held an illegal gathering in the Johannesbur...

1. Asian stocks rebounded from an almost two-week low, led by material and energy companies 2. Concerns rise over Sony Company's results expected later today that they could miss estimates 3. Moody's downgrades six Eurozone banks following unsatisfactory briefing of their turnaround strategy 4. LVMH ( Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy ) sales slow in Hong Kong as Chinese demand drops globally

The work done by the Advisory Panel, which reviewed the socio-economic impact of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, was warmly welcomed at the end of the ANC Gauteng's 3-day Lekgotla held in Tshwane. The Advisory Panel was appointed last year, by Gauteng Premier David Makhura. Lekgotla reiterated the ANC Gauteng's position that eTolls in their current form, are undesirable and unworkable. Fo...

The Department of Basic Education says it is going ahead with implementing a new training programme which will see Maths teachers being retrained. Part of the training will involve testing teachers, and the pass mark is 80 percent. The new programme has raised eyebrows, with education stakeholders complaining that it will take teachers out of school for 23 days a year. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the...

AM Live went to Malamulele in Limpopo to hear the plight of the community as they shut the town down protesting to have a municipality independent of Thulamela. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to community members and leaders.

Constitutional Law experts in Lesotho are watching with keen interest how the justice system will handle a court application, in which the Attorney General is suing the King and the Prime Minister. This, after Prime Minister Tom Thabane advised King Letsie III to appoint Dr Kananelo Mosito as the President of the Court of Appeal. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Lesotho Defence Force Spokesperson Major Nt...

Limpopo police say that forensic investigators will soon be sent to Malamulele, where a section of the Malamulele High School was damaged by a fire, . For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Police spokesperson Ronell Otto

A Lesotho security guard has been shot dead and a bodyguard of Prime Minister Tom Thabane has been admitted to hospital following a shooting incident just outside the Royal Palace in Maseru late SUNDAY afternoon (01/02/2015). This dramatic incident took place only about a month before the Mountain Kingdom's general elections on the 28th of this month. Sakina kamwendo spoke to our reporter in Maser...

Friends of Jackie Selebi says they believe the evidence used to arrest and prosecute the former police commissioner was compromised, however the NPAspokesperson, Velekhaya Mgobhozi, says there is nothing they can do in this matter. and he spoke to Sakina Kamwendo ..

Zanu-PF,says the reason why their leader has been elected head of the African Union, is because Africa completely and absolutely adores him. However, some diplomats who attended the Addis summit have allegedly described Mugabe's election as an "unfortunate accident" springing from the tradition of rotating the post between Africa's regions. Mugabe was elected head of the African Union (AU) at its...

Former Intelligence Minister and Member of United Front's National Working Committee, Ronnie Kasrils, says people who are trying to do good work, such as SA Revenue Services' deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay, are running into difficulties. Kasrils said he knew Pillay very well and believed he was "absolutely so clearly incorruptible"

Does forgiveness lead to a better society? Or are some crimes so atrocious that the perpetrators should not be forgiven? These are the difficult questions the country face as it awaits a decision by the Correctional Services Minister on whether to grant parole to two apartheid era assassins - Eugene de Kock and Ferdi Barnard as well Clive Derby Lewis. Lewis was convicted for his role in the murder...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at; Asian stocks gained, heading for the biggest monthly advance since July, after earnings from Nomura Holdings Incorporated beat estimates, Alibaba's fourth quarter results disappoint investors as they show 28% decline and What is the real cost of going to watch the Super bowl this Sunday!!! Seattle Seahawks vs New England Patriots

Sakina Kamwendo speaks to ANC's Treasurer-General Dr Zweli Mkhize about resolutions taken at their Lekgotla, one of which is for foreigners not to own land in the country

South Africa says all its nationals who are illegally engaged in military operations in Nigeria will be arrested. Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was reacting to news reports that a group of former SANDF members are part of a 100 strong multi-national team to train Nigerian military against millitant group Boko Haram. Presidential correspondent Ntebo Mokobo has more

Nadir Thokan, Analyst At 27 Four Investments looks at the Federal reserve comments yesterday and the Monetary Policy Committee meeting and rate decision today...

The Police Minister Nathi Nhleko will appear before Parliament's oversight committee today to discuss leadership issues in the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation. This comes after the Helen Suzman Foundation won a High Court case compelling Nhleko to reinstate Hawks boss Anwa Dramat. Dramat was suspended last month, pending a probe into his alleged involvement in the illegal rendition of...

The Soweto Business Access has warned foreign shop owners that their safety in the townships is not guaranteed as fundamental issues have not yet been addressed. The SBA says among the issues that have to be addressed urgently, are that foreign entrepreneurs do not invest in the economy of the townships and the country. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Chairman of the Soweto Business Access Mphuthi Mphut...

SA National Defence Force on Monday has said it was unaware of former South African soldiers being deployed to Nigeria to help destroy terrorist group Boko Haram. This, following a newspaper Beeld report that former soldiers of the SA Defence Force were part of a multinational team of private military experts on their way to Nigeria. AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to the SANDF spokesperson Si...

Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko to appear before the parliamentary Police Portfolio Committee on Thursday. To make sense of all this, we are joined on the line by Minister Nhleko's Spokesperson Musa Zondi.

Investment Analyst Nadir Thokan looks at; the US federal Reserve interest rate decision on Wednesday and SARB interest rate decision Thursday, US earnings numbers coming out this week and Cost to South Africans of not paying e-tolls