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The Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu denies reports that a Johannesburg law firm was due to attach the department's furniture and other movable goods worth R 6.5 million due to outstanding payments

The former Chairperson of Parliament's Ethics Committee Ben Turok says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa took the right decision to look for a political solution to address the disruptions that plagued the fifth democratic parliament. This comes after the Powers and Privileges Committee report recommending sanctions against 20 EFF MP has been put on hold following a meeting between Ramaphosa and op...

A group of Woolworths shareholders have expressed concern regarding what they call the increasingly irresponsible manner in which the management of Woolworths is handling the #BoycottWoolworths campaign. The businessmen say they're of the view that, Woolworths should have met with the activists advancing this campaign, regardless of whether the company agrees with the activists or not. They say me...

Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate keep going lower, Deloitte yesterday released a report on the African Consumer, African GDP growth in the next five years, six SA platinum miners have launched the World Platinum Investment Council.

Academic, diviner and a practitioner and leader of African Indigenous Religion, Dr Nokuzola Mndende says the families of the people who died in the tragic building collapse at the Synagogue Church of all Nations should travel to Nigeria to 'fetch' their spirits ...

On the Forum@8 this morning we discuss proposals to raise the controversial thirty percent matric pass requirement and the scrapping of Life orientation as an examinable Grade twelve subject - among other issues. These are among a raft of changes proposed by a committee set up by the Department of Basic Education to investigate the value of the matric certificate and its thirty percent pass mark....

1. Asian stocks rise as Abe poised to add stimulus and he is expected to call an election 2. Beijing home prices drop for first time in 2 Years on discounts provided by developers and banks 3. Why Chinese students at U.S. universities Jumped 75% in three years

The United Taxi Forum in Gauteng has called on the Gauteng Transport Department to speed up the issuing of operating licenses which will exempt them from paying etolls. Thousands of commuters were left stranded for transport yesterday, when Taxi drivers went on a strike. Taxi operators marched on the department of transport and community safety in Johannesburg, to hand over a memorandum calling fo...

The leader of government business in Parliament, Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to meet leaders of political parties in Parliament today. The meeting is part of Ramaphosa's efforts to strengthen and consolidate parliamentary democratic processes, by promoting sound and healthy working relationship between parliamentary political parties and members of the national executive. For a c...

Parliament's Powers and Privileges Committee report recommending sanctions against the 20 EFF MPs who were found guilty of misconduct, will be debated in the National Assembly today. The Committee will seek the final approval of the Assembly, before sanctions can be implemented against the affected members. They are facing various penalties ranging from 30 days suspension from Parliament to one mo...

The defence for murder accused Shrien Dewani is expected to bring an application in the Western Cape High Court tomorrow, the 19th of November 2014 to have charges against him dropped. This after the state closed its case. Dewani has pleaded not guilty to five charges including murder and kidnapping. He allegedly arranged the hit on his Swedish wife Anni Dewani in November 2010. SABC's Berenice Mo...

Chris Gilmour, analyst at Absa wealth and investment management looks at: 1) Japan’s stock market rebounded this morning after falling heavily yesterday. What caused this and what is the outlook for Japan’s economy now that it is officially in recession? 2) Against an extremely poor local consumer economy, Mr Price confounded the pundits with very strong interim earnings growth yesterday. What’s t...

Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says he is NOT leaving the union federation. Vavi admitted that he refused to sign a letter expelling NUMSA from the union federation. Vavi says in a letter he wrote last week, he did mention that the decision taken by Cosatu central executive committee to expel Numsa from the trade union federation has "momentous implications". The letter was sent on Tuesd...

About 300 people including families, say that they will continue to sleep out in the open, and will not move from the land they occupied illegally, until the City of Tshwane addresses their housing needs. Tshwane Metro Police and security guards dismantled shacks illegally built on a vacant plot in Nellmapius, on wednesday. The community leader says that they waited for a representative from the c...

Asian markets increase momentum as they are sparked by positive sentiment from Japan delaying the sales tax, the question though should be for how long , Premier Xi Gets a 'C' in Report Card on China's Policy Program: Economy, What the economic changes have affected the family institution in the U.S

The remains of South Africans who died when a church building collapsed in Nigeria will be repatriated at the weekend. Minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe is in Nigeria to fast-track the return of the bodies, two months after the guest house at the Synagogue Church of All Nations collapsed. The church headed by preacher TB Joshua, collapsed on September 12, killing 116 people. These included 81...

COSATU says it remains committed to its decision taken at the weekend to expel its largest affiliate, NUMSA, from the labour federation. Briefing the media in Johannesburg yesterday COSATU's leadership said while booting out NUMSA was a painful decision and one that was not taken lightly, it was now important to work towards forging unity within affiliates and COSATU as a whole. It now says that N...

SA manufacturing data beats expectations, volatile rand on back of US dollar trade yesterday and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding reported more than $9 billion in sales on China's Singles' Day

Striking post office workers have been urged by parliament's portfolio committee on telecommunications and postal services, to return to work. This follows the voluntary resignation of the South African Post Office board. The strike by workers has now entered it's fourth month. The workers are demanding an eight percent pay rise, and the conversion of casual workers to permanent staff. The strike...

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Union Federation COSATU is now facing a new challenge, with seven affiliates suspending their participation in the Federation with immediate effect, yesterday. This, after the Central Executive Committee decided to expel its largest affiliate NUMSA, on Friday last week. The ANC described that expulsion as disappointing and tragic, and a setback for COSATU, the tripartite alliance and other progres...

1. Asian market stocks go up as the Japanese Stocks looks strong 2. Abinomics lost ground on five economic fronts 3. Concern raised as Euro bond issued to Africa

Financial secrecy by multi-national companies helps strip Africa of about 50-billion US dollars each year. Prominent social activists and anti-corruption watchdogs, that include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Corruption Watch, and Transparency International, are jointly calling for the leaders of the Group of 20 biggest economies to stop that corruption. In an open letter to the leaders heading to Brisb...

Metal workers at the various car manufacturing plants in the Eastern Cape want NUMSA to fight for a return to the COSATU-fold. NUMSA has instructed its members to continue attending COSATU shop steward council meetings, despite its expulsion from the trade federation. Our reporter, Mzukisi Solani has more...

Numsa says they don't believe that they will get a fair hearing from today's meeting. NUMSA President, Andrew Chirwa says as the workers, they have a right to be in COSATU. Cosatu on tthe othe hands says the Metalworkers' union should not pre-empt the results of today's Central Executive meeting. AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Both Numsa and Cosatu President Andrew Chirwa and S'dumo Dlamin...