Update@Noon

The ANC has denied assertions made by NUMSA, that the country's poor and working class had lost faith in the party.

** Patchy US data yesterday doesn't seem to be scaring markets yet. ** Eyes on US Federal reserve today as they look to end quantitative easing and hint to "policy normalization' time frame ** Sasol's R8 billion investments into a US plant roughly the size of Secunda

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News and Current Affairs Show hosted by award winning presenter Sakina Kamwendo, live on weekdays from 12 noon to 1 pm on SAfm 104-107fm

The State will appeal both the conviction and the sentence in the Oscar Pistorius trial. Judge Thokozile Masipa, sentenced Pistorius to five years in prison last week, for culpable homicide. The paralympian admitted to shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, after mistaking her for an intruder. Steenkamp died on Valentine morning last year. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to National Prosecuting Authority...

Clive Ramathibela , Managing Member at Inkunzi Investments looks at: 1. Asian markets struggle to keep up momentum as worse than expected U.S data disappoints investors 2. Japan’s retail sales increase most in four months providing signs of recovery following the sales tax increment 3. China’s fake invoicing evidence increasing putting a dark cloud over transparency in reported trade data

Mohammed Nalla from Nedbank Capitals looks at: 1. Twitter falls 10% as user growth slows 2. Oil glut may help support global economy 3. Eyes on SA unemplpoyment today

The Department of Trade and Industry has announced the release of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act No. 46 of 2013. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says the operation of the Act is necessary in order to enable the department to perform some of the functions embedded in the Act. He says that it is also imperative for the development of subordinate legislatio...

Clive Ramathibela, managing member at Inkunzi investments looks at : 1. Asian markets raise as optimism is raised by financial health test in Eurozone 2. Mario Draghi sets stimulus pace for the ECB 3. Chinese mix economic data are starting to affect investor confidence

Police are offering a 150-thousand-rand reward for information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. The 27-year-old goalkeeper was shot last night during a burglary at a house in Vosloorus, south of Johannesburg. They say three men entered the house and one of them demanded Meyiwa's phone. There was an altercation and a shot was fired. sakina Kamwendo...

Senzo Robert Meyiwa born on the 24 of September 1987 in the township of Umlazi on the south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. He joined the Orlando Pirates reserve side also known Yebo Yes at the age of 13 and was promoted to the first team on the first of July in 2005. During his nine year spell in the Premier Soccer League, Meyiwa had represented Pirates 157 times including last night's 4-1 win over A...

The public protector Thuli Madonsela, has decided to take on review, part of the judgement by Judge Asthon Schippers in the Western Cape High Court on Friday last week, with regard to the constitutional powers of the Public Protector. AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to spokesperson for the office of the Public Protector Oupa Segalwe and conditional law expert Pier de Vos on the powers of the o...

Mohammed Nalla , analyst at Nedbank Capitals looks at: 1. European bank stress tets results better than expeccted. 2. Brazilian election win for Rouseff 3. US reporting season thus far quite upbeat

In 1994 South Africa became a democracy; the African National Congress has been at the helm of the country's government and wields much political power. We have since talked about the shift of the economic power which still sits in the hands of the minority to the majority through radical economic transformation … We can see traces of the previous administration of the apartheid government through...

Clive Ramathibela, managing member at Inkunzi investments looks at: 1. Green, Green, Green, Asian markets follow strong US markets as they rally regaining some of the losses from last week 2. A weekend of protesting around the world, South Africa – e Tolling, UK – Government Employees, Italy – Illegal Immigrants, France – Gay rights activists, Hong Kong, China – Democratic rights 3. Japan’s Minist...

Police say an ongoing investigation into mall robberies has revealed that there are several groups involved. The police say they have already linked four people previously arrested in separate incidents to eight other cases. Most recently, on Friday, seven people were arrested in connection with two separate incidents whereby a Telkom store at Irene Mall was robbed, and a shoot-out took place betw...

Reeva Steenkamp's father, Barry, has said they are glad they only have to wait until tomorrow, to find out what will happen to their daughter's killer. Judge Thokozile Masipa will sentence the former international icon, Oscar Pistorius, found guilty of culpable homicide after shooting four bullets through a locked toilet door and killing Steenkamp. He was also convicted for the reckless and neglig...

The Shrien Dewani murder trial resumed in the Western Cape High Court this morning. The British businessman is on trial for the murder of his wife Anni Dewani in November 2010. The trial resumes shortly after the death of the hitman, Xolile Mngeni. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to justice department spokesman Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga about Xolile Mngeni's death

Chris Gilmour , analyst at absa wealth and investment management looks at: 1) The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement coming up on Wednesday-what kind of baptism of fire can Nhlanhla Nene expect? 2) The global economic backdrop that caused havoc on world equity markets in the past couple of weeks-now that the “dust has settled”, what caused this and what is likelt to happen from here on in? Are we...

Clive Ramathibela, Managing member at Inkunzi Investments looks at: 1. Asian markets show some recovery following the 6 month lows this week as optimism returns due to FED commentary 2. Why should Chinese economic leader decide on reducing its growth target for 2015 3. Google company results misses profit estimates as marketing efforts are reduced

Mohammed Nalla , analyst at Nedbank Capitals looks at: 1. Red across the boards on stock markets 2. Retail sales numbers locally and in the US 3. Global deflation worries behind the current market jitters

Clive Ramathibela, Managing member at Inkunzi Investments looks at: 1. Struggling Asian markets continue as they are pulled by "Red Bloods" on the US markets 2. China September FDI recovers on month but still down 1.4 percent for the year 3. Thursday investment destination - Taiwan!!

Today, the 16th of October marks World Food Day. It's a day the United Nations has designated to profile the importance of family farming and small farmers in producing food for the world. But while each year the world marks the importance of this day, the crisis of hunger is not improving. We're told, at least a billion people in the world suffer from hunger. Here at home, the Solidarity Economy...

Mohammed Nalla of Nedbank capitals looks at: 1. Red across the boards on stock markets 2. Retail sales numbers locally and in the US 3. Global deflation worries behind the current market jitters

Today Mohammed Nalla, Analyst at Nedbank capitals looks at local and international markets. Some reprieve on Asian markets as China provides stimulus. Will this last? Ebola still causing a scare in the US Finance Minister Nhlahla Nene calling for restraint in wage negotiations ahead of medium term budget. What are the expectations? Catch Mohammed Nalla Live tomorrow morning at 6:40