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Human Rights Advocate George Bizos gave testimony in the Ahmed Timol Inquest seating at the Johannesburg High Court. Bizos who represented Steve Biko and Timol in their inquests and also represented first witness Salim Essop in his case against the police, spoke about his experiences as a lawyer in the time of apartheid. Angela Bolowana reports

Nerina Visser, Strategist and Advisor at ETF South Africa looks at Anglogold restructuring plan which will see about 8500 people lose their jobs and Local Mining Communities Business Forum, to hand over a memorandum to the JSE in Sandton demanding jobs

Committee members of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs were left fuming on Tuesday following the no-show of former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and his successor, Hlengiwe Mkhize to explain why the Department had granted the Guptas citizenship after their initial application was denied. Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni, who appeared for the Department,...

The Ahmed Timol Inquest will conclude the cross-examination of activist Salim Essop today. Essop spent the past two days speaking about his four days of torture at the hands of the Apartheid security police following his arrest in 1971. On Tuesday Essop took the court on a tour of the Johannesburg Central Police Station where he was held prisoner. This is the same prison where Ahmed Timol met his...

The Special Investigation Unit has told the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) and the SABC interim Board that the investigation into the public broadcasters scope will be completed before the end of the Boards term. Earlier this year, Parliament's ad hoc committee probing the SABC, recommended that an investigation be conducted. The officials met at the SABC's headquarters in Auckland...

Harsher water restrictions could be implemented in Cape Town as from next week. Dam levels remain critically low at 24 percent despite the recent rainfall. Level 4b restrictions will entail reducing usage to under a 100 litres per person per day. Mlamli Maneli reports..

The SANDF and the Gauteng Provincial Government are investigating a case of suspected human trafficking after close to 300 young people were found stranded in Wonder Park‚ north of Pretoria on Tuesday. The Gauteng Social Development Department says it rescued over 200 of the young people who had been lured to Gauteng by a man who had promised them employment. It's understood the large group had be...

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Markets as they are mostly lower, and this follows a negative close on Wall Street and the Euro gains on Hawkish Mario Draghi.

Market Analyst, Nerina Visser of ETF South Africa looks at South African markets following bounce in mining stocks on the JSE yesterday, up over 3%, bullish talk by Pres Jinping pushed commodity prices higher, and ECB president Mario Draghi's positive tone caused the Euro to strengthen and the rand back at the R13/$ level.

Committee members of the National Assembly's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs were left fuming yesterday following the no-show of former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and his successor, Hlengiwe Mkhize to explain why the Department had granted the Guptas citizenship after their initial application was denied. Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni, who appeared for the Department, t...

Zimbabwean police have arrested #ThisFlag leader, Evan Mawarire. Mawarire is charged with praying with Zimbabwe medical students who were protesting against the recent fees hike, from 700 dollars to one thousand five hundred dollars per semester. Mawarire is being held at Harare's Avondale Police Station. He claims he has done nothing wrong. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to his lawyer, Harrison Nkomo.

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Markets as shares trading Flat following a Flat Wall Street close, gold plunged yesterday after 1.8million Ounces were traded in one minute and the US FED's Janet Yellen will be speaking at the UK Forum in London today

Market Analyst, Nerina Visser of ETF South Africa looks at South African markets with less known "Summer Davos", which starts in the city of Dalian in China today, artificial intelligence has many people running scared that the robots are going to take over the few jobs we do have and extent of addressing China's high levels of carbon emission and pollution in general

Mental health patients in 160 NGO's in Gauteng are in dire straits because the provincial Department of Health has stopped funding them. According to the DA, staff at some of the NGOs have not been getting their salaries, while others are considering to take the Department to court. because the provincial Department of Health has stopped funding them. According to the DA, staff at some of the NGOs...

SA Prisoners' Org for Human Rights says they are angered by what's happened at Sun City Prison where inmates were treated to strippers. SAPO's spokesperson Miles Bhudu told Sakina Kamwendo that they will not point fingers to the the Department of Correctional Services. Investigations are now in full swing following the emergence of images, that went viral on social media, of female strippers enter...

SACP Second Deputy Secretary, Solly Mapaila, has once again accused President Jacob Zuma of being an instrument of factionalism within the ANC. Mapaila was speaking at the North West provincial elective conference of teacher's union SADTU in Rustenburg. He re-iterated the SACP's view that Zuma should step down. Lucas Mothibedi reports ...

The truth about the death of struggle hero Ahmed Timol will finally be revealed. An inquest into his death which mirrors that of Steve Biko will start on Monday in the High Court in Johannesburg. While this is relief for the family, it comes too late for his deceased mother who testified in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Angela Bolowana compiled this report...

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Market as shares have begun the week on a high and the falling Oil Price negatively impacting the value of the Sasol Inzalo BEE Scheme

Market Analyst, Nerina Visser of ETF South Africa looks at South African markets as focus on the fact the we are currently in a technical recession pesists, referring to the fact that we've recorded two consecutive quarters of contraction in GDP, new National Treasury director general Dondo Mogajane addressed media for the first time at the weekend and immediate implications of the recent credit r...

ANC veteran and former MP Ben Turok turns 90 years old today. But he had an early birthday party at Salt River in Cape Town on Saturday evening. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent takes a look at some of the political times and life of Turok, who was ANC MP for 18 years....

A handful of Congolese nationals living in South Africa have protested outside the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria against the visit of DRC president, Joseph Kabila. The protesters say Kabila is not the legal president of the DRC and therefore, cannot act on behalf of the country. They claim he intentionally delayed the presidential elections in 2016 until 2018 so he can remain in power. Kabil...

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila has committed his government to creating conducive conditions for the resumption of a dialogue to unlock the impasse over the staging of the national elections. This emerged after a meeting between Kabila and President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria yesterday. Senior Political Correspondent Tshepo Ikaneng has filed this report.

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila has committed his government to creating conducive conditions for the resumption of a dialogue to unlock the impasse over the staging of the national elections. Bongi Gwala spoke to DRC national and political and social commentator Dr Juliene Kaku Katombe says there is a genocide currently under way in Zimbabwe

The sale of all live chickens has been banned across the country. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has put the suspension after avian influenza was detected in a farm in Mpumalanga last week. All affected birds in that farm have since been euthanized. Three weeks ago there was a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Zimbabwe which led to South Africa suspending all tra...

The Democratic Alliance's Federal Council meeting has resolved to work towards ensuring that the ANC is removed from power in the 2019 general elections. The two days meeting in Durban tabled policy related issues to be discussed by various structures in the party. The party's federal council also welcomed the outcome of the Western Cape Premier Helen Zille matter. Nonkululeko Hlophe reports