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Violence and persecution globally is causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2016. The UN report finds that the pace of displacement remains very high, on average 24 people are driven from their homes every minute or one every three seconds.

The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is in negotiations to become the latest coalition partner in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. It appears mayor Atholl Trollip is looking for majority votes in council as he started negotiating with the Patriotic Alliance that has one seat in council. Unconfirmed reports suggest Trollip plans to appoint PA councillor Marlon Daniels to his mayoral committee. This comes as the DA...

Nadir Tokan, Investment Analyst at 27-Four Investment Manager talks about Brexit negotiations kicking off in the United Kingdom today and the technology sector rebound

Political Economist David van Wyk says a private Bank that is masquerading as a reserve Bank. Political Economist David van Wyk says the reserve Bank must be accountable to the people of South Africa not its shareholder. Van Wyk says the Reserve Bank is not failing its current mandate and should be accountable to South Africans and not its private shareholders. he spoke to Sakina Kamwendo.

Rooibos Limited, the largest processor of rooibos tea in South Africa, has been brought before the Competition Tribunal for prosecution. The company is facing charges relating to abuse of dominance by inducing rooibos tea farmers not to deal with the tea processors it competes with. This follows an investigation by the Commission, after it received a complaint from a rooibos tea processor in 2015....

Violence and persecution globally is causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2016. The UN report finds that the pace of displacement remains very high, on average 20 people are driven from their homes every minute or one every three seconds. Sherw...

Lungile Malinga , Equity Research Analyst at Effectus Capital Management looks at the Asian markets in light of mainland China's possible inclusion in the MSCI Index, South African bonds of South African equities and Shoprite is looking to target the higher end consumer.

COSATU's second deputy president Zingiswa Losi has criticised those endorsing Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as the next president of the ANC. Losi lashed out at Dlamini-Zuma's supporters during the SACP's youth rally at Emalahleni in Mpumalanga. Eric Lubisi reports

President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the importance of education to young people. Addressing a youth celebration at Hammarsdale Township outside Durban, Zuma called on young people not to just pursue any career, but to focus on scarce skills. Zuma also repeated the ANC's call for accelerated radical economic transformation in order to address the country's skewed economy. The event was also attende...

Market Analyst, Lungile Malinga of Effectus Capital Management looks at Asian markets as the UK start their formal Brexit negotiations, oil prices have been under pressure in the past 12 months, expected to go back as far as their historical lows of $30 a barrel and impact this would have on commodity currencies such as the rand...

South Africa has lost more than 120-billion US dollars or R 1,5 trillion in illicit financial flows over a ten year period. This is according to the Chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance, Yunus Carrim. He has welcomed the gazetting of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act, or FICA ACT. The legislation has received a mixed welcome from some opposition parties and the C...

ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the party has to re-position itself by defeating factionalism and infighting, if it wants to continue leading society. He also called on ANC branches to take the lead in holding its national leaders accountable. Ramaphosa was addressing delegates at the ANC Provincial Policy Conference at Stellenbosch in the Western Cape. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Me...

The DA in Gauteng says an urgent court order should be brought against striking forensic assistants in Gauteng as the labour action is illegal. Bodies have been piling up in mortuaries in the province since forensic assistants embarked on a 'go slow' more than a week ago. The DA says the workers are disrespecting the dead and causing incredible anguish to relatives who are waiting to bury their lo...

Nadir Thokan, Investment Analyst at 27-Four Investment Manager looks at the Amazon purchase of Whole Foods, the Naspers rump and the impact of a lack on investment on economic growth

The Number 43 Foundation is commemorating Youth Day under the theme: Youth As Agents Of Change. The foundation was formed and named after house number 43 in Trelawney Park, which used to house young South Africans that had crossed the border to Swaziland to join Umkhonto we Sizwe or moving to other countries for seeking political asylum. Among those to be recognised are the black learners from Pre...

Lesotho's prime minister-elect Tom Thabane is set to be inaugurated today despite the killing of his wife Lipolelo on Wednesday. Lipolelo Thabane was was shot dead in her home village of Ha Masanga as she was driving home with a friend. The killing has raised concerns about further political instability in the mountain kingdom. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Prof. Mahlomole Kapa, the Dean of the Faculty...

DA MP and member of the Higher Education Committee in Parliament Hlomela Bucwa has described the ANC benches in the National Assembly as a retirement village that does not have young MPs. But her comment was met with fierce reaction from the ANC. Bucwa and various young MPs participated in the Youth Debate in the Assembly which took place ahead of June 16th commemorations. Our Parliamentary Corres...

Taxi organisation - SANTACO - has reached an agreement with the South African Taxi Finance holdings. The agreement includes that monthly taxi instalments will be reduced by 1-thousand 800 rands. And a certain number of taxi operators listed on the credit bureau will be removed with immediate effect. The agreement was reached following a meeting between SANTACO and SA Taxi Finance holdings held at...

Maudi Lentsoane, CEO of Lehumo Investments looks at the Asian Markets which are trading lower after the Federal Reserve raised interest

The Public Protector's office says it will conduct a preliminary investigation into the merits of state capture allegations published in the leaked Gupta e-mails. Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane says some of the allegations point to improper or dishonest acts or offences with respect to public funds at tate-owned enterprises like Eskom, Transnet and Prasa. Sakina Kamwendo speaks Public Protector, Advo...

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says parents and learners must NOT panic over missing exams due to #TaxiStrike. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo, Lesufi said learners who will not be able to write exams due to #TaxiStrike will write at later date

Striking taxi drivers are blockading Gauteng's main highways, affecting the N1, N3, N14 and Johannesburg's M1. The N1 highway north-bound between Johannebsurg and Pretoria has now been opened to traffic. It was closed earlier at Allandale, New road, Olifantsfontein and the R101 exits. However, the N1 highway south-bound is still closed to traffic. Metro traffic officers are trying to remove a truc...

Alternative Tuesday with Palm reader Silvana Smith

The political cooperation between the EFF and the DA may be hanging in the balance if the media statement released by the EFF last night is anything to go by. The EFF had earlier threatened to suspend their co-operation agreement with the DA if the party does not take immediate and decisive action against it's former leader, Helen Zille, over her colonialism tweet. The EFF statement in part says t...