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Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana says his department is yet to identify a specific pesticide to deal with the recent armyworm outbreak. The worm has been positively identified in Gauteng, the North West and Limpopo. The pest is also reportedly causing havoc in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. Phanuel Shuma has the details

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets which are trading lower as global markets fall on policy uncertainty, Botswana's growth to double as commodity sales rebound and reviews the 1st day of the Mining Indaba.

South Africans will have to fork out up to 14 percent more for medical aid this year. Most open medical aid schemes will charge their members substantial increases because many more people checked into hospital last year, increasing medical inflation. It has also emerged that medical aid schemes have been detecting millions of rands in fraudulent transactions. Senior Reporter Angela Bolowana filed...

Journalists will only be allowed to work within a specific area, in Parliament, during Thursday's State of the Nation (SONA) address. This is according to the Parliamentary Press Gallery Association (PGA) which has expressed alarm at the decision. This comes after a recent pledge by the Secretary to Parliament, Gengezi Mgidlana, that there won't be any extra security measures for SONA.

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETFSA looks at key pointers from Minister Mosebenzi Zwane delivered the keynote address to open the Mining Indaba yesterday and US President Trump has signed many executive orders since his inauguration just over 2 weeks ago, one of these relate to relaxing some of the financial regulations that were introduced after the global financial crisis in 2008. What...

Former Springbok captain and scrum-half, Joost van der Westhuizen, has been hailed a true leader and champion for putting the spotlight on motor neuron disease. Joost founded the J9 Foundation to help those suffering from the disease. He died yesterday after battling the disease since 2011. This report by Simone Burke in Johannesburg

Parliament is soon set to either review or repeal almost 2000 pieces of legislation that were enacted during the apartheid-era. Last week, the Legal Services Unit of the institution submitted a report to the National Assembly Programming Committee related to progress made on apartheid-laws that could possibly be unconstitutional. The DA and ANC have welcomed the move. However, they differ on the a...

The late gospel star, Lundi Tyamara, will be buried today* (sunday) in his home town of Worcester in the Boland. 38-year-old Tyamara died last week after a long battle with stomach TB and a liver condition. Ondela Bacela reports

Former African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is making her presence felt ahead of the ANC's Elective Conference in December. She is considered a front runner together with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the top position. Speaking at a church service in Carletonville in Gauteng on Sunday, Dlamini-Zuma said it was time for women in Africa to hold the top positions. Noma...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asia markets which are mixed with private survey shows china's services sector remains strong and looks ahead on what to expect from the 2017 State of the Nation Address

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETFSA the week on a positive note with the rand once again at very strong levels, especially against the US dollar, the Mining Indaba starts in Cape Town today. What is this all about and what can we expect to come from this week? · One mining company that has been in the news a lot lately, for various reasons, is Kumba Iron Ore. I see on Friday its share pri...

One of the four NGOs with the highest death rates of patients from the Life Esidimeni Centre, closed its ranks and gates to the media yesterday (Thursday). The Cullinan Care Rehabilitation Centre was listed in the report of the Health Ombudsman as one of four centres where 80% of the 94 patients died after being moved. The other centres were Takalani, Tshepong and the Hephzibah Centres. The Ombuds...

Former President FW De Klerk says South Africa is on the wrong road constitutionally. He says since the ANC's conference in Polokwane in 2007, the government has trundled aimlessly down the road to societal decline. He says government is determined to accelerate the country's descent along the road to state capture, economic crisis and racial confrontation. He was speaking at the annual conference...

Secretary to Parliament, Gengezi Mgidlana, says all plans are in place to host the State of the Nation Address next Thursday. He's also reassured the public that there will be no disruption or blackout of television footage during the event. Lulama Matya reports....

Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane says her first 100 days in office were bumpy, with an attempt to derail her work by certain people through misinformation. In a media briefing yestersday, The public protector also announce that she is considering an independent legal opinion on President Jacob Zuma's decision to take the "State of Capture" report on review. For more on this we spoke to...

The City of Ekurhululeni says it is planning to introduce an occupation unit that is meant to deal with land invasions. This follows reports that between September and November 2016, the municipality has spent about 22-Million rands on land invaders. To get more clarity on how this land occupation unit will work, we are joined on the line by the city's Member of the Mayoral Committe, lesiba Mpya.....

Group CEO at Lehumo Investments Maudi Lentsoane looks Asian Markets which are mostly lower, Facebook shares up to a record high territories in after hours trade as Earnings Per Share and Revenue both Beats expectations and Britain's Brexit bill clears first legislative hurdle

The South African Social Security Agency, Sassa, says it will approach the Constitutional Court to suspend the declaration of current contract with Cash Paymaster Services for payment of social grants invalid for another year. This will allow the agency to continue paying grants after March. This, after Sassa could not find an alternative payment system in the time stipulated. The agency has told...

Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has resigned. This in the wake of a damning report that implicates her and several high ranking officials of her department with regard to the deaths of 94 psychiatric patients. Most of them died while kept at various NGO's across the province. The Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba has handed over the report to national health minister Aron Motsoaledi...

Nadir Thokan of 27 Four Investment Managers talks about the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates on hold, the flurry of corporate bonds this year and China January PMI numbers that came out

Nangu JayDee ukhambisana no Ms Maria Mahlangu, obuya ngebulungweni lencwadi ngendaweni yangeMaphotla, badingida ngesihloko esithi Karigude.

Some African countries have spoken out against a draft African Union document that urges member states to collectively withdraw from the International Criminal Court. Last year South Africa, The Gambia and Burundi announced their intent to withdraw from the ICC. However Nigeria and other African states say they believe the court has an important role to play in holding leaders accountable. For a p...

The doctors treating 14-year old Siphamandla Choma who was left paralysed after he was allegedly beaten by his school principal in Middelburg, Mpumalanga say they cannot rule out the possibility that, he might have suffered more damaged during the assault. This has been a story that we have been following and some of you have asked to assist the family... Our reporter Sibongile Mkani- Mpolweni vis...

Constitutional Law expert Professor Pier De Vos says he understands Advocate Gerrie Nel’s resignation from the National Prosecuting Authority, but joining a dubious organisation like Afriforum he does NOT understand. De Vos says AfriForum does NOT have any legal right to do private prosecutions. De Vos Speaks to AMlive anchor Sakina Kamwendo

Nadir Thokan of 27Four investment managers talks about the trade balance numbers that came out yesterday and Apple has recorded a rebound in iPhone sales