Radio 2000 Mixes

Former top prosecutor Gerrie Nel starts work today (1st February) as head of AfriForum's Private Prosecutions Unit. Nel announced his resignation from the National Prosecuting Authority yesterday (31st January). He says his decision to leave the NPA after serving as a state prosecutor for 36 years was not an easy one to make. For more on this we are joined on the line by Gerrie Nel, newly apponted...

African Union leaders have chosen Chad's candidate as the next head of the AU commission. Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat beat Kenya's top diplomat Amina Mohamed. Outgoing commissioner, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, stayed in the job an extra six months after leaders failed to agree a candidate in July. We spoke to Professor at the Department of Political Science , University of Pretoria...

Striking UNISA workers affiliated to National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union expected back at work this morning after the union and the university management reached an agreement. Members have been on strike since last week demanding a 10 percent salary increase. The strike has affected hundreds of students nationwide. We spoke to UNISA spokesperson, Martin Ramotshela

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan filed court documents at the High Court in Pretoria where in he accuses the Gupta brothers of carrying out what he calls an organised campaign against him and the Treasury. In the affidavit Gordhan denies that he had a vendetta against the Guptas as claimed. The Guptas had earlier accused Gordhan of planning to diminish their business. Looking at the latest developm...

We look into message we received from a listener in Limpopo who was raising the issue of non-delivery of textbooks at Sevengana Secondary School in the Mopani district, Limpopo. We spoke to Dr Naledzani Rasila spokesperson for the Limpopo Department of Education....

Maudi Lentsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments looks MSCI AC Asia Pacific down 0.55% lower, following a Sell Off in US Markets and Bank of Japan leaves interest rates unchanged and maintains stimulus.

Nadir Thokan of 27 Four Investment Managers looks at the political uncertainty in the global financial markets and US about the flurry over corporate bond insurances this year.

In the first week of Donald Trump's presidency, his administration has been marked by a flurry of executive actions. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order halting the entire US refugee programme. He also instituted a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen among other things. However, a US judge issued a temporary halt to the deportation of visa...

Mpumalanga residents continue to invade unoccupied land. The latest incident is when a large contigent of police dispersed a group of residents who were attempting to invaded land at Hillsview outside White River over the weekend. The residents claim that government has failed to build them low cost houses on the vacant land for over ten years. Vusi Twala reports.

Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee does not have powers to remove suspended National Police Commissioner Riya Phiyega from office. That's according to the chairperson of the committee Francois Beukman. This comes after DA Member of the Police Committee Zak Mbhele said he would write to Beukman to request that the committee push for the removal of Phiyega from office. Beukman says it is not po...

Nadir Thokan Investment Strategist at 27Four Investment managers Nadir Thokan looks at inflation in South African and the opportunities within global equities.

Management of Gospel singer Lundi Tyamara has confirmed that he has died at the age of 38 after fighting for his life in hospital. Tyamara has been in a Johannesburg hospital since October the 27th last year. He was diagnosed with stomach TB and liver problems. Tyamara started his solo career in 1998. His ground breaking hits saw him winning at the SAMA Awards, KORA Awards and the Crown Gospel Mus...

The community of Ntlezi at Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape has refuted claims that it instituted a Kangaroo court that allegedly sentenced two young boys to death. The boys were allegedly forced to choose between stabbing each other to death or hanging. They were accused of killing an elderly person in the village, an incident that triggered a wave of violence. Nkululeko Nyembezi compiled this repor...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets as shares advance after Dow hits 20, 000, S&P says South Africa needs to deliver growth, fiscal improvements and chicken Fight Rocks South Africa’s Trade Relations With Europe...

Organisers of the South African politicians awards say the event will go ahead despite a boycott by some political parties that were invited to participate. The organisers say the awards, to be held in February, are designed to rebuild the image of politics and inspire young people to become politicians. We spoke to project director for the awards Veronica Modieleng...

Market Analyst, Mohammed Nalla looks at South African markets as Dow Jones Industrial index tops 20000 for the first time, Trump's Mexican wall doesn't stop Mexican peso from climbing as EM FX and continues rally and SA PPI due today but food inflation risks remain...

The SA Democratic Teachers Union in Limpopo says there will be a total shutdown of schools as they march to the provincial education department, the treasury and premier Stanley Mathabatha's office on Tursday. The union says it demands, among other things, that textbooks and stationery be delivered to all schools and the payment of salaries owed to teachers and principals. We spoke to deputy secre...

The Black Business Council (BBC) is opposing the signing of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (Fica) Bill that it will criminalize business people. The council together with the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) want President Zuma to re-look at the Bill as they say it will give banks too much power. We spoke to the President of BBC, Danisa Baloyi and Managing Director of the Banking...

Animal rights activists say they have noted an increase in donkey poaching, where some of the animals are killed in a very cruel manner. It is believed that donkey trade is big business and the demand has spiked in China for medicinal purposes. We spoke to inspector at the Highveld Horse Care Unit Ashley Ness

The ANC Youth League has hit out at Deputy President Cyril Ramapahosa and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. It accuses the two of working with private business to collapse SAA. This came out at the league's media briefing on the sidelines of the ANC NEC Lekgotla in Pretoria yesterday. Ahead of the ANC's National Elective Conference the League says it will only support leaders with the courage to co...

Markets Analyst Mohammed Nalla looks at South Africa markets as Trump effects wanes as US equity markets continue to slide, exiting TPP deal sees dollar weaker supporting commodities in the short term and local political risk premium masked by global developments but belies unease in markets...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Markets and the week ahead as the Chinese new year nears

The perception of public sector corruption in South Africa has improved. This is according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International. South Africa's score has improved from 44 in 2015 to 45 in 2016. It is ranked 64th out of 176 countries that were reviewed. We spoke to Executive Director of Corruption Watch, David Lewis

The family of a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted by his principal at Manyano Primary School in Middelburg, Mpumalanga says it plans to sue the department of education. Siphamandla Choma was allegedly beaten up by the school principal after he was accused of stealing R150, leaving him paralysed. The principal has been suspended following an investigation by the department. We spoke to Mp...

Small businesses will now be better empowered by government when it comes to procurement. This after the Preferential Procurement Regulations of 2011 was revised. The Department of National Treasury has released the revised preferential procurement regulations of 2017. We spoke to Acting Chief Procurement Officer at National Treasury, Schalk Human.