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Former SABC Board Chairperson Ellen Tshabalala has asked that her deadline for a written submission to the parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee should be extended. Her submission relates to allegations she made about political interference in the affairs of the SABC from three political parties. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent reports that the Committee Members have also received the fir...

Maudi Lentsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments looks at Asian markets largely higher this morning, Emerging-Market Currencies Rise Amid US president Elect Donald Trump's Remarks on the Dollar and the pound staged a recovery following Theresa May's speech.

Jana van Deventer, Head of Real Time Research at ETM Analytics talks about UK Prime Minister Therese May's speech in which she confirmed that the country plans on executing a 'hard Brexit' strategy and the domestic consumptive dynamics as retail sales for November as well as CPI data for December are scheduled for release today

The family of Reshall Jimmy, who was killed in a Ford Kuga 1.6 when it went up in flames, say they still intend to take action against Ford. This follows Ford's recall of over four-thousand-500 of the vehicles yesterday*. Jimmy's car was one of close to 50 of the models that have caught fire in South Africa. Ford South Africa CEO Jeff Nemeth says his death cannot be linked to the mechanical faults...

Rating agency Moody's agreed to pay a massive R11.7 billion ($864m) in penalty for the US 2008 financial crisis. The US Justice Department accused the agency of inflating ratings on mortgage securities that were at the centre of the 2008 financial crisis. To discuss the implication of this penalty we're now joined on the line by chief economist at Econometrix, Dr Azar Jammine

Maudi Lentsoane Group CEO of Lehumo Investments looks the Asian Markets, What Theresa May's Brexit strategy might be and how it would affect the markets and China's Oil Collapse Is Unintentionally Helping OPEC

KG chats to Belinda Werner - leading entrepreneur in aviation and human performance.

ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the divisions among the ANC top leadership are based on personal and financial interests that influence the political will to change the lives of the people of South Africa. Ramaphosa was addressing thousands of ANC members at Walter Sisulu University stadium in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Our reporter Nkululeko Nyembezi has filed this report…

Several municipalities in the country are expected to be without electricity as from today (Monday) if power utility Eskom has its way. Seven municipalities in the Free State will experience daily power cuts. Defaulting municipalities in the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, North West and the Eastern Cape will also be affected. Eskom says that it is owed 2 billion rand by these municipalities. Thabiso R...

Gift of the Givers Foundation says it is an insult to them and to South Africa that a South African photojournalist, Shiraaz Mohamed, was abducted in Syria. Mohamed was in Syria as part of the Foundations' rescue team members, to take pictures of what is happening in the country. Gift of the Givers has for the past four years, been giving humanitarian assistance of about 150 million rand to the pe...

The Hawks have confirmed that two suspected terrorists were recently prevented from entering South Africa in separate incidents. Police say a suspected terrorist planning attacks against United States interests in South Africa travelling from the US via Turkey was arrested at OR Tambo International airport. In another incident, it is reported that an Iraqi man working for Islamic State terrorist g...

Tributes from the entertainment industry keep pouring following the passing of iconic jazz musician Thandi Klaasen this morning. She died at a hospital in Vosloorus east of Johannesburg after losing her battle to pancreatic cancer. Klaasen's musical career span over five decades, her best songs include "Sophia Town". Neliswa Mavundla reports...

President Jacob Zuma has condemned the tendency of discussing leadership succession before the period is opened, including leaders whom he says are obsessed with positions. President Zuma was addressing thousands of ANC supporters gathered in KwaDukuza during the party's 105 year celebration. ANC Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize and some NEC members including Malusi Gigaba, Nathi Mthethwa, Syabonga...

Maudi Lentsoane, group CEO at Lehumo Investments looks at the Asian Markets which start the day on a negative and the pound under severe pressure. Catch Maudi on #AMLive looking at everthing Asian Markets with Sakina Kamwendo

A leading South African motor expert says Ford Kuga drivers should take their cars to Ford dealers immediately for check-ups before panicking and re-selling their cars. Steve Smith editor of Car Magazine says not all Ford Kuga's are faulty and those driving the one-point-six litre sold between 2013 and 2014 are the most at risk. Kuga drivers wanting to re-sell their cars have vented their anger on...

The case of a Cape Town woman who alleges that her boss disclosed her HIV status to colleagues without her permission has been referred for arbitration. The matter was heard at the CCMA yesterday. The 36-year-old woman, who cannot be identified, works as a cleaner at Groote Schuur Hospital. Ondela Bacela reports..

Harmony Gold says its attempts to persuade about one-thousand-700 mineworkers employees participating in an underground sit-in to return to surface have so far been unsuccessful. The sit-in began on Wednesday when miners at Kusasalethu Mine in Carltonville on Gauteng's West Rand failed to return to the surface at the end of the morning shift. The mine says it has now received formal demands from t...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela at the Asian markets struggle as Chinese data shows signs of lower economic activity and will South Africa survive possible ratings agencies downgrades in the 1st quarter of 2017?

Nerina Visser, Strategist and Advisor at ETFSA talks about the Manufacturing data, ever heard of King Rand! What is driving this sudden strength in the currency

President Jacob Zuma believes SA is ready for a female president

#Emlanjeni - Alternative Tuesday with Astrologist Linda Shaw. (10 January 2017 at 10:40)

Learning and teaching in Limpopo has been confronted with a challenge of the unavailability of stationery at affected schools throughout the province. The non-delivery of books has prompted a furor from education unions and some political parties. The provincial Education department says this was largely caused by the late appointment of a stationery distribution service provider. Katlego Nyoni re...

Condolences are pouring in following the death of four school children in an accident involving a bus and a taxi at Ntuzuma north of Durban in KwaZulu Natal. The children were on their way to school for the first day of the academic year when the accident occurred. All the other children in the taxi were injured. One is in a critical condition in hospital. Fanele Mhlongo reports.....

The Department of Military Veterans says it will be clamping down on those fraudulently benefiting from its educational support scheme. The department says it will conduct a forensic audit to ensure that it eliminates fraud and deals with those responsible. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Department of Military Veterans Acting Director General, Max Ozinsky, for more information.

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has approached the South African Human Rights Commission to investigate a series of attacks against mosques. In one incident a pig's snout was left on an entrance gate to a mosque in Simon's Town and in a second incident, blood was found splashed on the walls of a Mosque in Kalk Bay. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Deputy President of the Muslim Judicial Council, Moulan...