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Tributes continue to pour in for the late Kwaito legend Mandoza who died yesterday. Mandoza, whose real name is Mduduzi Tshabalala had been battling with brain cancer. The 38-year-old performed at the SABC's Thank You Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto last weekend. We are now joined on the line by Mandoza's manager Kevin Ntaopane

The 2016 Economic freedom of the world report released yesterday shows that South Africa has dropped twelve places in the rankings to 105th out of 159 countries. The report published by the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, indicates that the country scores badly in the areas of cost of tax compliance, credit market relations as well as inflation amongst other factors. Morafe Tabane reports...

Some political parties in Parliament and members of the Public have expressed different views on whether they believe president Jacob Zuma is being abused by MPs in the National Assembly. The President recently asked the National Assembly to look into how Parliamentarians relate to him whenever he is invited to answer oral questions. Mercedes Besent reports.

Zimbabwe says no one will be forced to trade in the new local bank notes. The country's central bank is forging ahead with plans to introduce the US dollar pegged currency by October the 31st. This is despite public protests against it. The notes will be introduced into the economy as an export incentive targeting mainly gold miners and tobacco farmers Shingai Nyoka reports from Harare...

Cabinet has once again condemned the destruction of university property by students protesting for no-fee increases. Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says these are criminal acts and that they undermine genuine demands of the students. In a post cabinet media briefing in Cape Town, Radebe also informed journalists that cabinet has been subpoenaed by the Public Protector to hand over declarat...

The Democratic Alliance says it is concerned about the manner in which SARS Commissioner, Tom Moyane handled the matter of Jonas Makwakwa. Makwaka who is the Chief Officer of Business, Individual Taxes and Digital Information Systems at SARS. He allegedly received suspicious and unusual payments into his bank account to the amount of 1, 2 million rands, between 2010 and 2016. ny official who holds...

Struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has been showered with accolades at her 80-th birthday party in Cape Town. Dignitaries from all walks of life attended the glamorous affair at the Mount Nelson hotel. Guests included various cabinet ministers like Malusi Gigaba and Dr. Blade Nzimande as well as EFF leader, Julius Malema and Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille. This report by Zalene Merringt...

The Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi has asked the Office of health Ombuds to investigate allegations that 36 psychiatric patients in Gauteng died after transferred from Life Health Care, Esidimeni into care of Non-governmental organizations early this year. We have here in studio by Christine Nxumalo who lost her sister while Nomvula Nonjase's sister was transferred from Life Healthcare Es...

The Department of Basic Education has given the assurance that this year's matric exams will be error-free and with no irregularities. The 2014 matric examinations across seven provinces were riddled with group cheating and copying. The Chief Director of Communications at the Department of Basic Education, Elijah Mhlanga joined us for more details...

Members of Parliament raised concerns over the running of SAA under the re-appointed chairperson of the board, Dudu Miyeni. This debated was called for by the EFF. The leader of the party, Julius Malema, called for Miyeni's appointment to be reversed because it lacked rationality. About a week ago, Treasury approved a guarantee of five billion rand to the airliner. Zalene Merrington reports...

This week marks twenty years since rapper Tupac Shakur was murdered. The rapper was shot dead on the streets of Las Vegas in Los Angeles. His family had originally intended for his ashes to be buried in Soweto, which they considered to be the birthplace of his ancestors. Meanwhile, two decades later, still no-one has ever been brought to justice for his murder. And the story of his death is now be...

President Jacob Zuma says he is concerned about what he terms "the abuse" that he experiences each time he addresses the National Assembly. President Jacob Zuma has once again decried humiliation he faces in parliament every time he answers questions. This follows his oral question session in the National Assembly yesterday, where he was heckled by EFF and Cope MP's. Presidential Correspondent Tsh...

Voices calling for President Jacob Zuma to complete his term of office are starting to emerge. This follows a wave of calls for his resignation after the damning Constitutional Court decision against him in March and the poor showing of the ANC in the local government elections. The Black Business Council and civil society group Black Land First have come out this week in defence of President Zuma...

The Zimbabwean Police have re-imposed a ban on public demonstrations in the Harare Central Business District. It is expected to last until the middle of October. This follows an earlier protest ban which the High Court suspended. A Lawyer and former Minister of Education in Zimbabwe, Senator David Coltart believs the ban will have a dire negative effect. He joined us for more details...

Nerina Visser of ETF Strategist & Advisor talks South African Markets with Volatility being a regular feature of global markets, but there doesn't seem to be a clear directional trend. After a sharp pull-back late last week, US markets staged quite strong recovery yesterday and the overwhelming requirement for job growth, and the SMME sector is widely hailed as the one that has the best potential...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela talks Asian Markets with China August output beating expectations, Asian shares rising this morning and International monetary fund chief Christine Lagarde to stand on trial....

It seems efforts by President Jacob Zuma to pay back the money as ordered by the constitutional court have not put the Nkandla matter to rest. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says even though the President has paid back the money, they will pursue legal route to establish if there is any element of criminality. Professor Shadrack Gutto, from the th Institute for African Renaissance studies at...

Efforts to rescue the trapped illegal miners at a disused mine in Langlaagte, south of Johannesburg are underway. Last night the rescue teams were hard at work trying to locate an undisclosed number of illegal miners since who have been underground since last Thursday. To get the latest update, we are joined on the line by Chief Executive of Mines Rescue Services South Africa, Christo De Klerk.

Estate agent Penny Sparrow has made a tearful apology in the Scottburgh Magistrate's Court for her racist remarks on social network that sparked a public outcry. Commenting on a social network post about litter on KwaZulu-Natal beaches after New Year's Day, Sparrow called black people uneducated monkeys. The apology is part of a plea bargain with the state on a charge of crimen injuria. It comes a...

Teachers' union SADTU in the Western Cape has called for a boycott of systemic evaluation testing at schools. Learners in grades 3,6 and 9 write the mathematics, numeracy and literacy tests annually in October to test their level of competency. SADTU Secretary Jonovan Rustin says they have on numerous occasions called on the education department to stop the testing. He was addressing a media brief...

Former Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe says he is concerned by what he referred to as the deviation from the liberation promise by those in leadership positions in the country. Motlanthe was delivering a lecture on Value Based Leadership at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, last night. The lecture was organised by the university's business school in partnership with the Thabo Makgoba Developme...

Shannon Walbran - Psychic

Eastern Cape businesses have partnered in a bid to instil a reading culture in rural schools, particularly those in Transkei. The partnership saw ten schools in Butterworth and Ngqamakwe under Mnquma Municipality receiving learning and teaching material which includes books and sporting equipment. The business sector did this under the Rally to Read Campaign which targets primary school learners....