Update@Noon

1. The impact of the interest rate hike on the markets 2. Microsoft earnings 3. The bank of Japans's decision to ease

Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has reminded South Africans that the hiking cycle continues. The bank has increased the repo rate by an agressive 50 basis points to 6.75 percent, as expected by most economists. Kganyago has attributed the hike to the expected deterioration in the bank's inflation outlook due to a weaker rand. Tshepo Mongoai report.

The ANC has vowed to take action against economic challenges facing the country. This is one of the key decisions taken at the ruling paty's three day NEC lekgotla which ended last night in Pretoria. The lekgotla is an annual meeting that determines government programmes and priorities to ensure consistency between government work and the ANC. The state of education, economic growth and the upcomi...

Traditional Healers says they refuse to be regulated by government. They say it is impossible that government can pass laws that regulate their calling. This comes after government published the Traditional Health Practitioners Regulations in November last year. Part of the regulations stipulate that traditional healers and traditional medicines should be regulated, should undergo training and sho...

The future of the Pan African Congress of Azania hangs in the balance - with the party at risk of not contesting the upcoming local government elections. The IEC is giving the party a cold shoulder - until it resolves its internal leadership battles. The party has split into two factions since the expulsion of Letlapa Mphahlele as party president in 2013, with both sides claiming legitimacy over t...

The Tshwane University of Technology's Student Representative Council says police acted within their rights when they used teargas to disperse striking workers. This comes after the situation at Tshwane University of Technology's west campus spiralled out of control when a group of students pelted striking workers with stones from inside the campus. Workers were waiting at the entrance to the camp...

Thousands of protesters in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape province brought the rural town into a standstill. A number of shops have been vandalised and A ward councillor's homestead set alight. It is also believed that another councillor was forced to resign at gun point. Some learners claim they were forced out of classes to join the protest. Nkululeko Nyembezi reports from Lusikisik

President Jacob Zuma says the controversial pension tax laws will only be reviewed after two years. The president was responding to an outcry by labour unions who have threatened strike action if the new laws that come into effect on March 1st are not scrapped. In a statement, President Zuma says there was extensive consultation but the unions say these were not necessarily effective. The unions s...

DA Leader Mmusi Maimane will lead supporters on a jobs march through the Johannesburg CBD today. The DA says close to 2 million South Africans have joined the ranks of the unemployed since 2009.

1. Emerging Stocks Advance Before Fed as China Shares Extend Slump 2. Apple Forecasts First Sales Drop Since 2003 on iPhone Slowdown 3. Toyota Believed to Plan Offer to Acquire Rest of Daihatsu 4. South Africa Probes Foreign Exchange Traders on Price Fixing

Gareth Cliff will only learn later this week if his application in the High Court in Johannesburg to force pay channel, Mnet to reinstate him as an Idols SA judge was successful. Cliff, who isn't a stranger to controversy - was fired earlier this month for supposedly supporting racist remarks by KZN woman, Penny Sparrow. The channel said it found that the media personality's defence of freedom of...

Gareth Cliff will only learn later this week if his application in the High Court in Johannesburg to force pay channel, Mnet to reinstate him as an Idols SA judge was successful. Cliff, who isn't a stranger to controversy - was fired earlier this month for supposedly supporting racist remarks by KZN woman, Penny Sparrow. The channel said it found that the media personality's defence of freedom of...

Burundi is set to be at the top of the agenda at the upcoming African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa later this week. This after Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza expressed that he does not want the AU'S proposed peacekeeping force imposed on his country. South Africa is likely to be part of the mediation efforts. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Jakkie Celliers chairperson of the Institute of Secur...

1. Lets talk about the changing tide for apple 2. What to expect from Federal Reserve meeting later today 3. Where to from here for residential property prices in South Africa

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian stocks succumbed to the global retreat, halting a two-day rally as oil fell back below $30 a barrel and anxiety among investors increased ahead of Japanese and U.S. central bank meetings, China is deepening economic engagements with Iran just a week after international sanctions were lifted and McDonald’s Corp., waging a comeback effort under Chief E...

National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union, NEHAWU, has urged its members not to resign from their jobs over the new tax amendment laws. The union was briefing the media in Braamfontein in Johannesburg yesterday (monday 25 January). It tackled various issues affecting its members, including its campaign against out-sourcing at universities, the recently-signed White Paper on the National...

The situation is tense in the Ntshanga west of Durban following a shooting that claimed two lives during an ANC meeting. Two people were killed and three others injured when a shoot-out ensued yesterday. It's not yet clear whether the incident is linked to internal political wrangling that has divided membership in the area. The party has called on the police to do all in their power to apprehend...

Analyst at 27 Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan looks at Iran's economic ambitions subsequent to the lifting of sanctions and Apple earnings coming out today

A North West teacher has been suspended for allegedly condoning a group of Grade 9 learners to a higher grade against the department's progression policy. 25 learners at Eletsa Secondary School in Letlhabile near Brits were pushed to Grade 10 though they were not eligible for a pass. The department says the affected learners will now be demoted to their previous grades as they did not meet the pro...

Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Clive Ramathibela looking at the surge un Global stocks surged, as U.S. equities joined a rally that pushed oil to its best two days since 2009 on speculation that central banks will expand stimulus measures to counter turmoil in financial markets, MTN aims to settle Nigerian fine out of court and oil price swings near $32 after biggest two-day rally in seven years.

National Institute of Communicable of Diseases says there is no outbreak of typhoid fever in Gauteng. This after the Department of Health in Gauteng issued a statement this weekend warning South Africans. The institute says there have been four unrelated cases of typhoid over the past two weeks in Johannesburg‚ but weekend investigations found they were unrelated. Sakina speaks to Professor Lucill...

Young Communist League has called out the ANC Youth League on what they called attempts to get Minister Blade Nzimande axed. YCL National Secretary Maluleke Dlelanga says their ANC counterparts have been gunning for SACP ministers. Senior Political Reporter Angela Bolowana reports..

Limpopo police and the Madibong community at Jane Furse, in Limpopo, have reacted to the killing of a police officer by funeral goers at the village yesterday. 57-year-old Warrant Officer Boshego Joel Seloga was part of a team that tried to arrest a suspect wanted for crimes committed in Brits in the North West. The suspect called for help and community members, mistaking the police for criminals,...

The family of slain UJ student, Palesa Madiba, has expressed their gratitude for the support that the public, police and government has given them during this difficult preiod. On Sunday Madiba's remains were handed over to the family by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Community Safety MEC, Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane in Soweto. Madiba's remains were found in a shallow grave in the backyard of her f...

Minister of Police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, says a panel of experts has been appointed to assist in the implementation of the recommendations of the Farlam Commission. He was communicating this to journalists at a briefing he held yesterday. The Minister also spoke about plans for the South African Police Service (SAPS) for this year, he now joins us on the line with the National Police Commissioner Kg...