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Johannesburg's City Power says any claims that it's unwilling to address allegations of improper conductare is patently false. The power utility was responding to claims by municipal workers union SAMWU that it had failed to address corruption allegations against a senior official. SAMWU has warned it will embark on a strike from next Monday, which it claims will cause a total blackout of Johannes...

Mentally ill individuals are still exposed to a large degree of discrimination and marginalization due to the stigma that still surrounds mental health. This according to Social workers at the Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital in the Western Cape who are working tirelessly to change that. Surely dealing with people with mental illness must be a challenging process and how many of us really understand...

Analyst At 27 Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan looks at the European Central Bank meeting happening today, SABMiller rejects AB InBev's takeover offer and Mining production numbers coming out today.

A group of Businessmen around the North West Province, calling themselves, the North West Business Forum, have made available a whooping two million rands reward, for any information that may lead to the possible arrest of the killers of one of their own, Wandile Bozwana. Property mogul Bozwana was gunned down last Friday on the N1 in Pretoria by unknown assailants. His killing comes at a time whe...

The Passenger Rail Agency of SA Prasa, has launched a single control centre, which Prasa says is expected to improve train punctuality and safety. The Gauteng Nerve Centre located in Kempton Park is described by the Transport Minister Dipuo Peters as the first of its kind on the continent. To tell us more we are joined on the line by the Group Chief Strategy Officer at Prasa, Sipho Sithole.

The minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown has acknowledged that state owned enterprises are not driving the economy as they should. She says government is currently working on a model which will decide where different SOEs should be placed. She was addressing delegates attending the Black Management Forum's annual conference in Midrand. Most SOEs have been criticised for being badly run. Mora...

City of Cape Town has announced plans to honour Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah, ahead of his 84th birthday today. Mayor Patricia de Lille, says activities include a reconciliation walk, an interfaith service and a council speech. De Lille says they'll also officially hand over a 200-year-old building next week donated to preserve the work of the Tutu Legacy Foundation. Thandisw...

Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe is calling for business leaders to have courage in ensuring that the wealth of the country is transferred to more black South Africans. Radebe was quoted while addressing the Black Management Forum's annual conference in Midrand on Tuesday. The Minister expressed concern that the structure of our economy is still largely reflecting the apartheid past

Investment Analyst at 27 Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan looks at PepsiCo. shares rise 2.9% after earnings beat forecasts, Sibanye bids R4bn for Aquarius Pt and New Europe Property Investment raises R2bn in fresh capital

Since the launch of the BRICS bank we've been speaking to various experts about what exactly the bank has been set up for and not really understanding its main objectives. Well the bank's vice-president is in the country and we use this opportunity now to get him to explain what the main objectives of the bank are and also what the benefits are for South Africa?

Desparate father who is an ex-convict looking for his son, but not being allowed to see him. He is frustrated and wants to know which way to go in his efforts to unite with his son. Sakina speaks to Advocate Petunia Seabi-Mathope the Chief Family Advocate at the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets in the positive for the second day running at the back of a weaker dollar; the World Bank revises South Africa's GDP for 2015 to 1.5 percent and Australian central bank leaves rates unchanged in line with other developed markets

The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of a heat wave which is expected to go on from today (06 October) until the next couple of days. Provinces which will be affected are Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Sakina Kamwendo Kobus Cronje from the SA Weather services and ER24 Spokesperson, Chitra Bodasing has urged people to be cautious against heat stroke.

Market Analyst at 27 Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan looks at the European retail sales numbers that came out yesterday, Nestle, the world's biggest food company, is in advanced talks with R&R Ice Cream to create a joint venture to run most of its ice cream business outside North America and New Europe Property Investment raises R2bn in fresh capital

SABC News is in possession of documents showing that the three women who accused former tennis champion Bob Hewitt of rape and sexual assault may have colluded prior to his trial. In March this year, the Australian-born Hewitt was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of sexual assault. The 75-year-old was convicted of raping Theresa Tolken and Suellen Sheehan in the 1980s and of sexually ass...

The International Criminal Court has given the South African up to today (05 October) to give reasons why they did not arrest Omar Al-Bashir when he was in the country attending the African Union Summit in Johannesburg. President Jacob Zuma has defended the decision to allow Al Bashir to leave the country, because he was protected as a guest of the African Union. To look at the implication of this...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela , sings a song for Pirates , looks at Asian shares as they rise, with the regional benchmark index heading for its longest winning streak in almost three months, the true risk behind the less than expected US jobs numbers and Glencore Surges Most on Record in Hong Kong Amid Unit-Sale Talks

The North West Business Forum says the killing of prominent businessman Wandile Bozwana came as no surprise - as the deceased has previously told them about his demise. Bozwana was gunned down by unknown men in Pretoria on Friday on his way from Johannesburg. He had been engaged in a court battle with the provincial government over two court orders he'd won against the province's government for a...

Abathembu Royal Family is calling for the immediate suspension of King Buyelekhaya Dalinyebo from his traditional role as King. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Chief Dalidumo Mtirara, spokesperson to the AbaThembu Royal Family.

Market Analyst at 27 FOUR Investments Mangers Nadir Thokan looks at the U.S. economy created 142,000 jobs in September, a number that missed expectations , South Africa Hedge Fund Managers beat benchmark equities index and answers why Telkom is a good buy

A number of roads in the Sandton CBD, north of Johannesburg, will be closed to private motor vehicles from this morning. This will continue for the duration of the month long for the first official day of the Ecomobility World Festivalwhich gets underway in Johannesburg's commercial hub. Jo'burg Mayor Parks Tau has accepted that there will be some discomfort due to the road closures. But motorists...

The Royal Family of the Kingdom of AbaThembu are demanding the immediate suspension of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo pending the finalisation of his proposed Constitutional court challenge. This after Dalindyebo's 15 years jail sentence was reduced to 12 years in jail by the Supreme Court of Appeals for the crimes he committed between 1995 and 1996. Amanda Nano reports

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly looks at the VW emissions scandal opening the way for fuel cell cars that use our platinum, top quality South African coal ¬– once the darling of global markets – is now being left for dead as South African coal exportation gets turned on its head and Bad legislation is being blamed for the wipe-out of our once-buoyant diamond...

Market Analyst and Homemade Economist Clive Ramathibela looks at most Asian stocks climbed, boosted by gain in Hong Kong, while oil rebounded, what to expect in Friday's jobs report and the super wealthy plan to make sure their kids stay super wealthy.

Nadir Thokan, Analyst at 27 Four Investment Managers tell us about the consumer and business confidence numbers that came out yesterday, US job numbers expected what can we expect and Euro zone inflation turned negative again in September as oil prices tumbled.