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Team MTN-Qhubeka celebrates their fifth place victory at the Tour de France cycling challenge as debut entrants. The team finished off a memorable race in fifth place overall out of 22 teams. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to MTN Qhubeka's team principal, Douglas Ryder…

1. China stocks extend biggest rout in 8 years 2. Oil market glut pushes prices lower 3. Hulamin and Group five updates yesterday shed light on tough busieness environment

National Union of mineworkers, NUM, says it is shocked by Lonmin's plans to close some of its shafts. This will result to 6 000 jobs losses in the mining industry. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to NUM's Chief Negotiator at Lonmin, Erick Gcilitshana.

Our market analyst Clive Ramathibela talks about: Asian stocks fell, following the worst week for global equities this year, Oil bulls flee at fastest pace in three years as Glut expands and Nestle changes India chief amid row over Maggi noodle quality

The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) says Hepatitis infections are threatening safe blood supply. However the national blood service says this preventable. The SANBS is joining World Hepatitis Alliance partners in raising awareness of the disease on this year's World hepatitis Day on Tuesday. SANBS's Vanessa Raju spoke to Sakina Kamwendo

As the number of people waiting for houses in the Western Cape edges close to half a million, desperate individuals and families have erected structures in some of the most unlikely places to live - cemeteries around Cape Town. While the City of Cape Town cannot quantify exactly how widespread the phenomenon is, it says affected cemetries include Maitland, Durbanville and Groote Schuur. Destitute...

The Nkandla Adhoc Committee resumes in Parliament this week to continue with deliberations following the site visit to the President Jacob Zuma's private homestead. And the Public Protector maintains that she is willing to appear before the Adhoc Committees if she is invited. The committee was established to consider Police minister Nathi Nhleko report which found that the president was not liable...

The National Union of mineworkers (NUM) says it is shocked by Lonmin's plans to close some of its shafts. This will result in 6 000 jobs losses in the mining industry. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to NUM's Chief Negotiator at Lonmin, Erick Gcilitshana

Market update with Mohammed Nalla of Nedbank: the rand plummets to its weakest levels against dollar late on Friday, Global risk off trade continues as US equities soften and Chinese data weakens continuing risk off trade

Depending on where you are, we all have been a victim of poor cell phone reception at some point or another, some of us more than others. General Manager of Policy & Research from ICASA, Pieter Grootes...

Health minister, Aaron Motsoaledi has given the green light on proposed amendments to the Medical Schemes Act. The amendments mainly focus on the Prescribed Minimum Benefits and the way they are paid. If and when the amendment is passed in Parliament, it will mean that healthcare providers will subscribe to a regulated tariff and members will receive uninterrupted treatment and care. Medical Schem...

Government and the private sector must start employing ex-offenders in order to give them a second chance. Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Thabang Makwetla, opened the ex-offender conference in Pretoria, saying ex-offenders must be helped to become economically viable. The conference is focused on developing a South African Roadmap about the role of former inmates within broa...

President Jacob Zuma called in to SAfm to commend legendary South African musician PJ powers for her contribution in the struggle against apartheid particularly because she was white and give AM Live a thumbs up for talking about nation building.

NUMSA has decided to form a new federation after its allies within COSATU suffered massive defeats at the federation's Special National Congress held last week. We speak to Numsa's Deputy General Secretary, Karl Cloet

ANC’s member of parliament Mmamoloko Kubayi says the executive has to account for upgrades at president Jacob Zuma's private home at Nkandla. Ms Kubayi who is part of parliament's Ad Hoc Committee on Nkandla was speaking to Sakina Kamwendo during the Forum@8 on SAfm this morning

Employed South Africans have a lower take home-salary than a year ago. According to the latest BankservAfrica Disposable Salary Index (BDSI), the average disposable salary is growing at only 1 percent above inflation. To explain more on this Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Chief economist at economists.co.za, Mike Schussler

1. Asian Stocks Rise as Japan Rally Counters Drop in Mining Shares 2. Uber Won New York Fight, but Remains a Flashpoint in the Inequality Debate 3. Old Mutual, PIC selling out of Lewis stores following the credit conspiracy 4. Thursday investment theme: Anchor Capital

It's been 3 years and 8 months since South African Stephen McGowan was kidnapped by militants in Mali. Now the humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers says it's trying to help negotiate his release. The organisation's Imtiaz Sooliman says they've sent a negotiator to Mali in an attempt to make contact with McGowan's kidnappers. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Chairman and founder of Gift of The...

Global mining company Glencore has announced that its subsidiary, Optimum Coal Mines, is going ahead with the closure of some of its operations. This will see 380 families left without an income. The National Union of Mineworkers said earlier it would to consult with its lawyers to fight the retrenchments. For a reaction Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Deputy General Secretary of NUM, William Mabapa

Security upgrades at President Jacob Zuma's homestead in Nkandla, in northern KwaZulu-Natal are not worth the more than 200-million rand of taxpayers' money spent on them. That's according to the Chairpreson of the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on Nkandla, Cedric Frolick. The Committee conducted an in loco inspection of the upgrades to the president's home. It found evidence of gross inflation of...

Government's short to medium term job opportunities have restored the dignity of poor South Africans who have never worked in their lives. This according to the Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. He visited the beneficiaries of government's Public Employment Programme initiative in Orange Farm south of Johannesburg. Unemployed young people at the Orange Farm Skills Centre are running a food garden...

During our Forum at eight discussion yesterday with veteran journalist Joe Thloloe on the life of struggle hero Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, some of our listeners voiced their concerns that the history of Sobukwe is not being taught adequately at the Robben Island Museum, claiming that there is very little interest by the museum to tell his story and to respond to this Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Robben...

1. Inflation numbers that came out yesterday 2. The challenges Anglo American faces at its 2 subsidiaries Kumba and Amplats 3. Updates on US earnings

Prasa chairperson Popo Molefe says he's confident that police investigations will reveal details of a plot to kill him. Molefe has opened a conspiracy to commit murder case, saying threats are being made on his life. AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Popo Molefe.

1. Asian stocks drop with Nasdaq affected by Apple results on its futures 2. Australia core consumer prices rise 0.6% 3. More debt traders seen at risk as European banks report results