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Metal workers at the various car manufacturing plants in the Eastern Cape want NUMSA to fight for a return to the COSATU-fold. NUMSA has instructed its members to continue attending COSATU shop steward council meetings, despite its expulsion from the trade federation. Our reporter, Mzukisi Solani has more...

Numsa says they don't believe that they will get a fair hearing from today's meeting. NUMSA President, Andrew Chirwa says as the workers, they have a right to be in COSATU. Cosatu on tthe othe hands says the Metalworkers' union should not pre-empt the results of today's Central Executive meeting. AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Both Numsa and Cosatu President Andrew Chirwa and S'dumo Dlamin...

On the Coal-Face feature today Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly looks at New technology has slashed the use of electricity at Glencore’s giant chrome beatification plant, New technology will next year unlock a ton of gold that cannot be mined conventionally and New technology is recovering gold from process waste that normally ends up on the trash heap...

Deputy Agriculture Minister, Bheki Cele says communities have a responsibility to make sure that criminals never have peace wherever they are. He was addressing Vosloorus residents, who packed the local community hall to discuss crime yesterday (Tuesday). This follows the murder of Bafana Bafana Captain, Senzo Meyiwa who was gunned down in the township over a week ago. The meeting, organised by th...

Nedlac constituencies to the Presidential Labour Relations Indaba, have reached an in-priciple agreement on a national minimu wage. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who presided over the Conference says a task team made up of representatives of business, government, labour and the community will work out a framwork for a final agreement by July next year. The central issue to be tackled is the mod...

Yesterday, Eskom has started rolling blackouts across the country, due to the loss of 1 800 Mega Watts at the Majuba power station. The power Utility has implemented rotational load shedding, to deal with damages that were caused by the collapse of its coal storage silo at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga. Residents in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Cape Town have experienced power cuts. AM L...

NADIR THOKAN , ANALYST FROM 27 FOUR INVESTMENTS LOOKS AT: 1. Increase in volatility on the JSE over the last three months and what has caused this? 2. Central banks diverging monetary policy strategies with particular reference to the FED and bank of Japan 3. Finally ..Corporate governance at SA companies and the issues at HCI and PPC

South Africans should brace themselves for yet another series of power cuts by Eskom. The power utility says in a statement the load shedding would start at 8 a.m. and run till 10 p.m. It says it has lost one-thousand-800 megawatts at the Majuba power station that was now operating at a reduced capacity of one-thousand-300 megawatt. Eskom spokesperson, Andrew Etzinger....

This month in our health slot we will be looking at Diabetes as the country highlights National Diabetes month. Professor Larry Distiller, Managing director and Principal Physician of the Centres for Diabetes ..

The Panel: Rhulani Baloyi- SABC News Editor/ Dion Delport- Editor at Independent in KwaZulu-Natal & Janet Whitton- SABC Deputy Sports Editor

Over 55 million hectares of land in Africa have been "grabbed" since 2000, according to research presented at a conference earlier in the week. Dr Blessing Karumbidza, senior research associate at the Durban University of Technology, says more land had been "grabbed" in Africa between 2000 and 2012 than in the rest of the world combined. He made a presentation on behalf of Prof Robert Home from An...

The founder and chair of Tshisevhe Gwina Ratshimbilani (TGR) Corporate and Commercial Attorneys, Peter Tshisevhe has been named as one of the best Mergers & Acquisitions lawyers in the Best Lawyer's International 2014 listing. A peer-reviewed listing of excellence, it is produced in the United States and published in over 65 countries worldwide.

Motivational speaker: Abongile Mangala: Finding yourself comes with you understanding what makes you happy

Soweto Wine Festival, Joburg food and Wine and other have come and gone. Now comes the Summer Jumble Sale in Soweto. What makes this festival to stand out from the rest is the fact that it is not only organised by Sowetans but it also features small businesses from Soweto. Businesses such as; clothing, food caterers, cocktail mixologist will be showcasing their craft and hoping to sell some of the...

Legal experts say Senzo Meyiwa's daughter with Kelly Khumalo will be entitled to a part of his estate. Khumalo could make a claim on her daughter's behalf against the estate if no provision was made for the child in his will. However, according to civil law, Khumalo herself has no claim to any assets in Meyiwa's estate. This is in light of reports yesterday that Senzo Meyiwa's family is allegedly...

Legal experts say Senzo Meyiwa's baby daughter with Kelly Khumalo will be entitled to a part of his estate. Khumalo could make a claim on her daughter's behalf against the estate if no provision was made for the child in his will. However, according to civil law, Khumalo herself has no claim to any assets in Meyiwa's estate. Cultural expert from the KZN University, Prof. Sihawu Ngubane....

Most consumers have fallen victim to bad service at some point or another yet not many know which avenues to follow when this happens. There are a number of offices that regulate the consumer industry and thus ensure that service providers do not abuse their power and that the rights of the consumer are upheld at all times. Public Relations Manager at the office of the Credit Ombudman, Neo Loeto.....

Third quarter unemployment figures barley moved this week while experts warns of move water shortages in the country if we do not recycle our underground mining water. Meanwhile consumers are finding it more and more difficult to keep up with their bond repayments -this according to Nedbank head of home loan sales. Seshreka Pillay from FNB Securities...

Several people were reported killed by gunfire in Burkina Faso yesterday, when thousands of protesters marched on the capital Ouagadougou, setting parliament buildings on fire. reports said protesters took over radio and television stations belonging to the state. Protesters also set fire to homes of several of President Compaoré's relatives and advisers, and to the offices of the governing party....

Mohammed Nalla, analyst at Nedbank Capitals looks at 1.Lots of SA data yesterday somewhat upbeat ... 2.Rand supported after a brief foray weaker yesterday. What is the outlook 3.US GDP for 3rd quarter up by 3.5%

** ICBC ( Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ) Posts Biggest Jump in Bad Loans Since ’06 on Economy ** Zambia not at ease with Guy Scott as interim president for 3 months ** Thursday investment destination – India

The search for Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa's killers is continuing. Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder that happened on Sunday evening. Yesterday police released a 3D identikit of two of the three suspects.

In Nigeria, Stallion Motors unveiled one of its locally assembled Hyundai models at another interactive session with automobile media in Lagos. The Ethiopian Electric Power headed by Engineer Azeb Asnake signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a US-based company Green Technology Africa Inc. (GTA) to generate 300MW of solar energy.

** The Federal Reserve has officially announced an end to its quantitative easing bond-buying program ** Expectations for PPI, unemployment and SA budget data all out today ...

On the Forum@8 this morning we look at the gender agenda. Where are women placed in the structures of our society? Are they just mothers, domestic workers and PA's or are we seeing them as leaders? The progress of women towards decision making positions in business, government, and academia continues to provoke debate. What will it take for us as South Africa to drive the gender agenda? Is it enou...