16:30 Econ Update with Herman Lloyd of FNB securities.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says government's decision to institute a review of the configuration‚ the number and the size of national government departments will take a number of months. Replying to the debate on his maiden State of the Nation Address earlier on in parliament, Ramaphosa says changes of this nature will be based on a thorough analysis of the suitability and the costs of the existing configuration. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to political analyst, Dr. Dale McKinley...

The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that affected mining communities are relevant stakeholders' in the formulation of the new mining charter and should also be consulted. This, after Action Aid approached the court arguing that the department of Mineral Resources and the Chamber of mines always sideline them in discussions that affect mining communities. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Action Aid' Natural Resources Manager, Chirstopher Rutledge...

Officials at the OR Tambo International Airport say they had to evacuate people from the airport earlier today after an unattended bag was reported at one of the terminal buildings. For more on this we joined on the line by OR Tambo International airport spokesperson Leigh Gunkel-Keuler

17:30 Econ Update with Francios Smith of FNB securities.

Time now for our weekly edition of TRENDSWATCH where we take a look at news that dominated social media this week. Our producer Molebogeng Sebidi has more…

16:30 Econ Update with Francios Smith of FNB securities.

Two print media companies have agreed to pay millions of rands in fines after admitting to participating in price fixing and fixing of trading conditions. Caxton & CTP Publishers and Printers, and Independent Media concluded consent agreements with the Competition Commission today. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to the Head of communication at the Competition Commission, Sipho Ngwema

President Cyril Ramaphosa will be delivering his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Parliament says close to one-thousand-200 guests from various sectors of society have been invited to attend this evening's address by Ramaphosa. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to our parliamentary Correspondent, Mercedes Besent and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lechesa Tsenoli.

As per usual on a Friday we end off with music, on our regular feature Open Mic. Today we profile Sophiatown a multi-instrumentalists duo. Their music combines Jazz, Maskandi, electro, R&B as well as ballad music. Ronald Phiri spoke to Tenor, one of the members of Sophiatown...