Sandros Ndlovu struggled for 6months to get a payout from mineworkers provident fund. He is now smiling all the way to the bank.

South Africa's economic growth figures GDP exceeded expectation, growing above forecasts by an annualised 4 point1 percent quarter-on-quarter in the last three months of 2014 compared with a revised growth of 2 point 1 percent in the third quarter. Growth figures released by Statistics South Africa earlier, show that the mining and manufacturing sectors both had a positive contribution to the growth. Joining us on the line to talk further on the matter is Statistics South Africa's Executive Manager for National Accounts, Gerhardt Bouwer

Spies, espionage, leaked documents - all the makings of a Hollywood thriller. Upon closer look this global headline story is much closer to home. News network Al Jazeera has in its possession hundreds of secret intelligence documents from some of the world's spy agencies - including South Africa. Among the documents include correspondence that South African and Ethiopian spies struggled to "neutralise" an assassination plot targeting a leading African diplomat as well as a spy cable exposing an alleged cover up of the theft of South African missile technology. PM Live host Tšepiso Makwetla speaks to Managing Director at the Institute for Security Studies, Anton Du Plessis.

The High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa has warned African governments to urgently establish transfer pricing units within their revenue authorities to help combat the practice. The Panel, appointed in 2012, has made various findings and recommendations to retain capital in the continent. More than 50 billion US dollars is lost annually through commerical, criminal and corrupt practices. Head of the Panel, Former President Thabo Mbeki says countries with mineral resources are the most vulnerable..

President Jacob Zuma's critics awaited his reply to the State of the Nation Address to see if he would use this to opportunity to instill confidence. Our producer Aphiwe Honono embarked on a taxi trip to gauge what ordinary South Africans felt about his reply...

Tonny Masha, facilitate a Postgraduate Supervision Workshop in Johannesburg for Mersey Corporate Events and was never paid. After Speak out investigated, Mersey Programme manager has promised to pay for Mr Masha's services.

A report in the British newspaper, The Guardian, distorted remarks made by former president Thabo Mbeki on what transpired at last week's state-of-the-nation address, his office said on Monday."The article, headlined 'Thabo Mbeki slams Jacob Zuma over brawl in South Africa parliament' is a (mis) interpretation of what was said and amounts to a deliberate distortion," Mbeki's spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga said in a statement.

SONA 2015 was not only dominating social media, it was also the talk among Joburg commuters. Our Producer Aphiwe Honono got a view from taxi commuters this morning and her journey began with a car guard…

he DA wants both Speaker Baleka Mbete and the chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Thandi Modise, to appear before the Powers and Privilages committee to account for the events that ensued in Parliament last night. The party is accusing both presiding officers of ordering the forceful removal of EFF members from the Chamber and the blocking of the cellphone signal.

An EFF MP Bernard Josephs says they will defend the EFF through violent action if they have to. Josephs and a group of some 50 party supporters disrupted a press conference that was supposed to be addressed by fellow MP Andile Mngxitama in a Cape Town hotel.