A round-up of today’s news including why the ‘Amapanyaza’ crime prevention warden programme is not working, a look at the latest from the US elections, and how to avoid the holiday debt trap. Moneyweb

‘The challenge that we have is that people are using cloning technologies in order to clone people's voices and use that to commit fraudulent activities,’ says Stephen Osler, co-founder and business development director at Nclose. Moneyweb

A round-up of today’s news, including a plea from environmentalists to reconsider permission granted for offshore oil and gas exploration off SA’s west coast. And why informal traders are unhappy about the new tobacco bill. Moneyweb

‘The real goal of this insurance policy is really to ensure the safe release of the victim and importantly deal with any collateral damage to the family, to the businesses that may be involved,’ says Richard Hood, CEO of Olea Africa. Moneyweb

A round-up of today’s news, including a look at whether the MTBPS will pump some much-needed lifeblood into SA’s transport arteries. And how the massive US debt pile might impact other countries. Moneyweb

‘That number is looking at a global number that we believe the developed economy countries should be contributing to the developing economy countries,’ says the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Moneyweb

A round-up of today’s news, including the contention around proposed visa-free access to SA for Ukrainian diplomats. A post-mortem of the Mid-Term Budget Speech with a top economist, and are enterprise development programmes helping or hindering SMMEs? Moneyweb

‘It's an obvious point that if energy prices can come down, then overall consumer prices will come down, that will give the central bank some space to cut interest rates,’ says Roy Havemann, consulting economist at the Bureau for Economic Research. Moneyweb

A round-up of today’s news including a look at the expected economic impact of Black Friday sales. And why an agricultural expert says government and industry are doing a good job in curbing the spread of diseases amongst livestock. Moneyweb

‘Robben Island is not just a World Heritage Site, it's also the home of an endangered species, the African penguin, and it's a marine protected area, and we are picking up all these chemical compounds in the sediments,’ says Professor Emeritus Leslie Petrik, University of the Western Cape's Department of Chemistry. Moneyweb