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The South African Communist Party, SACP, has appealed to National Prosecuting Authority head, Shaun Abrahams to immediately drop what they called senseless charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. SACP has become the government-aligned party to suggest that the charges are a political plot to remove Gordhan from Treasury. Speaking in Klerksdorp in the North West, SACP deputy-secretary, Solly Mapaila says Gordhan is standing on the way of looters who have their sight set on treasury coughers. Our reporter Lucas Mothibedi has the details for us....

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets low as the US dollar strengthens following US Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen, BRICS nations in India have consolidated efforts against terrorism and have welcomed the new UN general Secretary, António Guterres and Naspers polishes off Allegro for over 3 billion dollar

The SAGA around Finance Minister continues as political risks remain top of local agenda, Fed Char Janet Yellend's comments on Friday abot the possibility to let inflation rung higher and keep rates lower for longer and CPI data to be released on Wednesday locally as well as Chinese GDP numbers which will be the focus for the week.

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets which traded narrowly mixed this morning, hinese September exports affect emerging markets including SA and S&P Africa head warns that it is not business as usual in South Africa ...

Gold worth more than seven billion rands is stolen and smuggled out of the country every year. This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant who was addressing the NCOP during a debate on illegal mining in the country. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more...........

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is weighing her legal options after President Jacob Zuma applied for an interdict in a last-minute attempt to stop her from releasing a preliminary report on alleged state capture. Madonsela is due to hold a news conference today (14/10/16) on the day that she steps down. Zuma wants to stop Madonsela from releasing details that the Gupta family allegedly used their access to him to influence government policy and the appointment of ministers and directors of state-owned enterprises. For more on this we spoke to Kgalalelo Masibi, who is the Spokesperson for the Public Protector together with Lawyer Gert van der Merwe, who represents Ajay Gupta and Attorney Tyrone Maseko, a Criminal Lawyer with T.Maseko Attorneys

The EFF has vowed to intensify it's campaign for free education and against the Gupta family and president Jacob Zuma. The party has announced plans to support the ongoing students protests - insisting that the country has the means to make free education possible. The EFF has also once again called for the immediate resignation of president Zuma and says that prosecution boss Shaun Abrahams must go with him. Senior political journalist Amos Phago has the story.

Classes have been suspended at the Westville campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Police have used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse protesting students. Meanwhile, only four out of eleven people being prosecuted after the Fees Must Fall protests in Pietermaritzburg, have been granted bail. Seven students will remain behind bars until the end of their trial.. Fanele Mhlongo compiled this report....

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets as they were mixed following Chinese markets shrug of weak China trade data, PSG Group to invest in private universities and the S&P 500 coming to SA...

The situation remains tense at the University of KwaZulu-Natal as some students continue boycotting classes while non-striking students try by all means to attend their classes. There has been another fire at one of the residences on the Pietermaritzburg campus. Parts of the council chamber offices were torched and a small portion of the television room at the Malherbe residence was also set alight. Both fires were extinguished by the university security staff. Meanwhile, three UKZN students from the Pietermaritzburg campus have appeared in the local magistrates court facing charges of public violence. Nonkululeko Hlophe compiled this report