South Africa's municipal financing model and its rural development systems need to push rural municipalities to accumulate sources of their own revenue more than ever before. That's the word from the Financial and Fiscal Commission chair and Chief Executive Officer, Bongani Khumalo. According to the commission, sluggish economic growth, a weak currency, the effects of the drought and stubbornly high unemployment are reasons economically active rural communities are needed to guide SA out of its economic quandary. We caught up with Mr Khumalo the model the commission would prefer ....

Schooling remains suspended in Vuwani as residents still opposed to be included into a new municipality in the Vhembe region. This is despite countless meetings led by the inter-ministerial task team to stabilise the situation. A panel of mediators was nominated by the inter- ministerial committee to look into the situation and Vuwani and find solutions. We spoke to Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa who is leading the process of mediation and says they will be engaging with different stakeholders to find solutions...

Residents of Sizanani informal settlement in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga have warned government officials to immediately attend to their demands of better services in their area. They are threatening not to go to the polls come this year's Local Government Elections in August should the Emhlalahleni Local Municipality not provide them with electricity, clean drinkable water and proper road infrastructure. They took to the streets demanding attention from the municipality. Abongile Dumako reports...

Mineworkers Union AMCU- has suspended its strike at Sibanye Platinum Mine formerly known as Aquarius in Kroondal near Rustenburg in the North West. The mine obtained a court interdict preventing the workers from continuing with the strike. Mineworkers downed tools last week Friday demanding the mine provides them with transport, as they were being attacked after working night shift. Zebilon Maine reports ...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets in the positive, the JSE up despite losses in gold mines and financials and emerging market dream story may be over.

The KwaZulu-Natal Social Development Department has urged parents to be cautious and be on the look out for any behavioural changes in their children. This follows the discovery of a drug lab at Chatsworth south of Durban where drugs were produced that look similar to jelly babies sweets. It is suspected that these new drugs are aimed at primary school learners. Nonkululeko Hlophe report

Investment Analyst at 27Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan talks about the unbundling of Bidvest food services and the Eurozone Economic Confidence has strengthened

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks whats happening in the Asian Markets and the yoan ¥ is hurting the Chinese economy

Investment Analyst from 27Four Investments Nadir Token looks at the impact on Gold prices of the of the US interest rates moves, the substantial 100-US dollar outflow from equity funds this year and talks about at Truworths investment?

The Presidency has denies reports that President Jacob Zuma refused to his jet Inkwazi. Speaking to Sakina Kamwendo on AMLive, the spokesperson for the President Dr Bongani Ngqulunga said Zuma had been invited to officiate at a Toyota event in Durban. He said requested the Department of Defence to provide him with a reliable aircraft.