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Former football players, coaches, officials and fans paid a fitting farewell to the late former Bafana Bafana coach, Ted Dumitru, at the Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg. The Romanian born coach had a coaching career spanning three decades in the country and was actively involved in development at the time of his passing. His memorial service was attended by amongst others Kaizer Chiefs chairman, Kaizer Motaung, and minister of sport and recreation, Fikile Mbalula. Percy Nkatlo filed this report...

Most Asian equities rose and the Japanese yen held near a three-week high before U.S. job dat is released, emerging-market stocks headed for its highest close and Financial Technology the evolution of the financial services sector.

Investment Analyst from 27Four Investment Managers Nadir Thokan talks about what to expect from ratings agency S&P's and the expected US jobs numbers coming out today.

The Parliament Ad Hoc committee set up to find the new Public Protector says it will publish the names of those nominated or applying for the position. Earlier this week, public participation in the process was extended to allow comments and objections on candidates that have been shortlisted. Advertisements for the position will be out by this weekend and the nomination process will run for the next three weeks. For more on this we caught up with the Committee Chairperson, Dr Makhosi Khoza...

As we mark Child Protection Week, a study by the University of Cape Town has revealed that one in three South African children are likely to have been sexually abused by the age of 17. The study, which was commissioned by the UBS Optimus Foundation and conducted by the University of Cape Town, is the first national study of child maltreatment in the country. Earlier we spoke to the researcher at Center for Justice and Crime Prevention, Lezanne Leoschut

The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) says plans for a taxi strike are going ahead. This comes after a talks between SANTACO and the Gauteng Provincial Government failed to materialised yesterday. The meeting was aimed at tackling a number of issues that were affecting the taxi industry in the country. We caught up with the Secretary General of SANTACO Gauteng, Ralph Jones for more on this...

President Jacob Zuma says government is working hard to ensure that the abuse of children is eliminated in society. He was addressing the International Children's Day at Atteridgeville in Tshwane yesterday(Wednesday). The day is observed annually on the 1st of June around the world to honour children's rights as per the proclamation of the 1925 World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland. President Zuma says since 1994 government has introduce a number of programmes and policies in a bid to ensure the well-being of children. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports.

A new fossil estimated to be 360 million years old , has been discovered on the N2 between Grahamstown and Peddie in the Eastern Cape. The fossil was discovered during blasting for upgrading a portion of the N2. The rocks containing ancient fossils were discovered by Rhodes University Palaeontologist Dr Robert Gess, who was working on site as a consultant. Nomthandazo Setokoe reports

The Justice Department has interacted with learners from various high schools in the Durban's Umlazi district. Among the topics discussed were cyber-bullying and sexting - (sending sexually-explicit photographs or messages on a mobile phone). It comes as the country marks Child Protection Week and International Children's Day. Cassandra Zungu reports...

Market Analyst by Clive Ramathibela looks at the Asian markets, Greece is close to an accord with creditor institutions on measures needed to get its next bailout tranche and Uber said on Wednesday that it had raised $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which is the kingdom's main investment fund.