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ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe says the ANC is not made up of saints and that the party leaders can commit mistakes from time to time. Addressing a church congregants at Tsolo in the Eastern Cape he reiterated that there'll be no recall of President Jacob Zuma despite widespread calls. Nkululeko Nyembezi reports

Mohammed Nalla, Head of Strategic Research at Nedbank Corporation and Investment Bank looks at how reports around Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan could cause some rand volatility and Moody's downgrades Saudi Arabia

The Tshiko-nelo royal council will appeal a high court decision giving the demarcation board the green light to establish a new municipality in the Vhembe district in Limpopo. The new municipality is to include Vuwani and surrounding villages. The council is part of those who lost the bid to have the high court reverse the board's decision. A top government delegation is in Vuwani in a bid to end the ongoing violent protest and shut down in the area. Pimani Baloyi reports...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged investors attending the World Economic Forum in Kigali, Rwanda to invest in South Africa's infrastructure. Ramaphosa was speaking during a panel discussion on infrastructure investment. He told delegates at the forum that South Africa still has a large number of infrastructure projects. Tshepo Mongoai reports….

Vaal University of Technology management has admitted that allegations of theft made by students against campus security guards are true. This follows this violent clashes between students and the guards at the university's main campus in Vanderbijl Park, south of Johannesburg. Some students were injured. The students are demanding improved security within campus following burglary incidents. They also want the security company in charge to be removed. Classes have been suspended. Wisani Makhubele has more....

Brazil has been plunged into renewed political turmoil after the Senate voted to impeach president Dilma Rousseff. The Senate voted in favour of putting Rousseff on trial, for breaking budget laws by 55 votes to 22. To unpack this, Sakina Kwamwendo speaks to Tom Wheeler, an independent commentator and former diplomat.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has orderd the directors of Aurora Empowerment System to pay the workers or be sequestrated. President Jacob Zuma's nephew, Khulubuse Zuma is one of the three directors ordered to pay. His Spokesperson Vuyo Mkhize says Khulubuse Zuma is not liable for making any payments and that what Trade Union Solidarity is saying is misrepresentation.

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian equities as they fall toward a one-month low, Vodacom Overtakes MTN as Africa's Biggest Mobile-Phone Company and Thursday Investment Theme is the significance of South Africa falling 3rd in Africa as an economy.

Nerina Visser, strategist and advisor at ETFSA looks at the World Economic Forum on Africa for 2016 is currently underway in Kigali, Rwanda and South Africa now only the third largest economy in Africa, after Nigeria and Egypt

An economist at KPMG, Christie Viljoen, says South Africa has slipped to number 3 on the African continent, and is not only behind Nigeria, but now also Egypt. That's according to Viljoen's analysis based on the International Monetary Fund's latest figures. South Africa lost its status as the continent's largest economy in 2014, when it finished an exersice to rebase its economic data. Now, KPMG notes the IMF suggests that Egypt has overtaken South Africa as the second largest economy in Africa