Radio 2000 Mixes

1. SA Reserve Bank interest rate decision, what to expect?
2. Volkswagen Scandal, effects on the motor car industry and SA
3. Dual citizenship for South Africans, what is the big deal?

1. SA Reserve Bank interest rate decision, what to expect?
2. Volkswagen Scandal, effects on the motor car industry and SA
3. Dual citizenship for South Africans, what is the big deal?

Taxi operators in the Ethekwini Metro in KwaZulu Natal have vowed to remain on strike until more than three hundred of their impounded vehicles have been released by the municipality. Thousands of commuters in and around Durban were left stranded. Taxi operators say municipal officials are targeting and impounding their vehicles, although an agreement was reached with the city in May that permit enforcement would be relaxed. Metered cab operators have also joined the strike, citing victimisation by the city's law enforcement officials. Mbuso Mkhize reports..

1. Asian stocks clawed back some of Monday's losses
2. China Stocks Post Longest Win Streak in Month
3. U.S. investment agency to fund $400 million South Africa solar power plant

With reports emerging of a potential civil war in Burkina Faso following a coup last week, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his call for the country's security forces to show restraint. Military units of the armed forces are marching on the capital Ouagadougou to disarm an elite presidential guard responsible for last Thursday coup. While regional mediators are expected to meet for an extraordinary summit of ECOWAS in Nigeria tomorrow, the United Nations is calling for a swift resumption of the country's transitional process. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.

Various teacher unions have expressed that that they do not want the Annual National Assessments (ANA) to take place this year. The unions say ANA is flawed and needs to be revised. However Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is adamant that national assessments for grade 1 to 9 learners in public schools will continue this year. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Prof Ruksana Osman- Head of the Wits School of Education …

The ANC says it's still committed to media freedom. However, Minister of Small Business Development and ANC head of Communication - Lindiwe Zulu - raised concerns about lack of transformation in the media and unfair reporting on the ANC. She was participating in a discussion on media transformation hosted by the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal at the Durban City Hall last night. The ANC has released its policy documents ahead of the National General Council in October. One of the documents is titled: The Battle For Ideas, Media Transformation and Diversity, and Accelerating Future. Meanwhile, other participants in the discussion were Premier Senzo Mchnu, City Press Editor Mondli Makhanya and Advocate Robin Sewlal of the Journalism School at the Durban University of Technology. Zanele Buthelezi reports……

The ANC is calling for a review of the number of provinces. This would see fewer but larger provinces. The Chairperson of the ANC sub-committee on Legislature and Governance, Nomaindia Mfeketo, was quoted as saying the re-configuration of provinces has nothing to do with reclaiming the Western Cape. It is to make sure that the country's resources are shared equally across the provinces.

Robotic surgery has dramatically improved the treatment of prostate cancer since its introduction in South Africa two years ago. Dr Lance Coetzee, from The Urology Hospital in Pretoria, says the hospital has completed almost 400 successful robotic prostatectomies. These hold a host of significant benefits for men such as reduced risk of complications and a quicker recovery time.

1. US Interest rates kept on hold, what does this mean going forward?
2. Recent corporate action:
" Koos Bekker selling 70% of his shareholding in Naspers
" Kagiso Media acquires 37% of Ghana's Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company

3. Chamber of Mines safety stoppages by DMR causing lost revenue for the mining companies