The African Nation Congress says it is considering banning dual citizenship. Obed Bapela, head of the party's National executive Committee's subcommittee on international relations says there are worrying issues that exist regarding South African Jews receiving military and intelligence training in Israel.

1. Asian stocks fluctuated as early gains by Chinese shares evaporated after national holidays
2. China Revises 2014 GDP Growth to 7.3% From 7.4%
3. Oil Bears Cashing Out From Crude Market's Roller-Coaster Ride

The newly-elected ANC Youth League President, Collen Maine during his first speech told the delegates that they have a responsibility to go back to basics and remember that the ANC was formed as an organisation of the people. He promised that the character of the youth of 1944 will be restored in this new season of the youth league. Meanwhile, members who took the league to court before its elective congress this weekend will be expelled. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Political Analyst, Dr Somadoda Fikeni...

Newly elected leadership of the ANC Youth League has pledged to work towards uniting the league and reclaiming it's former glory of being a kingmaker in the ANC. The league elected a new leadership it's three day conference which ended earlier on Sunday in Midrand , north of Johannesburg. The conference also marked the end of the mandate of the national task team appointed by the ANC to rebuild the league. This is after it disbanded the league's national leadership for amongst others being ill-disciplined and for also sowing divisions within it's ranks. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports

Azanian People's Organisation says Steve Biko's political philosophies have been forgotten. This after a handful of AZAPO supporters marched to the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria, to commemorate their slain leader and hero who died in police custody on 12 September 1977. The march and visit to Biko's cell at the prison kickstarted the Steve Biko commemoration month.The Black Consciousness leader's life will be celebrated during numerous events set to take place nationally and internationally. Maluti Obuseng compiled this report

1. The volatility in global markets continued unabated last week - there was little Spring cheer on the local front early in the week, but Wednesday and Thursday things seemed to recover very well, only to end the week on a very negative note. What role did China play in the market's performance last week and what is the outlook for the week ahead?
2. After a particularly volatile and weak August, it would seem as if the market is starting to look at the longer term implications of the slowdown in China. What is the outlook for embattled emerging market currencies, and in particular, the rand?
3. A few weeks ago we spoke about the establishment of the BRICS development bank. Do you think that events of the last few weeks will affect plans around this?

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly, looks at; Gas represents a R250-billion opportunity for South Africa, according to McKinsey, one of the word’s foremost global consultancies, the petroleum refining industry this week became the latest sector to warn of survival risk and Gauteng’s gold-from-dumps miners are making heaps of cash on the strong rand gold price.

It's all systems go for the ANC Youth League's 25th National Conference this morning. The ANCYL National task Team says it can confirm that all provinces are on board. This is despite disputes by the Youth League's North West faction which has filed an urgent application to stop the conference from going ahead. It is alleging that there are unresolved disputes concerning the exclusion of some delegates. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to National ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa

A group of ANC Youth League members in the North West have launched an urgent court application to stop the league's elective congress from going ahead . The group alleges that there are unresolved disputes concerning the exclusion of some delegates. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the North West ANC Youth League, Thabo Molamu....

A probe has found that the minibus taxi that crashed into a train killing 16 people in Stanger on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast last month was unroadworthy. This is despite the e-Natis system showing that the taxi had recently been tested and issued with a roadworthiness certificate in Gauteng. Fifteen people died after the driver lost control of the taxi, causing it to veer off the road and land on the railway tracks where it was hit by an oncoming train. A sixteenth person later died in hospital. MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Willies Mchunu, tabled an executive statement on the Shaka's Head crash in the provincial legislature in Pietermaritzburg. He also announced measures taken to address the increasing number of road crashes and fatalities in the province. Zanele Buthelezi reports