The South African Revenue Service, SARS, is planning to take its former spokesperson Adrian Lackay to court over claims of defamation. In a letter written to parliament, Lackay accused the revenue service's commissioner, Tom Moyane, of forcing him to lie to the public. We speak SARS employment relations executive, Luther Lebelo

Strategist at ETFSA Nerina Visser looks at: Greece is one of the big topics on the agenda of the G7 meeting. It was announced that an agreement has been reached with the US on poultry imports, thereby reinstating AGOA and What is happening with the Rand? Quo vadis?

1. Asian stocks fell for a fifth day, with the regional benchmark index heading for its second week of losses, following a decline in U.S. Equities
2. IMF Urges Fed to Postpone Rate Lift-off to First Half of 2016
3. The monetary value behind Chinese "Follow the Money" (FTM) has been successful but could harm the domestic currency

Government is expected to sell its non-strategic assets in order to raise funds for Eskom. It is not yet clear which assets government is planning to sell. To get a perspective on this Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Chief Economist of Econometrix, Dr Azar Jammine.

For the first time in 21 years of a democratic South Africa, most opposition parties in Parliament have objected to the salary increase of President Jacob Zuma. But in the end, 203 members voted in favour of his salary hike, while 88 voted against it. Lulama Matya reports

The world's 40 biggest mining companies are said to be failing to produce returns. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, these mining companies declined to the lowest since at least 2003 following a slump in commodity prices. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Andries Rossouw, Assurance Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers...

American ex FIFA executive at the centre of a decades long corruption scandal admitted that he accepted bribes linked to the hosting of both the 1998 and 2010 soccer world cup. The alleged bribe relating to the World Cup that was awarded to France in 1998, was information not made clear in the main indictment released by the U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch last week. Charles or "Chuck" Blazer's sworn testimony in front of a judge in 2013, in which he also pleads guilty to racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, confirms that he and others on the FIFA Executive agreed to accept bribes 'in conjunction' with the selection of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.

Murder accused, Christopher Panayiotou, will know today if he'll walk out of St Albans Prison when a ruling on his bail application is made in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court. Magistrate Abigail Beaton earlier postponed ruling on the bail application for a third time, saying she needed more time to study all the documents. Last week, both the state and defence closed their arguments. Jayed-leigh Paulse has more

Police Commission Riah Phiyega says there's an urgent need for her office to look at security at police stations after the death of five people in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg. Four people were shot dead at the local police station allegedly by an off duty police officer. Following the incident the officer ran back home, police gave chase and there was an exchange of fire in which he was also killed.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has called on Cosatu affiliates work towards unifying the labour federation. Mantashe was speaking at the 15th national congress of the National Union of Metal Workers. The conference comes at a time when the federation it is at its weakest, following internal squabbles which resulted in the expulsion of the biggest affiliate Numsa and subsequently cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. With the emergence of construction and mine worker's union AMCU and the apparent alternative federation being mooted by Numsa, Mantashe has warned that unity has now become a critical need within cosatu. Senior political Journalist Amos Phago reports.