ETM Analytics Chief Economist, George Glynos looks at a R15.7bn surplus for Dec and record R80.6bn surplus for the year, the Fed left rates unchanged, NAAMSA vehicle sales and the Barclays Manufacturing PMI and Venezuela appears to be in the midst of another unfolding crisis, SA should pay attention to a good example of how NOT to manage an economy?

- Pres Jacob Zuma submitting representations on why he should not be prosecuted for fraud and corruption.
- Multichoice announces they will remove the ANN7 TV channel from the DStv bouquet.
-Marvel superhero movie #BlackPanther, which has been dubbed as one of the most anticipated movies of 2018, Premiers in Los Angeles.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has described the deaths of 144 mentally ill patients in the Life Esidimeni tragedy as one of the the most painful events in postapartheid South Africa. Motsoaledi was overcome by emotions as he apologised to the affected families at the end of his testimony at the arbitration hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg yesterday. Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa also apologised and committed to fix the health system during their testimoneis yesterday. As Wisani Makhubele reports, Minister Motsoaledi was the last witness to give evidence as the arbitration will now move to the next stage......

Portfolio Manager at Ashburton Investments, Wayne Mccurrie looks at Asian Markets with massive cash flows and massive profit growth at Merafe resources and perfect storm and a tale of two halves for Spur....

Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance says it expects the various South African regulatory bodies to co-operate with other regulators in Germany and the Netherlands who are currently investigating Steinhoff. The German authorities are currently investigating Steinhoff for alleged accounting irregularities. The JSE, Reserve Bank and Financial Services Board are among the South African regulatory and statutory bodies that will appear before a joint parliamentary committee along with Steinhoff today. We speak to Finance Committee Chairperson Yunus Carrim.

Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana has revealed damming evidence against various prominent people with business and political influence. Among those implicated are one of the Gupta brothers, President Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane, former Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize, Former Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and various prominent business people who allegedly had links with the Guptas. He also told the committee that Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins was not telling the truth about a meeting with one of the Gupta brothers, Tony. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more.

Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie has accused Viceroy Research Group of beng driven by profit motives in what the bank calls a one-sided and factually incorrect report. Viceroy released a report yesterday labelling Capitec a loan shark that must be placed under curatorship. Fourie has questioned the motive and timing of the Viceroy report. Capitec Bank has about nine milion active clients. Thandiswa Mawu reports ...

The Gauteng government says it's not true that the provincial Health Department was pressured by the provincial and national treasury to cut costs. Former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and former HOD Barney Selebano told the arbitration hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg that the decision to terminate the long-standing contract with Life Esidimeni was necessitated by budgetary constraints. However, during their testimonies yesterday, both Gauteng Premier David Makhura and his Finance MEC Barbara Creecy disputed that version. They expressed their regret and also apologised for the deaths of 144 mentally ill patients, who lost their lives after they were transferred to unlicensed NGOs. Wisani Makhubele has more.....

Chief Economist at ETM Analytics, George Glynos looks at South African markets as blame games and crisis talk about Cape Town and Eskom continue and intra-day data in the form of money supply and the latest government finance figures

Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Gauteng Finance MEC Barbara Creecy are expected to take a stand at the Life Esidimeni inquiry. A few days ago, former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu allegedly implicated the Premier in being part of the decision to terminate the Life Esidimeni contract and move patients to NGO's. It was later found that those NGO's were illegal and that 144 patients died under the care of the NGO's. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), Anele Yawa...