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Former Bophuthatswana homeland President, Lucas Mangope has died. Mangope died yesterday at his home in Motswedi at the age of 94 . He led the government of Bophuthatswana homeland for almost two decades, until 1994, when he was toppled ahead of the reincorporation of the region into South Africa.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at
The SARB delivered an unchanged policy decision at its first meeting for 2018, the risks going forward and how have the markets responded to recent developments, the rand in particular?

A leading expert in corporate crime has warned against giving criminals a heads up on their intended arrest as this could increase their chances of leaving the country or erasing existing evidence of their criminal activities. BERNARD HOTZ is Director and Head of Business crime at Werkmans Attorneys. He says the fact that media reports that Trillian - a Gupta-linked company - has been cleaned out, means that they were aware of the NPA's actions to freeze their assets. This week, the NPA confirmed that they intended to freeze McKinsey and Trillian assets worth one-point-six billion Rands in terms of the racketeering laws. Amina Accram reports

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has warned parents that he will not tolerate any disruptions as public schools re-open across the country for the new academic year today. At a media briefing yesterday Lesufi named a number of schools which he described as problematic. Their challenges range from infighting among members of the School Governing Body, coloured parents rejecting black principals and accusations of fraud and corruption against principals. Lesufi says he's been meeting with some of these schools...

A Judicial Conduct Tribunal for Judge Nkola Motata is set to get under way in Midrand in the north of Johannesburg today, six years after a complaint was lodged. The tribunal will deal with complaints after Motata's drunk driving case. Motata allegedly used racist language and breached judicial ethics by putting forward a false defence during his trial that he was not drunk when he crashed the wall of a Johannesburg property in 2007. Motata was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to a fine of 20-thousand-rand. He's since retired. Candice Nolan filed this report.

Bloomberg Economy Reporter, Ara Gumede looks at Japans Core machinery orders rise for a second consecutive month, Markets mostly in decline in China as investors focus on a govt shutdown in the U.S and Not a good day for crryptocurrencies as both Bitcoin and Ethereum drop over 25%.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at the rand continuing to draw attention in yesterday's session as the local currency briefly traded to its best levels against the USD since mid-2015. November mining production numbers were released and came in stronger than expected. How will this impact on South Africa's GDP growth in Q4 and today the focus will shift to consumption dynamics as retail sales data for November will be released.

The Assets Forfeiture Unit is expected to serve summons today on Gupta linked Trillian and consultancy firm, McKinsey - for deals they had with Eskom and Transnet. The NPA last year applied for an order at the High Court in Pretoria to have the companies asserts worth about one-point-six billion rand preserved. New ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa at the weekend promised a crackdown on state capture and on families that had benefited through corrupt dealings - at the expense of ordinary South Africans. We speak to OUTA's Chief Operating Officer, Ben Theron.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at
South Africa's financially constrained state-owned Eskom was back in the spotlight yesterday as the JSE threatened to suspend the company's debt securities. Rumours are doing the round that the Gupta family assets worth over R1.6bn have been frozen and mining production data for November will be released today. What to expect the data to show.

Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at the rand recovering materially through the course of December and trading in a narrow range against the USD since the start of the year, the outlook for the ZAR in the short to medium term and in international markets, we have seen a very strong rally on Brent crude and the market is flirting with the $70/bbl. mark. We find out what is driving Brent higher and how will developments in the ZAR and oil markets impact South African consumers in the near term.