Radio 2000 Mixes

Ashburton Investments Portfolio Manager, Wayne Mccurrie looks at Trump tax policies effect on corporate profits, British American tobacco announcement on effect and Aspen pharmacare rumoured expose by vanguard .

Nadir Thokan of Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at the strong support for emerging market bonds and why South Africa has benefited from this, Naspers latest investment in Swiggy and its plans there and the rumors circulating about Aspen and it's share price fall yesterday.

-Following her speech at the Golden Globe awards, it seems Americans want the talk show Queen Oprah Winfrey to run for Presidency.
- Clothing Retailer H&M is under fire after running a product photo featuring a black boy in a hoodie with the words "coolest monkey in the jungle"

The MKMVA has thrown its full weight behind the new ANC leader as elected at the governing party's 54th congress last month. MKMVA had publicly declared its support for former AU commission chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on a ticket that the party is ready for a female leader. However deputy party president at the time Cyril Ramaphosa emerged victorious. Two factions created by contestation prior to the conference are each represented by three members in the top six of the ANC. Senior political journalist Amos Phago reports.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed two factions in the KwaZulu-Natal to set aside their differences and work together for the sake of unity in the organisation. Ramaphosa was speaking at the grave sites of both the late ANC President, Dr. John Langalibalele Dube at Ohlange outside Durban and of Inkosi Albert Luthuli at Groutville north of Durban. Ramaphosa referred to Saturday's incident where party provincial chairperson Sihle Zikalala and his rival Senzo Mchunu shook hands as a step towards restoring unity in KwaZulu-Natal. Vusi Makhosini reports …..

Ashburton Investments Portfolio Manager, Wayne Mccurrie looks at the withdrawal of central bank quantative, world economic cycle recovery is long in the tooth and World inflation - the true danger to markets.

Five people have been arrested for failing to pay for services from the Johannesburg municipality. This follows a revenue collection blitz led by city mayor, Herman Mashaba. The city is owed just under one-billion rand for water and electricity. There are about 2 000 businesses which have also defaulted. We speak to Johannesburg executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba.

Nadir Thokan from Invesment Analyst with 27-Four-Investments looks at US jobs numbers for December, the Naspers problem on the JSE and just how serious the debt problem at Eskom is.

Reports of the eminent arrest of the sons of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe are picking up steam. The reports first surfaced through an independent Zimbabwean newspaper citing corruption and illegal gold trading as some of the allegations levelled against the duo. This comes as current President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government embarks on a major corruption crackdown, which has already claimed some senior government officials.

The Tshwane University of Technology has given the assurance that it has put measures in place to deal with any eventualities. It says although it has places in some fields of study, it will not allow any walk-in application on its campuses. The university says students who wants to apply to study should do so online. The EFF has urged prospective students to turn up at higher institutions of their choice to register. The move follows President Jacob Zuma's announcement on free higher education last month. we speak to TUT spokesperson Willa de Ruyter.