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Head of Financial Markets at ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at Retail sales data for September coming in stronger than expected yesterday and How Eskom Inquiry has impacted on South African consumers?

A day after issuing a stern warning to President Robert Mugabe and the ruling Zanu-PF‚ Zimbabwean military forces were seen in the streets of Harare, reportedly taking part in a training routine‚ sparking panic in the country's capital. Images shared on social media have left some Zimbabweans fearing that the army could spring a surprise in retaliation to a speech made by the Zanu-PF Youth League earlier in the day. The Youth League hit out at the military‚ after the commander of the Zimbabwe National Army‚ General Constantine Chiwenga‚ on Tuesday criticised Zanu-PF over the sacking of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded a stop to the purging of senior party members aligned to him. We speak to prominent Zimbabwe opposition leader and former Education minister, David Coltart.

Zimbabwe's military has detained Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo after seizing power in an attempt to root out criminals around President Robert Mugabe. Chombo was a leading member of the so-called 'G40' faction of the ruling ZANU-PF party, led by Mugabe's wife Grace, that had been vying to succeed the 93-year-old president.

An employee at the state's Cullinan Care and Rahabilitation Centre in Pretoria has told the Life Esidimeni hearings that they were overwhelmed as they were forced to take in more patients than they could care for. They included adults who fell outside the category of patients Cullian looked after. The centre's mandate was to admit patients between the ages of three and 21. Cullinan then had to rapidly discharge certain patients who appeared stable, without proper assessments to NGOs. Some of them died at those unlicensed NGOs. Acting Deputy Manager at Cullinan's Nursing Department - Dikeledi Manaka has been testifying at the hearings held in Parktown, Johannesburg. Wisani Makhubele reports.......

EMT Analytics head, Jana Van Deventer looks at market response to
National Treasury offering a record amount at its weekly vanilla bond auction as borrowing requirements have increased after the medium term budget ,TransUnion releasing its consumer credit index for South Africa the third quarter and the September retail sales data.

Zimbabwe's military has detained Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo after taking over the streets of Harare. The army says this is not a coup but they're targeting criminals around President Robert Mugabe. Chombo was a leading member of the so-called 'G40' faction of the ruling ZANU-PF party, led by Mugabe's wife Grace, that had been vying to succeed the 93-year-old president. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC correspondent in Harare, Ephert Musekiwa...

Former President of the South African Society of Psychiatrists or SASOP- Mvuyiso Talatala says the Gauteng Health Department lied in court when it successfully fought off a legal battle to stop the transfer of mentally ill patients. SASOP took the department to court in March last year to stop the transfer of about 50 patients from Life Esidimeni to the Takalani NGO in Soweto. Talatala has been testifying at the Life Esidimeni hearings in Johannesburg. Wisani Makhubele reports...

-Former Deputy Minister of higher education Mduduzi Manana sentenced to 12 months in prison or to R100‚000 fine and 500 hours of community service, He will also compensate the women women he assaulted.
-EFF rejects the recommendations of the Fees Commission's report.
- ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe confirms that he has NOT been suspended from the ANC.

Former Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande, says he is still of the view that all poor and working class students should be provided with free education at tertiary level. His comments come after President Jacob Zuma released the Fees Commission Report yesterday. It recommends that students be funded through a cost-sharing model of government guaranteed loans from commercial banks. The report also recommends that students studying at TVET Colleges receive fully subsidised free education in the form of grants. Students from various universities have voiced their opposition to the recommendations. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Former Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NASFAS) is adamant that the Fees Commission Report's recommendation that the scheme should be replaced would not work. The report which President Jacob Zuma released yesterday, recommends that students be funded through a cost-sharing model of government guaranteed loans from commercial banks. However, NASFAS chairperson Sizwe Nxasana says such a recommendation is not practical in a difficult economic environment