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Former Higher Education deputy minister, Mduduzi Manana, who has pleaded guilty to assaulting three women at a Johannesburg night club in August, has offered to compensate the women, do community service and pay a 100-thousand rand fine. His lawyer, Michael Motsoeneng Bill, has also asked that Manana be sentenced to 12 months imprisonment wholly suspended for 5 years, on condition he does not commit a similar offence during that period. Angela Bolowana reports

ETF Strategist, Nerina Visser on the latest SACCI Business Confidence Index, the International Monetary Fund and the long running saga of payments of social grants.

The importance of big businesses investing in ECD development - Innovation Edge

Market Analyst, Maudi Lentsoane of Lehumo Investments looks at Asian Markets as they are trading mixed following a mixed close on Wall Street, Donald Trump warns North Korea about making a "fatal miscalculation' and while the recent increase in the Oil price is negative for INFLATION, it is definitely offering a support for SASOL Shares, including the SASOL Inzalo BEE scheme

Taxi commuters have been advised to seek alternative transport on Wednesday morning due to a taxi strike. Taxi operators affiliated to the National Taxi Alliance will gather in Marabastad in Pretoria before marching to the Transport Ministry and the Union Buildings. The organisation is accusing the transport ministry of failure to address their long-standing concerns. They include the controversial Taxi Re-capitalisation programme, delays in the issuing of operating permits and the exclusion of the taxi industry from receiving public passenger transport subsidies. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporters, Phumzile Mlangeni and Sashin Naidoo...

A top South African National Defence Force general is among suspects that have been arrested for alleged fraud and corruption. The arrest follows a sting operation which was conducted by the Military Police and Defence Intelligence Divisions of the SANDF. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Head of Communication for the Defence Force, Siphiwe Dlamini...

The Life Esidimeni Arbitration hearings into the deaths of 141 mentally-ill patients will resume in Parktown, Johannesburg this Wednesday morning. Lawyers involved in the arbitration have not succeeded in bringing three key witnesses, including Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu, to testify within the scheduled three weeks of the hearings. The sitting has since been extended. After resorting to subpoenas, it's now hoped that Mahlangu, suspended Mental Health Director Makgabo Manamela, and suspended Head of Department Barney Selebano, will at least appear this month, or early next month. Wisani Makhubele reports...

Tensions were running high between the EFF and the DA in the National Assembly during an EFF Motion calling for the Nationalisation of Banks without Compensation. The debate was led by EFF Leader Julius Malema. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent tells us more....

Firefighters have spent the night battling a mountain fire in Gordon's Bay outside Cape Town. At least five houses have been burnt down but no lives have been affected. An extensive vegetation fire has been raging against the slopes of the Hottentots Holland mountains between Grabouw and Gordon's Bay. Mlamli Maneli reports..

The state has wrapped up its cross-examination of Henri van Breda in the Cape Town High Court. The 23-year old Van Breda faced a grilling from the state and Judge Siraj Desai during his four days of cross-examination. He is accused of the murder of his parents and brother at their De Zalze Estate home two years ago. His sister was severely injured. Van Breda maintains that a masked axe-wielding intruder killed them. The triple murder accused has denied suffering selective memory loss when it comes to incriminating parts of the state's case against him. Thandiswa Mawu reports ..