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The Competition Commission has launched an investigation against cell phone giant Vodacom into what it terms abuse of dominance. The Commission says Vodacom has secured an exclusive contract with National Treasury to be the sole provider of mobile telecommunications services to government. The Commission says it has information showing that twenty government departments will be subjected to the new Vodacom contract. We speak to the National treasury Spokesperson, Mayihlome Tshwete.

The Competition Commission has launched an investigation against cell phone giant Vodacom into what it terms abuse of dominance. The Commission says Vodacom has secured an exclusive contract with National Treasury to be the sole provider of mobile telecommunications services to government. The Commission says it has information showing that twenty government departments will be subjected to the new Vodacom contract. We speak totThe Commission's spokesperson, Sipho Ngwema...

EMT Analytics head, Jana Van Deventer looks at the Standard Bank PMI for September released yesterday – what did the data tell us about the local economy?, how has bond market performed and main events that market players will be monitoring in the session ahead.

On the trendslist today:

Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula said action will be taken against the police officer and launched a new social media campaign #MyPoliceStation campaign, which aims to address service delivery complaints.

Babes Wodumo along with fellow KZN rapper Nasty C are nominated for the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards. The two are Competing in the "Best African Act" category.

#vodacom has announced they will slash data bundle prices by 50 percent from the 15th of this month.

#vodacom has announced they will slash data bundle prices by 50 percent from the 15th of this month.

Violence erupted in Groot Marico near Zeerust in North West as members of opposition parties, police and the ANC's MKMVA, clashed during the unveiling of President Jacob monument at the site from which Zuma was arrested during the apartheid era while on his way to Botswana. Members of the DA were restricted from attending the ceremony while members of the EFF were unceremoniously kicked out of the venue where Zuma was expected to deliver his speech. Our reporter Lucas Mothibedi has the details...

Eight members of one family have been killed in the Embangweni area, in Matimatolo, KwaZulu-Natal midlands. Five of the family members who were inside a rondavel were shot and killed. Some community members who heard gunshots went to investigate and found the rondavel on fire. They tried to rescue the victims but the fire was uncontrollable. In another homestead hundreds of metres away four other family members were attacked in a similar manner. Hloniphile Fakazi Reports...

On trendswatch today, the Democratic Alliance has placed Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille and mayoral committee member for safety, security and social services, JP Smith on special leave from party activities in the Cape metropole. A University of Cape Town philosophy lecturer is trending after he allowed students to miss a test that was scheduled at the same time as the Rocking the Daisies music festival in Darling and Motorists in Gauteng can breathe a sigh of relief this after part of the extended M1 re-opens on Monday.

The Council of the University of the Witwatersrand resolved at its meeting on Friday, 29 September 2017, not to renew contracts with KPMG for internal auditing and risk management services once the respective contracts lapse at the end of the 2017 financial year.

This decision was taken following a meeting with the current CEO of KPMG, international KPMG representatives and members of the University Council’s Audit and Council Risk committees. This was following an earlier meeting a few weeks ago between Wits executive managers and other KPMG representatives.

Members of the Council Audit and Council Risk committees deliberated long and hard on the presentations made by KPMG. The committees acknowledged that KPMG did take some actions, including releasing the CEO, COO and a number of senior partners to mitigate the reputational damage that it suffered as a result of its relationship with Gupta associated companies and its complicity in the SARS report but felt that KPMG had not gone far enough. Further, it was agreed that KPMG had not been sufficiently transparent and that it is hard to reconcile KPMG’s conclusion that no one did anything illegal, when senior individuals have been dismissed and the SARS report has been retracted.

In these circumstances, the Council believes that it would have been prudent to acknowledge the ethical and legal lapses of KPMG’s senior management team. Further, the company should have embarked on programmes to correct the wrongs that have been done to individuals and institutions. The Council also believes that an independent investigation should have been initiated at the outset.

Given these considerations, the joint meeting of the Council Audit and Council Risk committees and the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand concluded that it would terminate its relationship with KPMG at the end of this financial year.

PWC will remain the University’s external auditors.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says critical investigations may be delayed after important documents were damaged by a burst water pipe at her Centurion offices. The office was reportedly flooded after its roof collapsed following heavy overnight rains in Lynwood‚ Pretoria. Advocate Mkhwebane says her main concern is that the damaged documents are irreplaceable. She says the incident also occurred in the week in which she is supposed to brief Parliament. We speak to the Public Protector's spokesperson, Cleopatra Mosana...

Kenya's Electoral Commission yesterday met opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto for consultative talks ahead of fresh presidential elections later this month. After the talks, the opposition said the electoral commission has not met its demands that it says will guarantee free elections. It has called for protests on Friday. However, the governing party said it was satisfied with the preparations for the polls, but said it would not stop parliament from reviewing the electoral laws. The Supreme Court annulled August's presidential elections over irregularities, but did not say who at the electoral commission was responsible. Sarah Kimani reports.