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The Department of Water and Sanitation is hot water for allegations of misuse of millions of tax-payers money on fruitless and wasteful expenditure. In a statement, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) has expressed its shock that the department was found to have paid some suppliers millions of rands, up to three times using the same invoice. This was revealed when water and sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane appeared before SCOPA on Tuesday to explain the alleged huge financial mismanagement in her department. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane

Market Analyst, Nerina Visser looks at South African markets following news that Eskom will be allowed to claw back around R60bn of back tariffs does not sound like good news, Pres. Zuma has signed the new Twin Peaks Bill into law and the market seemed to brush this off yesterday, putting in a strong performance...

Home Affairs has 14 working days to respond to a list of concerns raised by civil right group Right2Know regarding the newly-introduced Smart Card IDs. The organization alleges the biometric information contained in the new cards is a form of monitoring people and could also compromise their personal information. Right2Know supporters yesterday (Tuesday) marched to the Home Affairs offices in Pretoria to hand over a memorandum of complaints. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Home Affairs DG, Mkhuseli Apleni.

We look at Leading gains is the Hang Seng in Hong Kong and BHP Billiton out with results this morning, slightly missing the expectation with Lehumo Investments CEO, Maudi Lentsoane.

A company owned by Professional Progressive Forum President, Mzwanele Manyi, will acquire the Gupta family's media assets. Manyi says he will finance the deal through vendor finance - meaning the deal will be financed through company's profits. Manyi says he will acquire both the ANN7 TV channel and The New Age newspaper for 450-million rand. For further understanding about the concept of vendor funding and its implications on issues of economic transformation, we speak to Professor of Corporate Law at Monash University, Tshepo Mongalo.

Lawyers association, Advocates for Transformation, has rejected the apology by KZN ANC Chairperson, Sihle Zikalala, after he labelled Advocate Thembeka Ngcukaitobi "counter revolutionay". Zikalala's accusation came after Ngcukaitobi, who has previously represented the EFF in court, represented his political opponents at the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zikalala took exception to his ANC comrades using a lawyer that has represented other political parties against the ANC. We speak to Advocates for Transformation Chairperson, Anthea Platt.

A company owned by Professional Progressive Forum President, Mzwanele Manyi, will acquire the Gupta family's media assets. Manyi says he will finance the deal through vendor finance - meaning the deal will be financed through company's profits. Manyi says he will acquire both the ANN7 TV channel and The New Age newspaper for 450-million rand. Tshepo Mongoai has the details...

Judgement on the on the coffin assault case sitting at the high court in Middelburg, Mpumalanga has been reserved for Friday. Judge Segopotjo Mphahlele has acknowledged and accepted all the legal arguments from both the state and the defence team. The high court meanwhile has heard that Willem Oosthuizen had his cousin murdered on a farm in recent years. His lawyer, Wayne Gibbs says this is among other reasons why they reacted with anger when Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa threatened to kill their families. And state prosecutor, Robert Molokoane pleaded with the high court that the two accused to be found guilty on all seven counts of the charges. Abongile Dumako reports...

We look at the requirements for a coordinated industrial policy in SADC, what do we need to do differently to increase the chances of success. We also look at challenges relating to land reform and ownership, and lack of access to capital and finance, what are some of the other impediments to the successful establishment of a more inclusive agriculture sector with market commentator, Nerina Visser.

Four men who were allegedly found with human body parts appeared briefly in the Escourt Magistrate's Court in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Tuesday. One of the four suspects confessed to cannibalism. Meanwhile Police in KwaZulu-Natal have given the assurance that more arrests are imminent in relation to a human body parts syndicate in Escort on the province's midlands. Nonkululeko Hlophe reports