Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets as shares advance after Dow hits 20, 000, S&P says South Africa needs to deliver growth, fiscal improvements and chicken Fight Rocks South Africa’s Trade Relations With Europe...

Organisers of the South African politicians awards say the event will go ahead despite a boycott by some political parties that were invited to participate. The organisers say the awards, to be held in February, are designed to rebuild the image of politics and inspire young people to become politicians. We spoke to project director for the awards Veronica Modieleng...

Market Analyst, Mohammed Nalla looks at South African markets as Dow Jones Industrial index tops 20000 for the first time, Trump's Mexican wall doesn't stop Mexican peso from climbing as EM FX and continues rally and SA PPI due today but food inflation risks remain...

The SA Democratic Teachers Union in Limpopo says there will be a total shutdown of schools as they march to the provincial education department, the treasury and premier Stanley Mathabatha's office on Tursday. The union says it demands, among other things, that textbooks and stationery be delivered to all schools and the payment of salaries owed to teachers and principals. We spoke to deputy secretary of Sadtu in Limpopo, Sowell Tjebane...

The Black Business Council (BBC) is opposing the signing of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (Fica) Bill that it will criminalize business people. The council together with the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) want President Zuma to re-look at the Bill as they say it will give banks too much power. We spoke to the President of BBC, Danisa Baloyi and Managing Director of the Banking Association of South Africa, Cas Coovadia...

Animal rights activists say they have noted an increase in donkey poaching, where some of the animals are killed in a very cruel manner. It is believed that donkey trade is big business and the demand has spiked in China for medicinal purposes.We spoke to inspector at the Highveld Horse Care Unit Ashley Ness

The ANC Youth League has hit out at Deputy President Cyril Ramapahosa and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. It accuses the two of working with private business to collapse SAA. This came out at the league's media briefing on the sidelines of the ANC NEC Lekgotla in Pretoria yesterday. Ahead of the ANC's National Elective Conference the League says it will only support leaders with the courage to collapse what it calls white monopoly capital - saying it wants SAA to be moved from the National treasury to the Department of Public Enterprises. Ntebo Mokobo has more...

Markets Analyst Mohammed Nalla looks at South Africa markets as Trump effects wanes as US equity markets continue to slide, exiting TPP deal sees dollar weaker supporting commodities in the short term and local political risk premium masked by global developments but belies unease in markets...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Markets and the week ahead as the Chinese new year nears

The perception of public sector corruption in South Africa has improved. This is according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International. South Africa's score has improved from 44 in 2015 to 45 in 2016. It is ranked 64th out of 176 countries that were reviewed. We spoke to Executive Director of Corruption Watch, David Lewis