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  • Family of deceased Ford Kuga owner says the company should take responsibility
    The family of Reshall Jimmy, who was killed in a Ford Kuga 1.6 when it went up in flames, say they still intend to take action against Ford. This follows Ford's recall of over four-thousand-500 of the vehicles yesterday*. Jimmy's car was one of close to 50 of the models that have caught fire in South Africa. Ford South Africa CEO Jeff Nemeth says his death cannot be linked to the mechanical faults of the car as long as the case is still being investigated. A Jimmy family member, who didn't want to be named, says they're not satisfied with Ford's actions, as the problem had already been detected in the US several years ago: We caught up with Kaveen Jimmy, brother of Reshall Jimmy, together with Cecilia Andrews, Faculty head at the Tripple A School of Advertising
    12 min
  • Economist: Rating agencies are conflicted but needed
    Rating agency Moody's agreed to pay a massive R11.7 billion ($864m) in penalty for the US 2008 financial crisis. The US Justice Department accused the agency of inflating ratings on mortgage securities that were at the centre of the 2008 financial crisis. To discuss the implication of this penalty we're now joined on the line by chief economist at Econometrix, Dr Azar Jammine
    6 min
  • ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa points at at divisions within ANC leaders
    ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the divisions among the ANC top leadership are based on personal and financial interests that influence the political will to change the lives of the people of South Africa. Ramaphosa was addressing thousands of ANC members at Walter Sisulu University stadium in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Our reporter Nkululeko Nyembezi has filed this report…
    4 min
  • Several municipality's face being cut off from the power grid
    Several municipalities in the country are expected to be without electricity as from today (Monday) if power utility Eskom has its way. Seven municipalities in the Free State will experience daily power cuts. Defaulting municipalities in the Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, North West and the Eastern Cape will also be affected. Eskom says that it is owed 2 billion rand by these municipalities. Thabiso Radebe reports. In addition we also spoke to the the National Programme Director of Municipal Audit Support at the South African Local Government Association - SALGA- Mohammed Lorgat...
    8 min
  • Gift of the Givers seeks release of abducted SA journalist in Syria
    Gift of the Givers Foundation says it is an insult to them and to South Africa that a South African photojournalist, Shiraaz Mohamed, was abducted in Syria. Mohamed was in Syria as part of the Foundations' rescue team members, to take pictures of what is happening in the country. Gift of the Givers has for the past four years, been giving humanitarian assistance of about 150 million rand to the people of Syria. Its founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman joins us on the line to tell us more.
    6 min
  • Expert: 'Government should invest in intelligence to combat terrorism in SA'
    The Hawks have confirmed that two suspected terrorists were recently prevented from entering South Africa in separate incidents. Police say a suspected terrorist planning attacks against United States interests in South Africa travelling from the US via Turkey was arrested at OR Tambo International airport. In another incident, it is reported that an Iraqi man working for Islamic State terrorist group tried to fly out of Turkey to South Africa but was arrested. To Discuss this further we are now joined the line by Senior Researcher for the Trans National Threats and International Crime Division at Institutes for Security Studies Martin Ewi
    6 min

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