Radio 2000 Mixes

In South Africa there are currently 7 Million people living with HIV, with 380,000 new HIV infections each year. Health authorities say the statistics for young women and girls are particularly alarming. Yesterday the country joined the rest of the globe in commemorating World Aids Day. During the World Aids Conference in July, South Africa was commended for its roll out of anti-retroviral treatment to those infected with HIV. Nonkululeko Hlophe compiled this report...

A traditional healer in the Vaal, south of Johannesburg says gangsters have taken over initiation schools and led to deadly rivalry between gangs. At least three people have lost their lives over the past three weeks. The Diamonds gang from Bophelong and the Mopheme gang from Boipatong are fighting for ownership of all the initiation schools in the area. Ditaba Tsotetsi and Sashin Naidoo visited the area and filled this report ...

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has again defended her decision to probe her predecessor, Thuli Madonsela. She was addressing questions from Khayelitsha residents during an event to mark the 16 Days of No Violence Campaign. Mlamli Maneli reports...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian markets as Stocks Rise Most in Three Weeks on Oil Deal and China Manufacturing PMI rises in November...

Market analyst, Mohammed Nalla looks at South African markets as trade balance swings back into deficit but beats expectations, US private payrolls surge as a precursor to tomorrow's jobs data and oil prices surge over 10% as OPEC surprises with a deal to cut production

More than half of government health depots and health institutions do not record the medication they dispense to patients or even take the names of the patients they are serving. This is according to Auditor- General Kimi Makwetu's latest audit report on the Department of Health's performance and management of pharmaceuticals. The report also found that some of these health departments overspent on their budgets because they base their budgets on old information instead of doing an actual healthcare needs analysis of citizens. The Department of health says they acknowledge the findings, but a lot has since changed. The Deputy Director General of Health Regulations and Compliance Management at the Department of Health, Dr Anban Pillay joins us on the line to clarify.

Pubic Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has appointed Matshela Koko as acting chief executive of power utility Eskom. Koko, who is in charge of power generation and has worked at Eskom since 1996. He replaces Brain Molefe who resigned as group chief executive after he was implicated in the former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's "State of Capture" report. We're now joined on the line by managing director at EE Publishers Chris Yelland

Members of parliament have asked the board and management of the Passenger Rail Agency, Prasa, what they are doing to fix the entity's finances. Prasa has been identified by the Auditor General as the worst performing entity with irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure to the tune of 14 billion rand. The board and management of PRASA were appearing before Parliament's standing committee on public accounts (SCOPA) to account for the losses. We are now joined on the line by Scopa chairman Themba Godi

The Department of Water and Sanitation says dam levels are still a concern across the country despite the recent rainfall. The department has appealed to all South Africans to continue to use water sparingly, and adhere to water restriction measures. Meanwhile, the South African Weather Services has warned that heatwave conditions will persist in some parts of the country until the weekend. We are now joined on the line by spokesperson for the department of Water and Sanitation Sputnik Ratau

Equal Education is taking Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to court for failing to for failing to provide basic amenities to school. Tuesday was the deadline for the Department of Basic Education to meet the norms and standards for school infrastructure, however, only a few of the nine provincial departments met the set standards. For more on this, we are joined on the line by Head of Policy and Training for Equal Education, Leanne Jansen-Thomas