Radio 2000 Mixes

Maudi Lentsoane, Managing Director at Lehumo Capital looks at Asian shares which are higher, Nikkei adds 0.8% as weak yen theme prevails, the Bank of Japan Can't Keep Stores From Cutting Prices with core CPI falling by 0.4 percent in October, year on-year and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is willing to try just about anything to get his company back into China.

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly give us an update From The Coal-Face looking at Gold worth hundreds of millions of rands is being recovered on the East Rand from mine throw-aways like woodchips and grease, once-mighty Anglo American mining company, which is already a shadow of its former self, is intent on becoming even smaller and Business and labour need to combine to counter the Department of Mineral Resources, which has turned dictator.

Jana van Deventer, Head of Real Time Analytics at ETM Analytics looks at the SARB brought no surprises at its final MPC meeting for 2016 as the benchmark repo rate was kept unchanged at 7.00%, focus now shifting to the Moody's credit review report, that will likely be released after the local close and fuel price adjustments for December on the cards

Save South Africa says President Jacob Zuma has failed the nation and should not be allowed to finish his full term in office. The Organisation which consists of ordinary South Africans, struggle stalwarts, business and civil society groups officially launched the its campaign of entitled "the people's motion of no confidence in the President". This follows the release of the state capture report by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. The report did not directly implicate the President, but it revealed that the Gupta family who have close ties to Zuma, may have had a role in appointing senior government officials. We spoke to Steering Committee member of Save South Africa, Mark Haywood...

Media freedom activists have given the CITIZEN newspaper owner Caxton media, fourteen days to respond to their demands or face more action. Dozens of activists under the banner of Forum of Journalists For Transformation, labour federation cosatu, Black First Land First movement, ANC and Communications Workers Union marched to caxton head office in Johannesburg to deliver a memorandum of demands. They want the company to end what they call exploitation of black journalism and continuing racism within it's ranks. We spoke to ANC spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane looks at Asian markets as Nikkei is up 1% following Japanese shares leading in gains on the back of a weaker yen, FED November minutes released yesterday seemed to validate a rate hike in December and Gold prices sink below US$1,200 for first time in nearly a year.

Market analyst, Jana van Deventer of ETM Analytics looks at SA markets with no argument that the SARB's final rate decision for 2016 will be the main event on the local calendar today, October CPI data, surprising to the topside at an 8-month high of 6.4% and expectations for the SARB rate decision

Investigation is under way into allegations of racial discrimination and abuse at the Cape Town high school. Pupils residing in a Wynberg Girls' High School hostel recently took to social media to voice their concerns about alleged ongoing racial and sexual abuse by the superintendent. We spoke to Western Cape education MEC Debbie Schafer...

Market analyst, Maudi Lentsoane, Managing Director at Lehumo Capital looks at Asian shares trading in positive territory Wednesday, taking a lead from record gains in the U.S. overnight, Oil ending little changed on Tuesday in volatile trade and India's cash economy being thrown into turmoil since Modi announced on November 8th that 500 and 1,000 rupee notes would cease to be legal tender..

Market analyst, Jana van Deventer, Head of Real Time Analytics at ETM Analytics looks at one of the major developments was an updated report from the Department of Energy in which it was indicated that plans to build a nuclear power plant have been delayed at least until 2037, positive signs from the SARB's leading business cycle index which rose to an over 1-year high in September and CPI data for October is scheduled for release...