South Africa will use its chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Rim Association to unlock and upscale the economic potential of its vast ocean. That's according President Jacob Zuma while speaking to the SABC at the end of his two-legged visit to Indonesia last night. He undertook a State Visit to the south-east Asian country and also attended the leaders summit of 21 countries bordering the Indian Ocean which include Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Kenya and Tanzania among others. Ntebo Mokobo report

Northern Cape Premier Sylvia Lucas says they need to consult with the community of Bankara Bodulong near Kuruman, before they allow foreign nationals back into the area. Over 30 foreign shop owners were evacuated after their shops were looted and destroyed last year. Community members torched their shops and took stock worth more than 10-million-rand. The foreign nationals are now being accommodated at the Kuruman police station. Reginald Witbooi reports

Nerina Visser, Strategist & Advisor at ETF SA Business Confidence Index for February was released yesterday, and on the face of it, was quite poor and what is "Twin Peaks" what is it all about?

Just few weeks before World Malaria Day, a new type of mosquito which threatens to spread malaria in South Africa has been discovered. A team of scientists from the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, who made the discovery, says this means South Africa needs to intensify malaria vector control. One of the Scientists who supervised the research is Prof Maureen Coetzee, the director of the Wits Malaria Research Institute. She joins us on the line to tell us more.

The National Assembly has approved the SABC Inquiry report, with an objection from the UDM. The report was produced following the Ad Hoc Committee's inquiry into the affairs of the SABC and the Board's fitness to hold office. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent

The PRASA board and former acting CEO, Collins Letsoalo, were having a heated exchange in Parliament trying to explain his alleged 350 per cent salary increase. Letsoalo and a PRASA delegation appeared before Parliament's Transport Committee to explain matters in the parastatal. It has come to light that Letsoalo - who was seconded from the Transport Department to PRASA - had allegedly raised his own salary. The director of the board, Bernard Phitsane, has told the committee that the board did not know about the salary increase. Letsoalo - whose secondment has since been reversed - has however vehemently denied increasing his salary saying he only enquired about a secondment allowance entitled to him. Zalene Merrington has more

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian equities were in the red on Wednesday amid mounting geopolitical risks in the region and rising expectations that the Federal Reserve would tighten monetary policy next week and New CEO for MTN, after shock exit of the Mteto Nathi

A high-level investigation is underway into last night's multi-million rand robbery at the O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. It's believed the gang pretending to be police officers robbed an awaiting aircraft. Sakina Kamwendo speaks Hawks' Hangwani Mulaudzi

The country should be outraged that young and healthy boys die each year at initiation schools and nobody takes responsibility for that. That's the word from the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities in Johannesburg. The Commission is holding hearings into the deaths of young people at initiation schools across the country. The hearings started in Gauteng today and will proceed to the worst affected province, the Eastern Cape. Senior journalist Thabile Mbhele reports

Nerina Visser Strategist & Advisor at ETF SA look at the GDP numbers that were released yesterday which are the worst since 2009, just after the global financial crisis, China is on target to become the largest economy in the world in less than 10 years and is China growing?