Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng held no prisoners at the O R Tambo Memorial lecture last night in Newtown, Johannesburg. The annual lecture marked what would have been the 99th birthday of the struggle icon. Among other things Mogoeng spoke passionately about avoiding an economic downgrade at all cost and the importance of good leadership. Senior Reporter Angela Bolowana attended the lecture and filed this report…

The Mpumalanga department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is to asses the damage caused by a heavy storm in Belfast in the Emakhazeni local municipality near Middelburg. One person has been admitted in hospital following the heavy storm that hit Belfast late yesterday. Vusi Twala reports...

Gordhan has told parliament's finance committee that he is also looking into the matter. The DA says it will submit a parliamentary question next week to the finance minister regarding the response from SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane on the issue. A group of 81 top business people are the latest to offer their support to Gordhan as he prepares to face fraud charges next week. Listen to the following clip of the alleged hostage situation at SARS where Sars employee Vlok Symington was alledgedly being held against his will by the Hawks' Nyameka Xaba and Tom Moyane's bodyguard. The following sound courtesy of the Mail and Guardian....For legal analysis on the matter we also caught up with Professor Pierre De Vos, Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at the University of Cape Town and author of the Blog, Constitutionally Speaking.

Government has revised the economic growth forecast for the year down from zero-point-nine percent to zero-point-five percent. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was presenting the 2016 Mid-term budget - also known as the 'mini budget' earlier yesterday. Gordhan says treasury expects economic growth to pick up to one point three percent next year and two-point-two percent in two years' time. Amina Accram reports

The SA Council of Churches has warned that if the ongoing violent protests at Universities are not addressed things will get out of hand and call for a state of emergency. The SACC is appealing to all religious groups to come together and help stop violence during Fees Must Fall protests at tertiary institutions. The council has proposed the establishment of a reference group - comprised of different religious groups , to create space for peaceful dialogue between students, parents and university management. Tshepo Phagane reports....

Residents of Bolotwa village outside Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape are up in arms following brutal murders and rape of women in their area. They say they've been living in fear as they were allegedly terrorised by a 24 year-old suspect for the past two and a half years. Residents travelled in numbers to a local magistrate court where the alleged rape and murder suspect appeared briefly for the crimes. His case has been postponed until the 3rd of November. Fundiswa Mhlekude has more.....

Corruption watch says it will be laying criminal charges against South African Revenue Service Commissioner Tom Moyane for his alleged failure to report two senior employees accused of financial irregularities to the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation. This follows findings of a report from the Financial Intelligence Centre which details allegations of fraud and corruption by senior Sars employees Jonas Makwakwa and Kelly-Ann Elskie. We spoke to executive director of Corruption Watch David Lewis

Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba says the replacement of the Rea Vaya bus that was burnt during student protests in Braamfontein on Tuesday night will cost an estimated 3.3 million rand. Mashaba says that while he understands the plight of poor students, violent forms of protests must stop. We spoke to the spokesperson of Johannesburg mayor, Gabu Tugwana...

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian markets which slipped slightly earlier in the week...

Head of Real Time Analytics of ETM Analytics, Jana van Deventer looks at whether Mini Budget lived up to what had perhaps been hyped-up expectations and whether South African National Treasury doing enough to ensure that country can avoid a credit rating downgrade to sub-investment grade before year-end...