Market Analyst at 27Four investments Nadir Thokan looks at Mckinsey's report on South Africa and the US manufacuring PMI.

Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice Chancellor, Professor Wim de Villiers, has conceded that racism does exist on the university campus. He was briefing Parliament's portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training on allegations of racism levelled against the university. They're made in a video titled "Luister", made by a lobby group calling for transformation at Stellensbosch University. Zalene Merrington reports

Durban has been named as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. SASCOC CEO, Tubby Reddy, part of the bid presentation team, says it has been a tough process. The announcement was made in Auckland, New Zeeland by outgoing Commonwealth Games President Prince Tunku Imran of Malaysia

Market analyst Clive Ramathibela talks about Asian stocks, US markets feel a lot of volatility and SA shows trade deficit in July has increased

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is to invest in cement, power and coal mining in Zimbabwe. Dangote who was in Zimbabwe yesterday says his team will be in the country as early as next week for further exploration. The 58 year old multi billionaire is on an aggressive expansion drive across sub-saharan African. Last month, his company Dangote Group opened 450 million dollar cement plant in Zambia. Shingai Nyoka reports

Market Analyst at 27Four investments Nadir Thokan looks ArcelorMittal South Africa is planning to shut two mills and is reviewing operations at its largest plant, the mining agreement signed between government labour and business and China Factory PMI Falls to 47.3

South Africa is being denied the opportunity to send its best team to the Rugby World Cup 2015 due to political interference. This is according to the Freedom Front Plus who is now appealing to the British government to take urgent note of alleged political interference in sport in the country. Freedom Front Plus' parliamentary spokesperson on sport, Advocate Anton Alberts, says this type of interference on a racial basis has led to international sport boycotts against South Africa in the past.

Family of the man who allegedly killed his wife with a live grenade and that of the deceased, shocked by incident at Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. These two families visited the home of the two where the crime took place. Qiniso Mbili reports

A startling allegations of securitisation fraud by the Big Four banks has been revealed. According to Banking Law Advisor's Advocate Douglas Shaw, banks have been deceiving home owners as if they are still the registered bond owners, when in fact they are not. This allows them to collect mortgage bond payments on behalf of the new owners and take judgment against defaulting borrowers, neither of which is legal where the bond is securitised. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Banking Law Advisor's Advocate Douglas Shaw

The South African Communist Party has urged government to scale up its re-industrialisation efforts in order to spur economic growth. This is part of its resolutions taken at the end of its Central Executive meeting in Johannesburg. The two day meeting focussed mainly on the struggling economy and the weaker rand. SACP General Secretary Blade Nzimande says the economy needs to be industrialised with emphasis on labour intensive sectors. Ntebo Mokobo reports