More on Sakina Kamwendo's interview with Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on xenophobia. Gigaba says there is no excuse for the current spate of xenophobic attacks. The Minister says people should take their grievances to government. Five people have been killed and many foreign nationals have fled their homes since the attacks started two weeks ago

Richard Branson of the Virgin Group is a regular visitor to South Africa, and yesterday he cashed in on a very lucrative investment here, the rise of China in world markets is a subject with which we are all too familiar, and Greece is back in the news. Nerina Visser, strategist at ETF SA with more analysis ...

Asian markets update with market analyst Clive Ramathibela: Asian stocks rebound to 2008 high as material shares lead gains, the latest numbers from China show the government is facing huge challenge and Japan’s prisons are turning into nursing homes

Police say the situation in the Durban CBD, where foreigners came under attack is calm. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale, says police are still deployed, but no new incidents of xenophobic attacks have been reported. He says the violence have spread to other parts of KwaZulu-Natal

President Jacob Zuma has expressed outrage at the upsurge of xenophobic attacks in the country. Five people have been killed in attacks in Durban and surrounding townships and the violence has since spread to Pietermaritzburg and Howick. Foreign shop owners in the Johannesburg CBD closed their doors after receiving warning calls. Presidential Correspondents Tshepo Ikaneng and Mzwandile Mbeje spoke exclusively to President Zuma about the government's response to the rise of xenophobic attacks in the country.

A market update and economic news with Nerina Visser, Strategist at ETF SA: Old Mutual surprised the market yesterday with news of a management change right at the top, US stock markets rallied again last night and Tax Freedom Day in America

Asian stocks fell, with a regional benchmark index poised to snap its longest winning streak since December 2013,

China's Rally Is Pushing Its Companies Back Into the Rank of World's Largest Stocks and

US retail data misses estimates but still shows positivity

Violence erupted in the Durban CBD as foreign nationals retaliated when locals tried to loot their shops. Hundreds of people across the greater Ethekwini Municipality have been forced to flee over the past week, to escape attacks and looting. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to State Security Minister David Mahlobo and political analyst, Professor Somadoda Fikeni

An economics news update with ETF Strategist & Advisor Nerina Visser :

• The IMF has again downgraded its outlook for SA GDP – to just 2% – citing electricity shortages as the primary reason
• The US earnings season and,
• The world's central bankers and finance ministers gather in Washington this week for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank

Market update with markets analyst Clive Ramathibela: Chinese stocks rally and surge the MSCI Asia Pacific index, Eskom woes continues as the workers down tools in support of fired contract workers at Medupi power plant, Rand drops by 1% as the Dollar strengths again major currencies