South Africa has shelved plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund – which will manage the country’s foreign reserves – due to declining metal prices.
Troops have pushed into a rebel-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border, fighting house to house and bombing from the air.
Verashni Pillay and Nickolaus Bauer were back on M&G Newsroom on 20Vfm, with a special tribute to the new Snoop Lion and much-loved Snoop Dogg.
There could be a shortage of clean water if South Africans do not work to conserve it, says Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa.
Thousands of workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in East London have embarked on a strike for the first time in 24 years, reports the Daily Dispatch.
Stock markets, which have been pushing to record levels as central banks flooded the world with cash, stumbled last week.
Opposition parties say the Gupta family should be prosecuted, adding that a probe into the president’s involvement in the plane saga is needed.
The response to the Gupta debacle is indicative of a state only dealing with the symptoms rather than the cause of its ills, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
Although there’s little glory in bronze, BlackBerry and Microsoft are battling for third position in the smartphone market.
The low-down on big stories like Guptagate, the ‘exposure’ of a sinister campaign in Zimbabwe, and the MTV Base Africa All Stars concert.