FINANCE NEWS from FIN 24

• Malema remains ANCYL leader - for now
  The sanctions against suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will only take effect after mitigation, SABC radio news reports.
• ANC mining tax reckless - DA
  The ANC's support of a super-tax on mining profits is reckless and would kill jobs and investment, the Democratic Alliance says.
• There's an excavator on my stoep...
  "There's a government excavator [worth more than R2m] on my stoep," says Mpumalanga farmer Gerrie Roets.
• Social media helps Zuma connect with SA
  President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State of the Nation address, his office says.
• US vows to dry up funding to Syria
  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to strengthen existing sanctions against the Syrian regime and seek further ones to dry up funding and arms shipments.
• Egypt gets jail hospital ready for Mubarak
  Egypt's interior minister has ordered Cairo's Tora prison hospital to make preparations to receive former President Hosni Mubarak, who has till now been held in a military hospital.
• Fears Israel may attack Iran nukes
  After years of warning about a nuclear Iran, Israel seems to be weighing an attack.