NIGHT FALL

Guest: Petro Mzileni, Phd Socio;ogy candidate Nelson Mandel University

What’s God Got To Do With It: let’s speak  Politics and Religion in South Africa Is Religion a threat to elections? Guest: David Jeffery-Schwikkard, is a PhD candidate at King’s College London. His research explores how the ANC navigates a secular state with a religious electorate in South Africa. Guest: Pholoso More, Religious scholar doing their final year masters in Theology specializing in New...

Guest: Ismail Lagardien is a writer, columnist and political economist with extensive exposure and experience in global political economic affairs. He was educated at the London School of Economics, and holds a PhD in International Political Economy. POLICE in the Western Cape have said they were still investigating the death of businessman-turned-fraudster Markus Jooste, who reportedly died a day...

Guest: Narend Singh, IFP Chief Whip Opposition parties petition the president: electoral matters amendment bill is unconstitutional. Ten political parties in Parliament have petitioned the president over the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill passed by the National Council of Provinces last week. They are appealing for him to not assent to the bill - saying it’s unconstitutional.  It will give the p...

Guest: Matshidiso Lencasa, Budget Researcher at Section 27 Guest: Isabella Frey, Founding and Executive Director of Social Policy initiative  

Guest: Pontsho Pilane, Writer

Guest: Naeem Jeenah, Executive Director Afro Middle East Centre

Senegal's President Macky Sall hails his country's democracy as being in good health as he and his ruling coalition concede defeat to the anti-establishment opposition candidate. Just 10 days after being released from jail, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's youngest president.  Guest: Amadou Barry, Channel Afrika’s correspondent in Dakar, Senegal               

The ANC says it will accept and comply with the electoral court ruling, dismissing its bid to have the uMkhonto weSizwe Party deregistered. The electoral court has ruled that the MK party met all the IEC requirements, before the prescribed time for registrations. This means that the political newcomers can contest the upcoming elections. Guest: Mbekezeli Benjamin, Researcher at Judges Matter  In a...

Mpumalanga Action Movement 

Guest: Dzvinka Kachur - research fellow at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and co-founder of the NPO ‘Ukrainian Association of South Africa’ Guest: Oleksandra Romantsova - Executive Director at the Centre for Civil Liberties

Interview Infidelity: Why is it not criminalised in South Africa and what would the criminalisation thereof entail? Guest: Elton Hart - Senior Partner Hart and Associates AND Attorney at UJ Guest: JC van der Merwe - Philosophical practitioner (in private practice in JHB)

The National Assembly votes on the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill Guest: Nkululeko Tselane - Attorney at the High Court  

Guest: Vuyo Zungula, ATM President

Guest: Ismail Mohammed, Head of Operations at Gift of the Givers

Political Analysis with Leeto Nthoba

Guest: Tessa Dooms, Director of Programs at Rivonia Circle South Africa has some 400 political parties and independent candidates who will be vying for South Africans favor at the upcoming polls. According to the IEC- it has received 70 new applications making this the biggest number of parties at the polls.  Themes Why the need for so many parties? And what will an increase of new party entries m...

Guest: Mmoni Seapolelo, Acting Group Executive for Corporate Affairs and Marketing at the SABC Guest: Bongiwe Zwane, SABC’s Full View Anchor Want to invest in the latest lucrative, money-spinning scheme that is all the rage online? You want to but you’re skeptical?   Ok what if the person encouraging you to jump in is a face or voice you are used to, say, a credible broadcast journalist? If people...