NIGHT FALL

On Nov. 16, 1860, a ship carrying 342 indentured Indians arrived in South Africa, marking the beginning of a long and painful period in the history of the Indian diaspora in the region. Today, South Africa is home to the largest population of people of Indian descent (1.3 million as of 2015) on the continent. But for long, being a descendant of indentured labourers was a source of shame. Today we...

Guest: Sixolise Gcilishe – Economic Freedom Fighters national communications manager

Justice minister Ronald Lamola is reported to have thrown the ball back into the court of Fees Must Fall student activists, saying that they were delaying the process of pardoning those arrested for protesting in favour of free tertiary education. Guest: Mr Chrispin Phiri Spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Service Mcebo Dlamini – Former Wits SRC and #FeesMustFall activist

A march by Cape flats community and religious leaders took place yesterday, followed by an interfaith prayer gathering for peace on the Cape Flats. In the past we have seen many such prayers taking place in the country, to pray for a nation in crisis. While many believe that such prayers help unite a nation, one of my guests, Rick Raubenheimer the president of the South African secular society dis...

Guest: Makoma - The Director of Earth life Africa

Guest: Professor Milton Shain - He is Professor Emeritus of Historical Studies at UCT and specializes in South African Jewish history

Guest: Nonhlanhla Makhuba - The MMC for Transport in the City of Johannesburg

Guest: Dr Shakira Choonara is a rising global icon, award-winning researcher, bold activist and the 2017 Woman of the Year in Health, in South Africa (SA)

Guest: ACDP party president - Reverend Kenneth Meshoe

Guest: : Howard Dembovsky - Chair of the Justice Project South Africa

Guest: Paul Slier - Foreign Correspondent Middle East Bureau Chief, RT

Guest: Minister of SA Police - Bheki Cele

Inkosi Mthobeli Balfour - Xhosa Historian

Guest: Rabbi Julia Margolis is the only female Rabbi in South Africa

Guest: Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda - Chairperson - African Diaspora Forum

Guest: Paul Hoffman, SC. - Accountability Now director

Guest: Dr Guy Lamb - the director of the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town

Guest: Johannesburg mayor - Herman Mashaba

guest: Chancellor at The Nelson Mandela University -Dr Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

guest: Gunilla Carlsson - UNAIDS Executive Director,

Guest: Robert Mulaudzi - City of Joburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) spokesperson

Guest: Bulelani Mkhohliswa-New Nation Movement National Coordination

Guest: Dumsani Comfort Ntshangase (Nazarites Church of God)

Ntsikelelo Breakfast - Political Analyst from the Stellenbosch University

In his recent coloumn for BD live titled ‘The death of South Africa’s imagination’Gareth Van Onselen - head of politics and governance at the South African Institute of Race Relations says “False moral equivalence allows the weak and superficial to maintain the pretence that the ANC and DA occupy the same position on the moral spectrum” According to him, “Thuma Mina” is not a call merely to action...