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Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event in the capital of Barbados to demand reparations for slavery and its legacy in today's society. SAfm Night Talk hosted a conversation about the importance of reparations, why certain set of communities have received them, while some don't, significance also of reparations for slavery descendants and what...

  Members from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, together with the African Union are meeting to discuss the crisis in Niger. The summit is expected to discuss using force to return Niger to constitutional democracy. ECOWAS had given officers who seized power in Niamey on July 26th a seven-day ultimatum to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face the potential use of force...

What Interventions are employed by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to address Illegal Mining in South Africa? Oliver Dickson spoke to Makhosonke Buthelezi - head of communication at DMRE  

Build One South Africa has recently announced the first two dozen candidates for the upcoming 2024 elections.  When we launched BOSA , they say one of their core pledges was to improve the quality of elected representatives and to guarantee that they are directly accountable to the country and their communities. Does this candidate list relfect this? How did the party go about selecting these cand...

ActionSA today marched to the offices of Police Minister, Bheki Cele to demand that action be taken within the next three months to urgently address the continued decline in the quality of South African Police Stations. Guest: Herman Mashaba - Action SA Leader   

SANTACO in the Western Cape says it is unlikely that taxi services would resume tomorrow. SANTACO Provincial Secretary, Ryno Saaiers said there has been no significant progress in negotiations. They held a media briefing outside their offices in Bellville today. The taxi strike was called as a result of the impounding of taxis by the city of Cape Town. Oliver Dickson speaks to JP Smith - MMC for S...

  Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, says the taxi strike has drawn most of the province's law enforcement resources away from other policing functions, leading to opportunistic crimes such as looting.  Meawhile, A police station in Kayamandi in Stellenboch has been set alight amid an ongoing taxi strike in the Western Cape. Over the past week several buses were torched, vehicles stoned, roads bloc...

#ToTheBallot  Political Party Profile - Xiluva  Xiluva is a political party founded by the Former Mayor of Midvaal, Bongani Baloyi, has officially been registered with the Independent Electoral Commissio Xiluva says their vision is to craft an Afrofuturistic South Africa, where the brilliance of our past melds seamlessly with the boundless opportunities of our future. A nation driven by Ubuntu, po...

Earlier in the year, Hammanskraal became the epicentre of a cholera outbreak. On 31 May, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said 99 confirmed cases of cholera and 23 deaths  This evening we get an update, following the investigative probe by the Water research commission.  The says the source of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, is still unknown. The area recorded over 20 deaths of...

  Earlier in the year, Hammanskraal became the epicentre of a cholera outbreak. On 31 May, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said 99 confirmed cases of cholera and 23 deaths  This evening we get an update, following the investigative probe by the Water research commission.  The says the source of the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, is still unknown. The area recorded over 20 deaths...

Why is it that women in politics seems to always be playing a supporting role, can women political leadership go beyond being a project and work in progress to being an actuality? We have this conversation at the back of the new ANCWL leadership announcement following the League's 13th National conference in Nasrec, South of Johannesburg. . Deputy Minister for Women, Youth and People with Disabili...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a South African government student financial aid scheme which provides financial aid to undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education after finishing high school. It is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training. But at the beginning of each academic year, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) fac...

-Could illegal mining be behind the explosion? -Could it be that the design life has been reached? -Is the system in the city of Johannesburg encumbered? -What forms part of the infrastructure of the City of Johannesburg - particularly underground, that could've contributed to this? Guest: Herman Mashaba - Leader of Action SA      

Has the increased media attention geared towards Paul Mashatile wired to discredit him for future campaigns?   Guest: Thabo shole-Mashoa – Political Commentator Guest: Richard Poplak – Jounalist at Daily Maverick  

CBD Gas Explosion Guest: Panyaza Lesufi – Premier of Gauteng Guest: Richard Mulaudzi EMS Joburg Spokesperson

South Africa's Department of Health gazetted the draft Regulations relating to the labelling and advertising of food in January 2023 and the document is available for public comment. The regulations propose the mandatory use of warning labels on unhealthy packaged food. Consumers have until Friday 21 July to submit their comments.  The Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), a civil society organisation...

Guest: William bird-Executive Director of Media Monitoring Africa Guest: Hennie Strydom -A professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the High Court in Gauteng that arresting Russian President Vladimir Putin, if he travels to South Africa for the BRICS summit in August, would be a declaration of war against Russia The ICC issued an arrest wa...

Guest: Prof Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg Physics professor with a research interest in sunlight modeling