NIGHT FALL

Guest: Senzo Mchunu - Minister of Water and Sanitation 

Guest: Fatima Seedat -SADAG’s Development Manager, 

Guest: Dr Oscar Van Heerden, International Relations Expert 

Guest: Elizabeth Raiters - Deputy Chairperson #PTG 

Guest: Daniela Gennrich - Coordinator of - We Will Speak Out South Africa Coalition 

Guest: Buyisile Mncina - Counselling Psychologist 

Guest:Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast - Nelson Mandela University Political analyst 

Guest: Sandile Swana - Political Analyst 

Guest: Wayne Duvenage is CEO of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse The South African revenue services has been given the go ahead to install CCTV cameras in big tobacco warehouses. The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), took SARS to court with the aim of stopping the installation of the surveillance. FITA represents 80 percent of licensed cigarette manufacturers in Southern Africa....

Guest: Nsika Masondo is the CFO of the National Stokvel Association of South Africa, as well as the NASASA Financial Co-Operative. In South Africa, a stokvel is an invitation-only club of twelve or more people serving as a rotating credit union or saving scheme. In a Stokvel scam, fraudsters advertise the club/scheme on social media platforms. They will entice others to join by having other people...

Guest: Dr William Mpofu- Researcher at the university of the Witwatersrand, political analyst and  Senior Research Associate at Good Governance Africa President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo's election, which has been condemned as a "sham" by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun. Tshisekedi won about 73% of the vote, with his nearest chall...

Guest: Garron Gsell from The Men's Foundation At least 54 councillors and 103 municipal officials have been gunned down since 2011 Following a commission that was established in 2016, In 2018, commissioners, advocate Marumo Moerane, advocate Vasu Gounden and Professor Cheryl Potgieter completed the task and submitted the report to the then premier. In part, the report identified serious weaknesses...

Guest: Chairperson of the South African Local Government Association in KwaZulu-Natal Cllr Thamsanqa Ntuli

Guest: Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast, Political analyst at Nelson Mandela University  

Guest: Lebogang Ramafoko - Executive Director - Oxfam South Africa’s national Health Department has raised concerns following the increasing rate of teenage pregnancies across the country. It has been recorded that over 145 teenagers have given birth in public hospitals on Christmas Day alone, while just over 1,700 babies were delivered. More than 100,000 adolescent girls give birth in South Afric...

Guest: Dalene Sechele-Manana, HR Director of Mercantile Bank Burnout is well-recognised for its negative effects on a person's life and wellbeing, but less well-known is boreout - another sub-optimal state that is prevalent in workplaces and characterised by low motivation, low challenge, and low interest. It usually results from having too little to do, too little autonomy, or too few opportuniti...

Guest: Kwezi Mngqibisa, a senior research fellow at the University of Johannesburg The Democratic Republic of Congo's Independent National Electoral Commission has published the preliminary election results. The first session focused solely on the diaspora vote by Congolese in South Africa, the United States, Canada, Belgium and France. Only 5,300 of the expected 11,000 voters turned out at the po...

Guest:Buyisile Mncina-Clinical Psychologist Seasonal depression or SAD is a type of depression that happens during a certain season of the year—most often fall and winter. According to Experts, there is no clear cause for it  

Guest: Na'eem Jeenah - Senior Researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)  Today marks 80 days since the start of the Israel and Palestine war. As people around the world celebrate Christmas day, the people of Israel and Palestine are reeling from the war stricken country. Israeli forces have killed some 8,000 Palestinian fighters in the Gaza war. Meanwhile United Stat...

Guest: Guest: Robert Mulaudzi - Spokesperson of the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, Trained Fire Fighter/EMT In preparation for the festive season, the Department of Health has intensified Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with over 1 540 ambulances deployed across the country’s major routes and strategic points and hotspots.  According to the department, this move aims to accel...

Guest: Dr Corrin Varady - CEO of IDEA Classroom demand for 2024 exceeds available space at schools across South Africa. Of concern is that school infrastructure allocations have been slashed. This, even as over 400,000 children with special needs,  are said to not in school due to inadequate accommodation caused by overcrowding and a lack of one-on-one attention from educators.  Dr Varady, my next...

Guest: Susan Tolmay is the governance and justice manager at Gender Links  Guest: Gugu Dlamini Xulu - African Transformation Movement (ATM) Women's League National Spolesperson 

Guest: Sipho Mbhele - Life coach and Author of Take It from me : A men's perspective 

Guest: Chris Nissen -Commissioner responsible for civil and political rights at the SAHRC  

Guest: Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile- social justice warrior and journalist