Radio 2000 Mixes

Objectives: _- To understand what the youth of 1976 stood and fought for? -To establish what the youth of today are fighting for? Guest: Ntombizikhona Valela is doing her MA on the intellectual work and value of Winnie Mandela. She is framing Mandela as a vernacular intellectual Guest: Mikaela Erskog is doing her MA on some of the most influential Pan African figures such as Miriam Tlali, Bessie H...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has given Mpumalanga's Lily Gold Mine management three days to recover the bodies of three mine workers. In February, the three workers were trapped underground when the container they wee working in, collapsed into a sinkhole. Recovery operations remain suspended at the mine, until it is safe to continue. The union marched to the mine to hand over a list...

Should South Africa re-evaluate its current electoral system of proportional representation at national and provincial level? And if it were to be changed, what should take its place? These are some of the questions raised at an event organised by the Progressive Professionals Forum in Cape Town last Thursday. The forum invited the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, John Je...

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has called on supporters not vote for party members contesting the elections as independent candidates. He was speaking at the party's election manifesto launch at the King Zwelithini stadium at Umlazi, south of Durban Yesterday. The IFP has committed itself to accelerating service delivery including water, sanitation and electricity. Meanwhile, party candidates sig...

Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has dispatched a mediator to Canada to help resolve pay dispute between firefighting agency- Working on Fire and the South African firefighters. Trevor Abrahams is sent as mediator to Canada after the three hundrend and one firefighters downed tools demanding that their payment be increased and that they be compensated in accordance with Canadian labour l...

Arguments for aggravation and mitigation of sentencing in the Oscar Pistorius trial will begin this morning in the Pretoria High Court. Last year, the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's ruling of culpable homicide - finding the former Paralympian guilty of murder. Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home in February 2013. He was also found gui...

Messages of condolence have been pouring in for the late radio and television presenter, Hope Zinde. Zinde was found murdered in the boot of her car at her home in the Pecanwood Estate in Hartebeespoort in the North West on Saturday. It is believed that she was murdered last Monday. A suspect -believed to be her son - has been charged with her murder. Phumzile Mlangeni reports.

President Jacob Zuma has called for an end of politically motivated killings and violence in Kwa Zulu-Natal. The President was delivering a keynote address at the launch of the ANC's provincial local government election manifesto in Pietermaritzburg yesterday. The province has experienced a wave of killings of high profile politicians due to disputes arising from the finalisation of candidate list...

In an effort to reduce the crime rate in the country, police will now release crime statistics on a quarterly basis. This is in addition to the annual figures. That's according to the Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe. He says the decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting yesterday. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Johan Burger, from the Institute for Security Studies' Crime and Justice Programme.

South African music legend Ray Phiri says SABC's 90% local music across all its 18 radio is a good start. Speaking to AM Live on SAfm anchor Sakina Kamwendo during the ForumAt8, Phiri says groups like Stimela, Harare, Bayethe, Sakhile and many others, were beneficiaries of the cultural boycott in South Africa under the apartheid government which forced them to produce music that was marketable int...

Market Analyst Clive Ramathibela TALKING POINTS 1. A weeklong rally in global stocks has ended as investors review the outlook for global economic growth? 2. Naspers, which is Africa's biggest company by market value, is planning to sell its Polish online auction website Allegro 3. Disney is launching a Shanghai Disneyland, there could be some cultural faux pas there

Cabinet has distanced itself from a joint media statement by the Department of International Relations and the State Security Agency on the United States' terror alerts. The two key departments released a statement slamming the US saying the information on which the alerts were based was sketchy, and unsubstantiated and that their actions are a cause for serious concern to the South African govern...

Unions federation COSATU says it will embark on a protest to force the mine to re-open search for the three mine workers still trapped underground. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to COSATU Mpumalanga's Provincial Secretary, Fidel Mlombo.

Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly looks at a new joint action is underway to arrest the devastating decline of the South African mining industry, fuel cell development is bursting out all over the country and petrochemicals giant Sasol is investing R20-billion in neighbouring Mozambique to find more natural gas.

We have had requests from some listeners wanting to know what progress has been made at the Lily mine in Barberton in Mpumalanga. The latest reports indicate that the mine has received an investment of hundred and seventy one million rand from AfriCan Resources Gold Limited, which was to help with its reopening. Lily Gold mine was placed under business rescue, following a shaft collapse in early F...

The recent registration of ANC members as independent candidates for the forth-coming elections in North-West is posing problems for the ruling party. These include incumbent councillors and high-profile candidates whose names still appear on the candidate list of the governing party. The majority have registered with the IEC under the new Forum 4 Service Delivery. This is after some of them were...

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will be buried in the US state of Kentucky later today. Since his death last Saturday the world has been paying tribute to the man who managed to transcend the sport of boxing. He influenced and inspired people world-wide with his caring and funny nature. One place he touched was a boxing gym in New York, which he regularly visited and trained at. Our US Correspondent Ni...

In an effort to reduce the crime rate in the country, police will now release crime statistics on a quarterly basis. This is in addition to the annual figures. That's according to the Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe. He says the decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting yesterday. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Johan Burger, from the Institute for Security Studies' Crime and Justice Programme.

Nadir Thokan, Investment Analyst at 27Four Investment Managers ** Let's talk about Investment case for Barclays group Africa ** What is the outlook for global earnings growth moving forward?

Millions of adolescent girls who face child marriage will soon be protected by the new Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage. This follows an adoption of this new model law Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF). Following the adoption of the model law in Swaziland, member states are now expected to match their local laws with t...

Parliament says it is in the process of getting new uniforms for its parliamentary protection services. It expects the new uniforms to be worn as soon as parliament resumes after the August local elections. Spokesperson Luzuko Jacobs says this forms part of an investigation into possible security breaches last month when EEF MPs clashed with parliamentary security personnel during President Jacob...

Leaders of the Durban Christian Centre - also known as the Jesus Dome - say they are still waiting for the authorities to tell them what caused the fire that destroyed the church last night. Forensic investigators are trying to piece together details of the blaze. Fanele Mhlongo filed this report.....

THE Independent Electoral Commission has flagged violence as a major concern ahead of the local government elections. At today's lucky draw for the first position on the ballot, the IEC vice-chairperson Terry Tselane reminded political parties that they must lead in ensuring that the political process towards and during election is free and fair. Senior Political Reporter Angela Bolowana filed thi...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) group of countries is signing off on an economic partnership agreement with the European Union. The deal will amalgamate South Africa's free trade agreement with the EU which has stood for over 15 years. Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock has more.

South Africa needs to promote an environment conducive for local and foreign investors, while ensuring there is no capture of state institutions or different corporations. This is according to the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan who was addressing delegates at the Gauteng Economic Indaba currently underway in Johannesburg. Gordhan says for higher growth to be achieved, South African has to be p...