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last week, the SA Human Rights Commission launched its Investigative Report into the Systemic Challenges relating to the Enyobeni Tragedy 29.04.2024 10:23

Guest: Mgwebi Msiya - Eastern Cape Liquor Board Spokesperson

Yesterday, the SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana launched the Corporation for Deposit Insurance (CODI). 26.04.2024 9:37

Guest: Rashad Cassim - South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Deputy Governor

In the US - and in many places around the world - there has been outrage at a decision by an appeals court in New York - to overturn the rape conviction of the former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. 26.04.2024 6:18

Guest: Sanusha Naidu - Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Global Dialogue

The Western Cape E-hailing Association is now warning people against ‘fake e-hailing’ operators, app 26.04.2024 3:35

Guest: Siyabonga Hlabisa, chairperson of the Western Cape E-hailing Association

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 26.04.2024 4:24

26 April 2024 Haiti- Port-au- Prince, Former PM Henry submits resignation of cabinet and swearing in ceremony of the transitional council did not take place at the National Palace in the capital for fear of gangs. Chad - USA, The United States is planning to temporarily withdraw some of its troops from Chad, U.S. officials a move that comes just days after Washington was forced to agree to...

what would the EFF change in SA if they won this year’s elections? 26.04.2024 22:56

Guest: Nkululeko Dunga - EFF Gauteng Chairperson

Yesterday, the SA Human Rights Commission launched its Investigative Report into the Systemic Challenges relating to the Enyobeni Tragedy 26.04.2024 8:01

Guest: Khululekile Ncandane - His 18-year-old son Bhongolwethu Ncandana was among the high school pupils who died during a "pens down" celebration at the tavern on that fateful night.

Former President Thabo Mbeki has told people in Soweto that they must vote for the ANC again - despite the problems that the party has. He was campaigning for the ANC yesterday in the area around the Jabulani Mall in Soweto 26.04.2024 8:28

Guest: Samkele Maseko: SABC Politics Reporter

A new report shows how deep the roots of extortion networks in the City of Cape Town have now gone - it shows how criminal gangs that use violence are able to extort money from night clubs and restaurants and even coffee shops in the Cape Town CDB. 26.04.2024 6:56

Guest: Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane: Researcher at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crim

earlier this week two armed security guards were shot dead when they were escorting workers to fix a sewer pipe in Phillipi, Cape Town. The city now sends armed guards to escort workers when they go to fix infrastructure in many places 26.04.2024 4:23

Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis: Cape Town Mayor

How can political parties win votes of the people through their campaigns? 25.04.2024 6:38

Guest: Mbhazima Sam Shilowa – Former Gauteng Premier

How can political parties position themselves as brands in the upcoming elections? 25.04.2024 4:34

Guest: Thebe Ikalafeng - Founder and Chairman: Brand Leadership Group

Mediated Conversation: Advert scams: How can you tell what is fake and what is not? 25.04.2024 25:12

Guest: Jean JP Le Roux - Research Associate for the Sub-Saharan Africa region at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) based in South Africa Guest: Gail Schimmel. CEO at the Advertising Regulatory Board. +27 82 330 3726 Guest: Gerhard Van Deventer – Head of Enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority

SAFTU welcomes the publication of the list of employers by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority who have not remitted the pension funds contributions to pension fund holders and urges the government to penalise them. 25.04.2024 5:05

Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi – SAFTU by the General Secretary

The DA Tshwane Caucus applauds the disciplinary action taken against the Rooiwal Five for awarding an irregular tender linked to Edwin Sodi's consortium. 25.04.2024 3:22

Guest: Cllr Kwena Moloto - DA Tshwane Spokesperson

Respiratory syncytial virus, few Covid-19 cases and H1N1 viruses attributed to recent flu-like symptoms 25.04.2024 5:10

Guest: Prof Cheryl Cohen – Associate Professor in epidemiology at the University of the Witwatersrand and head of the Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis.

There’s been a recent case in the labour court in which judges ruled that a company was wrong to first offer a job to a person - and then to withdraw that offer - when they found that that person had had a criminal conviction many years. 25.04.2024 4:40

Guest: Saber Ahmed Jazbhay - Labour Dispute Resolution Practitioner.

In the US, the Senate has now approved a bill that will force the owners of the app Tik Tok to sell it - simply because they are Chinese. 25.04.2024 4:28

Guest: Adekunle Owolabi, Award-winning Media Professional, Digital Strategist, and Software Engineer

UJ’s virtual reality experience resurrects the vibrant community of Sophiatown decades after its destruction 25.04.2024 6:41

Guest: Izak Potgieter - PhD candidate in VR and Cultural Heritage at the University of Johannesburg, XR researcher and developer

The harsh reality of plastic pollution in South Africa's informal settlements 25.04.2024 9:45

Guest: Mduduzi Ntongana - Programme Officer in the Basic Services Unit at Afesis

The ANC in Tshwane says that the suspension of five senior officials over the failed Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works by the Tshwane Mayor is politically motivated 25.04.2024 6:53

Guest: George Matjila - ANC greater Tshwane regional secretary

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 25.04.2024 4:32

25 April 2024 Botswana- United Kingdom- Botswana's foreign minister, Lemogang Kwape, has disclosed in an interview with a South African TV channel that the British government approached Botswana to receive migrants deported from the UK. Niger- USA, Talks have begun between the authorities in Niger and the US for the withdrawal of American troops stationed in two airbases in the Sahelian na...

The South African Association of PhDs is concerned over private higher education institutions that are not officially registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training purporting to have the authority to confer honorary doctorates. 24.04.2024 5:23

Guest: Prof Cameron Modisane: Treasurer General of the South African Association of PhDs.

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 24.04.2024 5:33

24 April 2024 Senegal – European Union, Senegal's new leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye has called for a rethink of the country's relationship with the EU during a visit by European Council President Charles Michel. Togo- Lome, As Togo prepares for the legislative and regional elections on April 29, 2024, a significant number of women are in the electoral race, defying traditional norms and exp...

His Majesty King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has expressed his extreme displeasure in the disrespectful manner in which the KZN Government continues to treat him 24.04.2024 7:07

Guest: Rev. Thulasizwe Buthelezi – Zulu Traditional Prime Minister