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Jul 10, 2026

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The island of Taiwan was hit by a big earthquake yesterday which has seen people being trapped in tunnels on the island - while at least nine people were killed. 04.04.2024

    Guest: Professor Andrew Green: Professor of Marine Geology University of KwaZulu-Natal

There’s been several incidents of shootouts involving police in suspects in the last twenty four hours - in Marianhill KZN yesterday police shot dead nine suspects 04.04.2024

  Guest: Prof Kholofelo Rakubu: Criminologist and HoD: Department of Law, Safety and Security Management at Tshwane University of Technology

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa adds five more lines in Western Cape, Gauteng and KZN 04.04.2024

    Guest: Andiswa Makanda: Spokesperson, Prasa

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 04.04.2024

    Senegal – Dakar, Senegal’s new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye has appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in his first act as the West African nation’s leader.   Gabon – Libreville, Gabon's National Dialogue, called to pave the way for a return to constitutional order and an end to the 55-year Bongo dynasty, began Tuesday in the central African state.   Z...

There’s a lot of reporting about a series of polls all predicting big changes in our elections, But there are some voices saying we need to be quite careful with how we look at these polls 04.04.2024

    Guest: Daryl Swanepoel - Chief Executive of the Inclusive Society Institute

Science: We unpack the roles that genes play in TB susceptibility 04.04.2024

    Guest: Prof Marlo Möller: Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University

A Speaker of the National Assembly being accused by the NPA of receiving cash - she’s now had to resign - what does this tell us about our society and about our politics? 04.04.2024

    Guest: Sandile Swana – Political Analyst

The National Children and Violence Trust has now said that children’s rights continue to be violated after new protection laws 04.04.2024

    Guest: Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva - chairperson of the National Children and Violence Trust

Former Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has arrived at the Lyttelton Police Station to hand herself over to the police over allegations of corruption and money laundering 04.04.2024

Samkele Maseko - SABC Politics Reporter.

The Institute for Local Government Management is now calling for councils to be allowed to provide at least one protector to municipal managers. 03.04.2024

    Guest: Max Mbili - Institute for Local Government Management President

An open letter has been written to President Ramaphosa saying that Coloured farmers aren’t being supported by government in growing the economy. 03.04.2024

    Guest: Ben Sassman: Founder and CEO, Hemp 4 Life

The Governing Body Foundation (GBF) has become aware of the determination of the Department of Basic Education to implement its Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education (GRP4ECE), generally known as the ECE Toolkit 03.04.2024

    Guest: Dr Anthea Cereseto: National Chief Executive officer, The Governing Body Foundation

SA Revenue Service beats its revised target by ten billion rand - and was able to bring in over two point one trillion rand - some of that money was then refunded in the form of vat refunds 03.04.2024

    Guest: Professor Keith Engelt – CEO: SA Institute of Taxation

In Russia, Ukraine has now claimed it was responsible for a drone attack that killed twelve people over one thousand three hundred kilometres inside Russian territory 03.04.2024

  Guest: Abel Esterhuyse - Professor Of Strategy: Faculty Of Military Science: Stellenbosch University

Today, the member of MK Party - Visvin Reddy will appear in the Chatsworth magistrates court on charges of inciting violence during the election, he said that if MK loses certain court cases - there would be riots like you have never seen 03.04.2024

    Guest: Prof Bheki Mngomezulu: Director: Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University

In eThekwini, meetings between ratepayers and the municipality about the city’s proposed integrated development plan have been postponed - because residents say they need more time to look at the plan. 03.04.2024

    Guest: Terri Maclarty: uMhlanga Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association chairperson

Mediated Conversation: Stats SA's first migration report shows SA has lost almost a million citizens to emigration since 2000. 03.04.2024

    Guest: Prof Loren Landau: Professor of Migration and Development, University of Oxford & Research Professor, Wits   Guest: Diego Iturralde: Statistics South Africa - Chief Director: Demographic and Population Statistics   Guest: Gary Eisenberg - Attorney and Director at Eisenberg and Associates

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 03.04.2024

    3 April 2024   Senegal – Diamniadio, Senegal has inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in just weeks.   Egypt – Cairo, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt was sworn in for a third six-year term on Tuesday after being re-elected in a December vote in which he faced no serious...

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 02.04.2024

    29 March 2024:   2 April 2024   Senegal – Dakar- President of Nigeria and Chairperson of Ecowas, Bola Tinubu will depart from Abuja today for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of the country’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye;   DR Congo- Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming planning min...

Mediated Conversation: Failure to end the illicit cigarette trade has cost country billions 02.04.2024

    Guest: Prof Corne Van Walbeek: Professor at UCT School Of Economics   Guest: Sinenhlanhla Mnguni: Chairperson at Fair-Trade Independent Tabacco Association   Guest: Johnny Moloto - British American Tobacco SA General Manager   Guest: Dr Sharon Nyatsanza - National Council Against Smoking

Limpopo Bus Crash latest on Post mortems and only survivor 8 year old girl health update 02.04.2024

    Guest: Dr Phophi Ramathuba - Limpopo Health MEC

Ashraf Garda returns to SAfm 02.04.2024

    Guest: Ashraf Garda – Safm Presenter

electricity tariffs have now officially gone up by nearly thirteen percent 02.04.2024

    Guest: Lumkile Mondi - senior lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science of the University of the Witwatersrand

More than 700 people left homeless after Cape Town fires. 02.04.2024

    Guest: Charlotte Powell, head of public awareness in the city's disaster risk management centre, City of Cape Town

The future of the Currie Cup seems unclear for this year following the surfacing of various challenges 02.04.2024

    Guest: Heinz Schenk Senior Sports Writer for Sport24news

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