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Postbank has assured social grant beneficiaries that their SASSA gold cards that have expired still work throughout 2024. 18.01.2024 5:27

Guest: Dr. Bongani Diako: Postbank Spokesperson

According to a report by Oxfam, South Africa is still the most unequal country in the world 18.01.2024 7:42

Guest: Patrick Bond: Professor at the University of Johannesburg Department of Sociology, and co-editor of BRICS and Resistance in Africa

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 18.01.2024 4:02

18 January 2024: Sierra Leone- Freetown, A Sierra Leone high court has allowed former President Ernest Bai Koroma to travel abroad on medical grounds; DR Congo-Kinshasha, Police in DRC dispersed a small protest by Movement for the Liberation of the Congo against the provisional results of the December legislative elections; Ethiopia-Kampala, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declines t...

In Asia, the leader of North Korea - Kim Jong Un has said that his country’s constitution must be rewritten - to state that North Korea no longer wants to reunite with South Korea 18.01.2024 4:55

Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist: University of Pretoria

The Business Rescue Practioners at the SA Post Office are still pressing ahead with their plan to retrench around six thousand workers from the post office- that’s nearly half of all the workers at the institution 18.01.2024 5:58

Guest: Nathen Bowers: National Bargaining Co-ordinator: Communication Workers Union

In Elubana near Richards bay in KZN workers are still trying to sort out of the mess of containers and coal - after one train crashed into another on the Transnet line on Sunday. 17.01.2024 5:54

Guest: Mmuso Selaledi: Acting CEO, The Railway Safety Regulator

Millions of children are going to back to school today - in all the provinces all of the government and most of the independent schools are now reopening 17.01.2024 9:43

Guest: David Maynier: MEC, The Western Cape education department Guest: Vuyiseka Mboxela: Eastern Cape department of Education MEC Spokesperson

Mediated Conversation: why are we seeing so many guns being missing from the SANDF and Police? 17.01.2024 23:54

Guest: Sledge Silvana: A former police officer who worked in specialized units combating violent crime Guest:dr chris de Kock: Criminal Analyst Guest: Claire Taylor: Researcher, Gun Free SA

Diepsloot community leaders fear thugs may be retaliating against crime fighters, this is after four people were killed over the weekend 17.01.2024 3:32

Guest: Loyiso Toyiya – Chair: Diepsloot Community Forum

how has the morning being for scholar transport drivers and are the vehicles roadworthy? 17.01.2024 2:53

Guest: Sibongile Maseko – General Secretary: Greater Gauteng Learner Transport Organization.

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula - from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA 17.01.2024 4:34

17 January 2024: Comoros -Moroni, Comoros President Azali Assoumani extend his rule after latest election results garning 62.97% of the vote; Sudan-Uganda, Sudan's government pulls out of IGAD extraordinary summit scheduled for tomorrow in Kampala; Rwanda -USA-Davos, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has meet with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the side-lines of the world economic forum...

Government officials say there is enough space for all of the children coming into classes - is there a problem with overcrowding? 17.01.2024 3:27

Guest: Basil Manuel: Executive Director, National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA)

Iran says it has used ballistic missiles to hit what it claims was an Israeli spy base in northern Iraq - and to hit what it said were anti Iran terror groups operating in Syria. 17.01.2024 6:00

Guest: Willem Els: Senior Training Coordinator on terrorism and explosives, Institute for Security Studies

New Data shows that although self-checkout technologies were meant to make shopping easy for retailers and consumers, they have failed and “customers simply hate them.” 17.01.2024 5:00

Guest: Prof. Bruce Watson: Chair: Centre for AI Research (CAIR)

how hard will it be to sell South Africa at the World Economic Forum in Davos? 17.01.2024 5:49

Guest: Khaya Sithole: Independent Analyst

Members of the Fleurhof community in Joburg say they will be walking their children to the Florida high school in that area - to try and force the education department to take their children. 17.01.2024 5:28

Guest: Selby Leshaba: Fleuhof/Florida Activist

Yesterday, the High Court declared Home Affairs practice of ID blocking to be unjust & irregular, inconsistent with the Constitution & invalid! 17.01.2024 6:55

Guest: Thandie Chauke: Statelessness Unit Manager, Lawyers For Human Rights

spice as medicine: the possible role of Turmeric in treating Parkinson’s disease 16.01.2024 5:00

Guest: Prof Soraya Bardien: head of the Parkinson’s Disease Research Group in the Biomedical Research Institute, Stellenbosch University

Mediated Conversation: the Houthis in Yemen have been using missiles and drones to attack ships that are passing through the red sea. 16.01.2024 24:31

Guest: Unathi Sonti: Executive Chairperson, Maritime Business Chamber Guest: Timothy Walker: Maritime Project Leader & Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies Guests: Thembisa Fakude - Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues (Afrasid).

Section27 has now said that parents should be cautious when opting for homeschooling 16.01.2024 6:07

Guest: Zeenat Sujee; attorney at SECTION27

The Western Cape Community Safety MEC has called for better police intelligence in the wake of mass shootings and targeting of CPF members. 16.01.2024 4:00

Guest: Reagen Allen: Western Cape Community Safety MEC

The United Nations says that Israel is making it impossible to deliver aid to Gaza - with reports that at least one hundred and thirty two people have died in the enclave just the last 24 hours. 16.01.2024 6:47

Guest: Naeem Jeenah: Senior Researcher: Humanity, Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection

Bafana Bafana ready to play its first AFCON 2024 match against Mali tonight 16.01.2024 6:56

Guest: Mpho Seopa: Spokesperson: National African Football Supporters Association

Umalusi has approved the released of the 2023 matric exam results - 945 learners were involved in group copying - where they all wrote the exams together and had the same right and wrong answers 16.01.2024 4:21

Guest: Biki Lepota – Umalusi Spokesperson

Over the weekend at least six people were killed and two more are still missing - after heavy rains over eThekwini - the mayor there Mxolisi Kaunda says they don’t have the resources to help all the people who need help. 16.01.2024 17:14

Guest: Irfaan Ahmed: Al-Imdaad Foundation Head of Disaster Response Guest: Siya Hlatshwayo - KZN Provincial Manager: SA Red Cross Society Guest: Professor Mohamed Mostafa-Head of Civil Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Guest: Ayesha Lather: AHL Water Director & Water Scientist