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How do University of Pretoria’s researchers help people who cannot speak get medical help and tell doctors what is wrong? 28.09.2023 3:55

Guest: Professor Shakila Dada – Director of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Eskom now says that it expects lower levels of load shedding during the summer months - and into the beginning of next year - and that in fact it does not expect worse than stage four load shedding over the next little while 28.09.2023 8:05

Guest: Calib Cassim - Eskom acting CEO

Equal Education and the Equal Education Law Centre welcome improvements to the BELA Bill but remain concerned about the criminalisation of parents and caregivers 28.09.2023 7:32

Guest: Katherine Sutherland - Equal Education Law Centre Researcher

The findings of the National Development Plan review indicate that the vision of a future South Africa expressed in the National Development Plan has not materialised over the past decade. 28.09.2023 8:46

Guest: Ravi Naidoo - Chair of the economy work stream: National Planning Commission

Statistics South Africa says that new experimental data shows that the economy of Gauteng is bigger than the economies of the Western Cape and KZN combined. 28.09.2023 5:12

Guest: Miyelani Mkhabela - founding director and CEO of Antswisa Management Group

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised crime says there is now a crisis of trust in government and law enforcement - because so many different crime groups are able to operate here. 28.09.2023 2:56

Guest: Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane - researcher at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Why more than two months’ worth of rain fell in Western Cape weekend storm 28.09.2023 4:09

Guest: Dr. Peter Johnston - Climate Scientist and UCT Climate System Analysis Group Research Officer

The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has partnered with a South African e-hailing platform that allows metered taxis to be selected as a ride option. 28.09.2023 6:44

Guest: Mr Sibongiseni Shange - Deputy Chairperson of SANTACO Metered Taxi

In Costa Rica the president Rodrigo Chavez has now formally declared a state of emergency - because of the migrants crossing through the country toward the United States 28.09.2023 4:57

Guest: Loren Landau - research professor at Wits University and a Professor of migration and development at Oxford University

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 28.09.2023 5:11

Afrika Update Report: 28 September 2023; 1. South Africa-United States of Amerika; South Africa’s Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor recieved in Washington by Antony Blinken for bilateral talks; 2. South Sudan -Terekeka, The United Nations Mission in South Sudan hosted a peacebuiling cultural event as commitment towards elections scheduled for December 2024; 3.Gabon - Libreville, Students a...

Glencore has started a retrenchment process at its iMpunzi coal operation in Mpumalanga, mainly due to logistics woes linked to Transnet's poor railing service. 28.09.2023 3:41

Guest: Thapelo Malekutu - National Union of Mineworkers Highveld Regional Deputy Regional Secretary

Mediated Conversation: how dangerous is bird flu? 27.09.2023 22:24

Guest: Dr Botlhe Modisane, Chief Director for Animal Health at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Guest: Izaak Breitenbach - GM: Poultry Association of SA Guest: Paul Makube - Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Guest: Dr Greg Cilliers – Veterinarian Practicing in Poultry Industry

In the US the main actor’s union - known as SAG-AFTRA have now voted in favour of going on strike over the way they are treated by the computer games industry. 27.09.2023 4:08

Guest: Jack Devnarain - Chairman of the South African Guild of Actors

Eskom still has no permanent CEO, the acting CEO’s contract expires at the end of the year 27.09.2023 6:56

Guest: Peter Attard Montalto, MD at Krutham

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from the Thabo Mbeki Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs: Unisa 27.09.2023 4:20

Afrika Update Report: 27 September 2023; 1. Libya- Derna, Libya's prosecutor general Al-Seddik al-Sour has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands; 2. Kenya-USA-Haiti, Kenya and USA have signed a defense agreement ahead of the planned Haiti deployment; 3. Nigeria-Abuja, Nigeria's two biggest worker’s union (NLC and TUC)...

South African hominin fossils were sent into space and scientists are enraged 27.09.2023 3:38

Guest: Robyn Pickering - Senior lecturer and Co-Director the Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI), University of Cape Town

In the Western Cape there are still difficult challenges playing out after the intense rain and flooding over the long weekend 27.09.2023 4:41

Guest: Ricardo Mackenzie - Western Cape mobility MEC

The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education has yesterday adopted the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. 27.09.2023 7:41

Guest: Ms Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba - The Chairperson Of The Portfolio Committee On Basic Education

In South Hills in Joburg yesterday, the Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu met with residents who say they have not had water for 31 days - as a resort of several problems with systems in that area. 27.09.2023 3:37

Guest: Cllr Michael Crichton for Ward 56 in Johannesburg

William Nicol Drive was officially renamed to Winnie Mandela Drive yesterday, Kenny Kunene - MMC for transport in the City of Joburg says he is going to remove the names of oppressors from roads in Joburg 27.09.2023 9:36

Guest: Kenny Kunene - MMC for transport in the City of Joburg

In the US the main actor’s union - known as SAG-AFTRA have now voted in favour of going on strike over the way they are treated by the computer games industry. 27.09.2023 5:08

Guest: Kim Chulu Amina, Founder of Kimard Studio and Lecturer: Tshwane University of Technology

What will happen if government runs out of money? 27.09.2023 4:01

Guest: Busi Mavuso - Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) chief executive

in eThekwini water has now finally been restored to most parts of Umhlanga and Durban North - after they were out for most of the for more than eight days 27.09.2023 2:36

Guest: Terri MacLarty. Umhlanga Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association chairperson

Police Minister Bheki Cele yesterday provided an update on recent successes achieved by the SAPS in response to serious and violent crime. 27.09.2023 5:01

Guest: Lizette Lancaster, manager of the Crime Hub at the Institute for Security Studies

Mediated Conversation: why do we have an explosion of violence in our communities - as the pandemic has ended? 26.09.2023 22:43

Ali Gule - Community Engagement Officer Outa Dereleen James – Eldo’s Community Activist TJ Masilela - Chairperson of Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board