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Commuters left stranded in Cape Town as SANTACO is on strike 04.08.2023 5:41

Guest: Dumisani Qwabe, community leader and secretary for Nyanga Community Policing Forum Guest: Ndithini Tyhido – Chair: Khayelitsha Development Forum

SANTACO in the Western Cape have resolved to recall all taxis from operating leaving commutters stranded 04.08.2023 7:59

Guest: Mr Mandla Hermanus - SANTACO Western Cape Chairperson

N12 Slovo informal settlement near Eldorado Park, south of Joburg protests continue 04.08.2023 4:49

Guest: Lerato Marole, Member of Slovo Park Community Development Forum

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs 04.08.2023 5:23

Afrika Update Report : 4 August 2023; 1. Niger -Niamey, Niger's ruling junta and civil society have called on the nation to mobilise yesterday to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference as Senegal says its troops will join ECOWAS intervention; 2. Sudan -Khartoum, The British-based human rights advocacy rights group Amnesty international has indicated that exten...

In the US, the former president and contender to be president again - Donald Trump has now pled not guilty to four counts against him 04.08.2023 5:23

Guest: Professor Christopher Isike, Director: African Centre for study of the US, University of Pretoria

there were attacks on Golden Arrow busses yesterday in Cape Town as SANTACO is on strike 04.08.2023 2:39

Guest: Bronwen Dyke-Beyer, Golden Arrow Bus Services spokesperson

Antarctica is missing a chunk of sea ice bigger than Greenland. 04.08.2023 6:40

Guest: Prof. Marcello Vichi, Marine and Antarctic Research Centre for Innovation and Sustainability [MARIS] at the University of Cape Town

as commuters are left stranded in Cape Town due to the SANTACO strike, how is PRASA dealing with commuters? 04.08.2023 2:10

Guest: Raymond Maseko – Regional Manager for PRASA in Western Cape

There have been big protests at several higher education institutions around the country over the new payment system implemented by the national student financial aid scheme - it uses an app called Ezaga - it’s basically an online banking service 04.08.2023 4:26

Guest: Slumezi Skosana, National Student Financial Aid Scheme spokesperson

as commuters are left stranded in Cape Town due to the SANTACO strike, how is the situation in the area? 04.08.2023 2:46

Guest: Mlamli Maneli – SABC Western Cape Reporter

COSATU Western Cape calls for peace and that all parties must refrain from any violence. Traffic officers, taxi drivers and commuters are all workers and no blood should be shed by anyone. 04.08.2023 2:27

Guest: Malvern De Bruyn – Provincial Secretary: Cosatu Western Cape

SERI condemns the excessive force used by Police in the ongoing protest in #SlovoPark. On 31 July, SERI learned that 16-year-old Karabo Chaka was killed after he was allegedly shot in the back of the head by police. 04.08.2023 2:24

Guest: Khululiwe Bhengu, senior attorney at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)

Yesterday, the Western Cape Minister of Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie, will hosted a joint media briefing on the current situation with the minibus taxi industry. 04.08.2023 2:24

Guest: Ricardo Mackenzie, Western Cape Minister of Mobility

Mediated Conversation: how big of a problem is Illegal mining in SA? 03.08.2023 25:21

Guest: Dimakatso Sefatsa, Attorney in the mining programme and Centre for Environmental Rights Guest: Meshack Mbangula - National Coordinator - Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA)

Why customer reviews are becoming a multi-billion-rand powerhouse. 03.08.2023 5:04

Guest: Amanda Reekie, founding director ovatayou

Solidarity intervenes to ‘save’ SA-US Agoa agreement. 03.08.2023 3:52

Guest: Theuns du Buisson, Economic Researcher, Solidarity

There were violent clashes in Tshwane when municipal employees in Tshwane who are members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) went on strike over the 0% pay and salary increase for 2023–2024. 03.08.2023 7:19

Guest: Nelson Mokgotho, President: The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU)

There are reports that heaps of uncollected garbage are spilling over onto the narrow roads of the Doornbach informal settlement in Dunoon, with waste not having been collected since 30 June 03.08.2023 3:34

Guest: Messie Makuwa, Dunoon Ward Councillor: City of Cape Town

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs 03.08.2023 4:57

Afrika Update Report: 03 August 2023; 1. Niger-Nigeria, West Afrikan regional bloc ECOWAS has deployed a delegation to Niger to negotiate with military officers who seized power while regional defence chiefs began a two-day meeting in Abuja; 2 . Nigeria- Abuja , Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with union leaders on the first day of of a nationwide strike yesterday; 3. Ivory Coast-A...

Former US President Donald Trump to appear in court over attempt to overturn 2020 US election. 03.08.2023 7:57

Guest: Gideon Chitanga, Research Associate · African Centre for the study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand

EFF in Cape Metro condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutality that the DA-led City of Cape Town law enforcement is subjecting Taxi Drivers in CBD. 03.08.2023 5:21

Guest: Ntsikelelo Tyandela, EFF Cape Metro Regional Chairperson

Banyana Banyana make history and make it into the last 16 of the Fifa Women’s Cup 2023 in Australia & New Zealand 03.08.2023 4:41

Guest: Khabo Zitha, former Banyana Banyana Player

North West University and University of Limpopo student march turns violent with police firing rubber bullets 03.08.2023 6:07

Guest: Asive Dlanjwa, spokesperson of the South African Union of Students

There was violence in Cape Town yesterday as police were impounding taxis. Taxi owners say they should only be fined for breaking the law. 02.08.2023 6:07

Guest: JP Smith - Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security

Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs 02.08.2023 5:28

Afrika Update Report: 02 August 2023; 1. Niger - Burkina Faso and Mali, The Military governments of Burkina Faso and Mali have warned that any military intervention against last week coup' leaders in Niger would be considered a 'declaration of war" against their nations; 2. Senegal-Dakar, Two people have been killed in Senegal in protest sparked by the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and...