The National Pulse

Guest: Ayanda-Allie Paine - The spokesperson for the National Transport Department

Guest: Robert Mulaudzi

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Guest: Angela Bolowana

The suspended North West Department of Health HOD, Thabo Lekalakala has been granted bail of five thousand rand by the Mmabatho magistrate's court today. Lekalakala was arrested this morning at his house. Lekalakala is facing a charge of fraud and corruption amongst others. The charges are linked to the Gupta linked company Mediosa which the department of health paid thirty million rand before it...

This week has been hectic for the three Metros, namely Nelson Mandela Bay, City of Tshwane and the City of Johannesburg at mayor level. Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay are sitting without mayors, while Johannesburg is now governed by the ANC. How much of an impact does politics have on service delivery and should we as citizens under these metros be worried? Guest: Dr Trevor Ngwane – Senior Lecture...

Guest: Michael Seloane

The Unemployed Workers Union of South Africa is calling on the leadership of the ANC to recall its deployee Xola Pakati as the Executive Mayor of the troubled Buffalo City Metro. According to them, Pakati has among other things failed to deal with the issue of corruption that is currently plaquing the metro. Guest: Jabu Ntusi, President of the Unemployed Workers Union of South Africa

Lawyers accusing Myanmar of alleged genocide against Muslim Rohingya minority will next week ask judges in the Haque to order immediate action to protect Rohingas from further violence. Guest: Adv Shabnam Mayet Co-founder of Protect the Rohingya

As we continue with our GBV theme, the UDM Women's Organisation is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to take its call seriously by calling referendum on death penalty. They say this will show that South Africa is serious about fighting gender based violence. Guest: Thandi Nontenja, Secretary General of the UDM's Women Orgnisation

Yesterday we spoke about the issue of deaths at initiation schools. The death toll was around 8 at the time. We didn’t finish the conversation as the line dropped. Well let’s pick up from where we left off…. Guest: Mamkeli Ngam – Spokesperson for COGTA in the Eastern Cape

We speak now to the KZN Department of Arts and Culture about their recent Translation Colloquium. Why the need for such colloquium and what were they hoping to achieve by it? Guest: Hlengiwe Mavimbela – KZN MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation

Police in KwaZulu-Natal are appealing to stokvel members to be vigilant after a 62-year-old man was shot dead while three others were seriously wounded during a stokvel meeting at a house in uMbumbulu south of Durban. It is believed that they were about to divide the stokvel money that they had paid over the year, when a group of armed men stormed the house. For more on the story, we are joined on...

Guest: Martin Kingston

Businessman Adam Catzavelos has pleaded guilty to a charge of crimen injuria in the Randburg Magistrate's Court. This follows two unsuccessful bids to have the charge withdrawn. Earlier this year Catzavelos submitted representations to the National Director of Public Prosecutions to have the charges against him dropped after the Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions denied his representations in...

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, UDM's Mongameli Bobani has been ousted in a motion of no confidence during a council meeting in Port Elizabeth. The DA tabled the motion in which the majority of councillors removed Bobani. This was the fourth attempt to remove him from office during his term. Our reporter in the Eastern Cape has been watching the developments. Guest: Mcebisi Ngqina – SABC journ...

As we continue to observe 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children campaign. We are joined by Professor Rachel Jewkes to discuss what needs to be done to strengthen the cooperation between governmental, non-governmental and private sector actors to prevent violence against women and children. Guest: Professor Rachel Jewkes, Executive scientist for research strategy at the Sou...

We hear from Hermann Pretorius on why the Institute of Race Relations has decided to launch a legal challenge over the Draft Bill that is aimed at amending Section 25 of the Constitution. Guest: Hermann Pretorius, Campaigns Coordinator at the IRR

On World News today, we tell you more about Donald Trump’s pending impeachment. Yesterday, the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to approve a report that found evidence of President Donald Trump's misconduct. The report will form the backbone of the impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Guest: Prof John Stremlau, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Wits

The United Democratic Movement's Mongameli Bobani has been ousted as the executive mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay after a majority of councillors voted for his removal. The Nelson Mandela Bay council has been at a standstill for weeks in trying to remove Bobani from power. But why was he removed? Guest: Professor Somadoda Fikeni, Political analyst based at Unisa

A fundraising drive for people living with Albinism is under way in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. The intention is to raise 200-thousand-rand. Nathi Zuma, a founding member of the Nathi Youth Organisation, is walking from the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg to Ixopo in the provinces midlands. Zuma says funds raised will be used to buy necessities such as sun screen and eye glasses for...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the identity of a child crime victim is to remain anonymous even beyond the age of 18. The case emanates from that of Zephany Nurse, who discovered when she was a teenager that she was kidnapped as a baby and did not want the media to name her. The media had wanted to name her citing public interest. The case relates to the scope of protection that part of t...

Guest: Ralph Mathekga - Political Analyst

We go to the Eastern Cape now to find out what is the latest regarding deaths at initiation schools. Mamkeli Ngam - Spokesperson for COGTA in the Eastern Cape