The National Pulse

The Department of International Relations is hosting a symposium in Pretoria on how Zimbabwe can recover economically. It is public knowledge that in recent years, our neighbouring country has been experiencing considerable economic hardship. Guest: Lunga Ngqengelele - spokesperson for Department of International Relations

Stats SA released Inequality Trends report last week Thursday which revealed that white people are still earning three times more than black people on average. The report also found that the wage gap between SA's groups increased between 2011 and 2015. Guest: Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science at Wits

William Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance, discusses the potential of cities and why it's important that they are planned. He will also explain how a global partnership for poverty reduction and the promotion of cities in sustainable development can be harnessed in order to come up with workable solutions. Guest: William Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance

False News Friday: The spread of fake news during the KZN flooding. The KZN government has urged the public to stop stop redistributing pictures and videos that contain unverified information. Guest: William Bird-Director, Media Monitoring Africa

South Africa’s first children’s book on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been launched. The book titled “All of these things are important to me” is aimed at creating awareness for early detection and intervention. Guest: Professor Renata Schoeman- Psychiatrist and co-writer of ADHD

Luyanda Botha, the man convicted of raping and murdering UCT student, Uyinene Mrwetyana has been sentenced to three life terms in the High Court in Cape Town. Botha got an additional five years for defeating the ends of justice which will run concurrently. He will not be eligible for parole for 25 years. For a reaction to this sentence we are joined by… Guest: Themba Masango – Spokesperson, Not In...

According to Gerhard Papenfus who is the Chief Executive of the National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) SAA pretends as if its service is indispensable, which is not the case. Its airspace market share (local and international) is in the region of 20 percent, which will be taken up by other carriers in the event of SAA’s demise. This notion of indispensability, however, emboldens t...

The Free State Department of Agriculture & Rural Development has heeded the national call for suspension of local auction of pigs, which has proved to be a very effective control measure in preventing the further spread of the of African Swine fever (ASF). The circulation outbreaks have been linked to the irresponsible practice of selling/buying pigs of unknown health status at local auctions. We...

The South African Human Rights Commission has lambasted the violent attack and assault of Commissioner Chris Nissen, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba and other faith leaders at the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town. Chaos ensued at the church this morning when faith leaders were attacked while addressing foreign nationals informing them about plans for relocation, repatriation a...

Bad news for motorists as another petrol price hike looms. According to Automobile Association, petrol price increases at this time of the year will come as bad news for many people who will be travelling on holiday in December. Guest: Layton Beard - Spokesperson for Automobile Association (AA)

The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the decision to push back the deadline for the formation of a unity Government in South Sudan. President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar were expected to form a unified transitional Government by 12 November, in line with a September 2018 peace deal aimed at ending six years of conflict. However, following last week’s meeting that was held in Ugan...

Is South Africa ready to deal with drought and natural disasters? About two days ago, the department of water and sanitation through its Minister Lindiwe Sisulu revealed that the water that our country is currently getting from Lesotho is not enough and needs to be increased urgently. On the other hand, drought conditions continue to grip various parts of the country with farming communities most...

guest: Ditebogo Magele

Guest; Puven Akkiah - senior manager at eThekwini municipality

guest: MEC Sipho Hlomuka

guest: Nkosi Xolile Ndevu

guest: MMC Abel Tau

guest: Tshepo Mojapelo

guest: Jean francois Habeau - Executive director of Global fund for cities development

guest: Muzi Mahlambi

Guest: Ezekiel Sebego

guest: Dr Vusimuzi Sibanda

Guest: Deputy minister of Cogta and president of the United Cities Parks Tau

In our Both Sides of the story feature today we’ll look at the state of municipalities in the country. A week ago, Auditor General Kimi Makwetu briefed members of the National Assembly on the dire financial state of five municipalities. The top four municipalities which contributed to massive irregular expenditure include the OR Tambo District Municipality, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Matlosana Loca...

guest: Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli