The National Pulse

The department of basic education's announcement that Grade 9 pupils will soon be able to leave school with government-approved qualifications has been received with mixed emotions. Reacting to the announcement, ATM’s head of policy, Mzwanele Manyi said the ANC government was failing the youth by keeping the legacy of apartheid alive. Guest: Mzwanele Manyi, Head of policy at African Transformation...

On World News today we look at the injustices that are reportedly taking place in Southern Cameroon’s Ambazonia. The country’s leader of the Ambazonian Governing Council Dr. Cho Ayaba is currently visiting South Africa to meet with compatriots in a series of conferences and gatherings in Johannesburg and Cape Town to create awareness about the injustices that are taking place in Southern Cameroon....

Earlier this month, members of the Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (PAWUSA) downed tools at the mortuary on Durban's Magwaza Maphalala. According to Pawusa’s provincial secretary, Halalisani Gumede, their members are not happy that a senior official who they accuse of mistreating staff, was re-appointed and he says staff want to be treated with dignity and respect. Guest: Halalisan...

Close to 150-thousand security staff in the security industry have threated to embark on a wage strike. The sector which has guards in malls, mining industry, residential clusters, parking lots says the strike will have a major impact on businesses across the country. The unions are demanding that the lowest paid security guard get a minimum wage of seven-thousand-500-rand per month including medi...

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) has filed for an interdict to halt the nationwide strike expected on Friday by the South African Society of Bank Officials (Sasbo). The union is against the retrenchment of workers and the digitalisation of banking. Guest: Naledi Ngcobo- SABC Reporter

Old Mutual has once again refused to allow its CEO, Peter Moyo back into his office, despite a court order nullifying his dismissal. The company says Moyo was served with a second termination letter, that has not been declared invalid. His lawyer, Eric Mabuza, says the company board members should decide individually whether they want to associate themselves with further contempt of court. Guest:...

Metal workers union – NUMSA says if next Monday’s negotiations at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) fails, it will call for a nationwide strike in the motor sector. NUMSA says they met with the employers at the Motor Industry Bargaining Council but their talks have since deadlocked. Guest: Phakamile Hlubi- Spokesperson for National Union of Metalworkers of South Afr...

More people are calling for a ban on e-cigarettes after several deaths in the US. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced that his administration will ban flavoured e-cigarettes, after a spate of vaping-related deaths. Just how dangerous are e-cigarettes? We find out from…… Guest: Savera Kalideen - Executive director of the national council against smoking

SARS possible shortfall in revenue collection – how does it affect us as citizens? Last year, during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement it was revealed that the state faced a R27.4 billion revenue shortfall for 2018/2019, and an R85 billion shortfall over three years. Why is this and what can it be attributed to? Guest: Kyle Mandy, Partner, PwC South Africa

The US Democratic Party has begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations that he pressured a foreign power to damage a political rival. According to House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi – President Trump has admitted to asking the president of Ukraine to take actions which would benefit him politically and as such, the actions of the Trump presidency revealed dishonourabl...

Several roads in and around Cape Town were closed this morning due to protest action that was organised by the Total Shutdown Movement. According to the movement, the action was taken to protest against gender-based violence, crime and poverty. For more on this we are joined by….. Guest: Abdul Karriem Matthews, Civic activism coordinator and leader of the Total Shutdown Movement

4000 members of the South African Society of Bank Officials (SASBO) are expected to take part in the countrywide strike on Friday. Members are against the retrenchment of workers and digitalisation of banking systems. Guest: Joe Kokela- Sasbo general secretary

Should the Union Buildings be renamed? President of the African Transformation Movement Vuyo Zungula is calling for the Union Buildings in Pretoria to be renamed. Zungula says the name “brought together the British and Afrikaner in order to put their differences aside and oppress the black majority”. Guest: Vuyolwethu Zungula, president of the African Transformation Movement (ATM)

There have been calls for more protests in Egypt after thousands joined rare nationwide rallies on Friday night. The protests had been called for by Mohamed Aly, 45, an exiled Egyptian businessman in Spain, who in recent weeks has levelled accusations of corruption at Sisi in a series of viral videos which have sparked unprecedented public debate. However El-Sisi has denied allegations of wrongdoi...

Today we begin the programme by looking at the role of the CRL Commission in fighting women abuse. The commission has expressed shock and concern about the extent of women abuse under customary marriage and as such, the commission has intervened to stop a husband’s family from demanding lobola (dowry) back after the arranged customary marriage of eight years collapsed (this happened in the Eastern...

Guest: Lunga Ngqengelele

As receivers of victims of the violence, they want to highlight the impact it has on them, especially the nursing staff. Guest: College Jasmin Gassiep - Vice-principal at the Rahima Moosa Nursing

As the Springboks will play their first 2019 Rugby World Cup match against the All Blacks tomorrow – one member of their team is in trouble with the law. This as the South African Human Rights Commission intends approaching the Equality Court over allegations that Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth racially abused a man at a pub in Langebaan. Allegations surfaced last month that Etzebeth and a large gro...

About two hours ago, International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor concluded her meeting with members of the African Diaspora – as she attempts to find possible solutions in relation to recent attacks against foreign nationals that led to the deaths of 12 people and looting of shops. Guest: Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda, Chairperson of the African Diaspora

We begin the programme by unpacking the Western Cape Safety Plan. Yesterday, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde announced a provincial safety plan aimed at tackling high levels of crime and violence – the plan will see an additional 3,000 law enforcement officers deployed and 150 investigators trained. Guest: Dr Chris de Kock, Independent crime analyst

Guest: Thabiso Mosia

The ACDP has called on porn to be banned as a way of resolving the issue of Gender Based Violence. This call was made during a Parliament debate on gender-based violence. Guest: Marie Sukers- African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) member of parliament

Yesterday South African Airways (SAA) briefed parliament’s Public Enterprises Committee on the progress made on their governance challenges and developmental objectives. The airline said that it would need a further R2bn by the end of the year despite the R5.5 billion that it will be receiving at the end of the this month. Guest: Guy Leitch - Aviation expert

The NPA has referred the Life Esidimeni docket for a formal inquest before a judge in the High Court in Pretoria. This comes three years after the Esidimeni tragedy in which 144 people died. Many of them died of starvation and neglect after the Gauteng Health Department cancelled their contract with Life Esidimeni, resulting in thousands of patients being transferred to facilities that were not li...

Yesterday, former apartheid police officer Joao Rodrigues lost another application he had filed in an attempt to have his prosecution for the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol stayed. On the other hand, the Foundation for Human Rights has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of his appeal. The Foundation has been actively supporting the quest for justice in the Timol case sinc...