The National Pulse

Yesterday, the African National Congress revealed that it has submitted its candidate lists for Parliament and provincial legislatures to the party’s integrity commission. The party has come under fire recently for its national list, which includes Mosebenzi Zwane, Bathabile Dlamini, Malusi Gigaba and Nomvula Mokonyane. Isn’t it too late for this – what happened to the party’s “through the eye of...

In the wake of the Alexandra township shutdown over service delivery as well as the mushrooming of illegal structures, this afternoon we are joined by one of the oldest residents of Alexandra, Linda Thwala who will briefly look at the history of the township and it finds itself where it is today. Guest: Linda Thwala, Alex resident

Guest: Professor Michael Lowy is a French Brazilian Marxist sociologist and philosopher

Why is Alex burning? How bad is service delivery in the area? To discuss this we are joined by a municipal expert, Kareen Heese who will look at the effects of poor service delivery. Guest: Kareen Heese, Municipal IQ economist

Who should take the lead in quelling taxi violence – should it be government or taxi associations? Guests: Mr. Phillip Taaibosch – President of SANTACO guest: Ishmael Mnisi, National spokesperson for the Department of Transport

ANC Councilor in Nelson Mandela Bay, Andile Lungisa has lost his appeal against his conviction and effective two-year jail sentence in the Eastern Cape High Court today. He was convicted of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after he smashed a glass water jug over the head of DA councillor Rano Kayser during a heated council meeting in October 2016. To look at what this conviction mean...

Law firm, De Beer Attorneys is preparing a class action suit against power utility, Eskom. The firm is calling on South Africans who have suffered financial losses as a result of load shedding to get in touch with them. For clarity on how this process will unfold we are joined on the line by one of the firm’s Managing Partners, Elaine Bergenthuin. Guest: Elaine Bergenthuin, Managing Partner at De...

Yesterday, the Maitland Post Office was robbed an undisclosed amount of money which left South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) beneficiaries stranded and without money. For more on this story, Guest: Martie Gilchrist, Post Office spokesperson

The University of Cape Town has embarked on a process that will see the institution change the names of buildings, spaces and roads that are deemed “dishonourable”. Is this part of the decolonisation project? Guest: Professor Loretta Feris, Deputy Vice Chancellor: Transformation at UCT

President of the African Diaspora outlines the objectives of the Premier Social Cohesion games which are aimed at fighting xenophobia. Guest: Dr Vusi Sibanda, President of the African Diaspora

The Patriotic Alliance in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) says it has tabled another motion of no confidence in Mayor Mongameli Bobani – will they succeed this time? About two months ago, the party filed an urgent notice of intent to lodge a motion of no confidence against Bobani, which failed in the city council on March 1. Guest: Marlon Daniels, Patriotic Alliance councillor at Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

subject of Digital Economy, examining “how can digital technologies solve the problems of joblessness among youth on the African continent”. Guest: Dr Mohammad Amir Anwar, Post-doctoral Research Fellow at University of Oxford

Komako helps us understand the phenomenon of “Black Tax” and whether it is a responsibility or a burden. Her research findings suggest that Black people are born into “Black Tax”. Guest: Ms Nokubonga Komako, Media and Cultural Studies graduate

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is founded on religious roots including the recent formation of the African Freedom Revolution by KwaZulu-Natal secretary of the National Interfaith Council of South Africa, Bishop Timothy Ngcobo. Could we see more religious leaders forming political parties in the future? Guest: Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, General Secretary, SACC

How can we fix our education system? Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a paper on basic education in SA, Struggling to Make the Grade. Today we get to the bottom of the issues as we give you both sides of the story - Guest: William Saunderson-Meyer, writes the Jaundiced Eye column on current affairs which appears in The Citizen, Weekend Argus and on Politicsweb Guest: Elijah...

“Mark Kingon gives us an update on SARS revenue collection for the period of 2018/19”

This was in the municipal by-elections which took place last week. The ANC received 65% of the vote, the EFF 3% and the UDM 2%. Analyts have labelled these results as interesting considering how fairly new Mzwanele Mannyi’s party is. Elections analyst, Dawie Scholtz is on line to give us his thoughts on these results. Guest: Dawie Scholtz- Elections Analyst

A Special Investigative Unit (SIU) report has revealed that Eskom employees engineered load-shedding in 2008 in order to create emergency coal contracts amounting to R14.5 trillion. Some of these projects were for a period of 10 years and were entered into without proper tender processes. For a reaction on this story we are joined on the line by Energy expert Ted Blom Guest: Ted Blom- Energy Analy...

Speaking at the Hilton Hotel recently during the launch of the book Democracy Works – Tendai Biti told a Durban audience that his country invented state capture and South Africans perfected it. Guest: Tendai Biti, Zimbabwean opposition MP, constitutional lawyer and co-author of Democracy Works

On Friday last week, the South African National Defence Force announced that it has administratively discharged 35 of its members for going absent without leave (AWOL) for more than 30 days while they were on course in Cuba. Guest: Brigadier General Mafi Mgobhozi, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) spokesperson

PIC granted extension:. The commission is investigating numerous dubious transactions and allegations of impropriety. One voice that has been very consistent against corruption at the PIC is General Bantu Holomisa. Guest: General Bantu Holomisa, UDM leader

World News: Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh is accused of having orchestrated the embezzlement of nearly US$1 billion of public funds and illegal timber revenue during his 22-year rule. How did one man loot the country? Guest: Dr Emanuel Matambo, Visiting Researcher at the Center for Africa – China Studies @UJ

EFF’s stance on xenophobia and why they don’t want South Africans who perpetrate xenophobia to vote for them. Guest: Veronica Mente, EFF’s National Elections spokesperson

The central bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) started its meeting on Tuesday to decide on the repo rate and the prime bank lending rate. The decision taken today and announced by the Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago Guest: Sam Rolland - Economist at Econometrix

We’re coming to you live from the KZN Department of Transport Service Excellence Award Ceremony taking place this evening here at the Durban ICC. The intention of the awards is to act as a platform for the provincial government to recognize service excellence within the law enforcement (SAPS and RTI - Road Traffic Inspectorate) guest: Kwanele Ncalane