Point of View with Phemelo Motene
Point of View with Phemelo Motene, delves into the day’s current affairs, touching on real issues and sharing expert advice on the audience questions between 8pm to 10pm Mondays to Thursdays.
11 initiates have died since start of initiation season in the Eastern Cape
Eleven initiates have died in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of the December summer initiation season. They died due to a variety of complications that are not associated with Covid-19, said Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Gogo Aubrey Mashiqi gives us more information.
In conversation with Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse
Drummer, saxophonist, composer, activist – and anthropology student – Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse has turned 70. If you wanted a guidebook to the distinctive character of the South African jazz scene, Mabuse's 50-year career offers one. We discuss his amazing career to date.
Soweto electricity crisis – the people threaten to take Eskom to court
Soweto residents are now taking the legal route to force Eskom to reconnect their electricity. Diepkloof residents have been without power for a while. 700 homes in the Diepkloof area were disconnected over non-payment and illegal connections. Amanda Qhiti, Gauteng Spokesperson joins us to provide some much needed answers.
TUT appoints Professor Tinyiko Maluleke as its next incoming Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Prof Tinyiko Maluleke has been appointed as the Tshwane University of Technology next vice-chancellor and principal. Maluleke joins the TUT from the University of Pretoria, where he is senior research fellow and deputy director at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship. He holds a doctoral degree from the University…
Lancet & Ampath agree to reduce Covid-19 PCR test cost to R500
Dr. Aslam Dasoo, Progressive Health Forum Convenor talks to us about how Lancet and Ampath private laboratories have reduced their Covid-19 test price to R500. The Competition Commission said it reached an agreement with the labs to reduce their pricing from R850 per test.
What is the Compensation Fund?
On the 01 April 2021 the Compensation Fund published the Government Gazette on the Revised Employer Assessment Model Regulation on 1 April 2021 with the intention of reducing the number of Classes from 24 to 13 Classes with the inclusion of the Domestic Employers. Each Class will have its unique…
Are We Going to Need COVID-19 Boosters Every 6 Months?
As adults across the United States roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 boosters, experts say this additional shot may become necessary every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Trusted Source is advising everyone 18 years and older who have received their COVID-19 vaccination to get a booster…
JHB and Ekurhuleni Mayors appoint their committees
It’s been just over two or three weeks since the new Mayors have been elected and although some are excited about the new change, others have been worried about the delay in electing MMCs especially in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni. Well, the wait is officially over, with both Mayors announcing their…
In conversation with Jazz musician, Nduduzo Makhatini
We talk to Blue Note-signed pianist and composer, Nduduzo Makhathini about his career, the processes and thinking behind his album, Modes of Communication, and his upcoming album and performances
Commemorating the 102nd Birthday Anniversary of Prof. Es’kia Mphahlele
A lecture will be held to honor the 102nd Anniversary of the beloved intellectual son of Limpopo, Professor Es’kia Letoba Mazwi Mphahlele. Mphahlele was an iconic South African author, educationalist and philosopher who taught at several institutions of higher learning in countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, France and the US…
Qhakaza Disability Group protest at Parliament for access to transport, housing & jobs
Disabled people are large minority groups, starved of services and mostly ignored by society, live in isolation, segregation, poverty, charity and even pity. Today, about 30 of them staged a protest outside Parliament, we speak to a member of the Qhakaza Disability Group to hear what their grievances are, and…
NPA briefs Portfolio Committee of Justice in Parliament today
The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services and the National Prosecuting Authority today briefed parliament's Portfolio committee on Justice. The briefing was about the resignation of the head of the Investigating Directorate Advocate Hermione Cronje. The committee also wanted the NPA to give reasons for missing the deadline for issuing…
Ace Magashule and Edwin Sodi launch full-scale attack on NPA over asbestos scam 'evidence'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said in court papers that Ace Magashule was trying to delay his criminal trial when he asked the high court to declare that there was no prima facie case against him. Is this another delay tactic? We speak to Karyn Maughan on this story…
Implications of the delay in mayoral committee appointments
Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC Lebogang Maile on Tuesday raised concerns over the delays in the appointment of mayoral committees by some newly elected mayors in the province. Political Analyst, Professor Tinyiko Maluleke, speaks to us on this.
Ramaphosa visits West Africa – what is the significance of these visits?
This week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire as part of his seven-day tour of West Africa, a trip that will also include Ghana and Senegal next week. So what was the significance of these trips? And what does this now then mean for our relations…
20-year abduction case cracked by Facebook photo
A 20-year-old woman is still in a state of shock after the only life she had ever known was shattered by DNA results - which led to the arrest of a woman, she had known to be her mother, on charges of kidnapping her at birth. Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier…
The Constitution 18th Amendment Bill fails: Outcome analysis of the vote on land expropriation bill
The Constitution 18th Amendment Bill, which provides for expropriation of land without compensation vote has once again failed following today’s debate and vote. Bulelwa Mabasa Director and Head of the Land Reform Restitution & Tenure Practice and member of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform tells us more.
Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is in infrastructure and operational crisis
Professor Adam Mohamed, Head of Internal medicine at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital speaks to us about how the hospital is struggling to keep up, and their cries are falling on deaf ears – which sparked him to write an open letter to government.
Cradock four case update: Calls for progress on the prosecution of TRC-related cases
The son of Cradock Four martyr Fort Calata, Lukhanyo Calata, says they have been caught by surprise and left “deeply disgusted” by the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) failure to announce whether the state would prosecute those behind the murders of his father and his comrades Sicelo Mhlauli, Sparrow Mkhonto and…
Tributes For Ambassador Lindiwe Mazibuko
On Monday, the country learnt with deep sadness of the passing of Esteemed Member of the Order of Ikhamanga, Ambassador Lindiwe Mabuza, after a long battle with cancer. Mavuso Msimang ANC stalwart, Cecilia Julin, Former Ambassador to South Africa and Lawrence Ndlovu, Author and lecturer joins us to pay tribute.