Guest: Government sees the extension of the life of the Koeberg nuclear power station as key to managing SA's power crisis. Orion Phillips is a Senior Manager of Standards, Authorisation, Review and Assessment at the National Nuclear Regulator and he joins John to discuss the requirements that Eskom must meet to achieve approval of the extension.

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Guest: Investigative Journalist Estelle Ellis joins John to discuss an article published in Daily Maverick ‘Food for Thought’ that describes the failure of The National School Nutrition Programme to provide more than a million learners with a daily meal.

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Guest: Cricket writer Neil Manthorp joins John to chat more about South Africa’s qualification for the ODI World Cup.

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Guest: Dr Gabriella Leighton joins John to discuss the recent findings of The Urban Caracal Project, a research and education initiative based at the University of Cape Town’s Institute for Wildlife and Communities in Africa.

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Guest: South African personal financial journalist and author of Maya on Money Maya Fisher-French joins John to chat about how load shedding is impacting short-term insurance.

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Guest: Wesgro CEO Wrenelle Stander joins John to chat about the success of the cruise season. The season started in October 2022 and ends of May 2023, over 145,000 passengers were welcomed with 42 000 crew members to the city.

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Guest: EWN Parliamentary Reporter Lindsay Dentlinger joins John to share the latest updates from the SCOPA (Standing committee on public accounts) meeting that took place with law enforcements; Hawks, SIU and SAPS to get to the bottom of Andre de Ruyter’s Eskom allegations.

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Guest: Sports Journalist Sizwe Mbebe joins John to discuss The South African Football Association (SAFA) appointment of Lydia Monyepao as the new CEO after acceptance of the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Tebogo Motlanthe.  

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Guest: Judge Dennis Davis

On Friday Judge Norman Davis ordered the Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan to "take all reasonable steps" within 60 days to ensure that public health establishments, state schools and the South African Police Service are not affected by load shedding. Judge Dennis Davis joins John to consider the factors that motivate and define the Government's expressed intention to lodge an urgent appeal against the ruling. 

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Guest: Rob Bareham chairman of the Cape Town Amateur Radio Club joins John to chat about the amateur radio operators celebrating the Mostert’s Mil.

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