Early Breakfast with Africa Melane

The IFP have approached Pietermaritzburg High Court to remove former eThekwini mayor and benched legislature member Zandile Gumede from office.

Party president, Velenkosini Hlabisa, speaks to Africa Melane, on why it is taking this fight against the appointment of Gumede as a member of the provincial legislature to court.

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Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has delayed his decision again on whether he will remain as chairperson of the state capture inquiry. Zondo is expected to give his recusal decision on Thursday.

Adv Mondidima Mannya is the Executive Director of Legal Services at Unisa, speaks to Africa about why Zondo should have our patience in making this decision, this long wait he says is nothing unusual.

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It is that time of the year, Movember, the month long campaign where men start growing moustaches beards as an eye-catching way to raise awareness to men's health issues.

Garron Gsell is the Country Manager at Movember Foundation, he speaks about this year's focus on mental health and well being.

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Theo Malele from the Taxi Alliance joins Africa Melane to explain the reasons behind th planned taxi strike.

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The SABC's news channel saw a break in broadcasting on Tuesday Afternoon with presenters refusing to go on air as the corporation faces retrenchments. 400 people were being served with section 189 notices but group executive for news and current affairs, Phathiswa Magopheni has now agreed to halt retrenchments. Thandi Smith is the head of programmes at Media Monitoring Africa.

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Continuing the backlash over a private matric party that was reportedly only attended by white pupils. The EFF is planning protest action at Brackenfell High School on Friday.

Melikhaya Xego is the Provincial Chairperson for the EFF. He discusses continuing protest action in spite of matric final exams.

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Despite the greater promise of employment creation in the small business sector. SMEs have been at the coalface of the struggles of the domestic economy , that have been compounded by the impact of the pandemic. Busi Mavuso, CEO at Business Leadership SA, discusses just how essential timely payment is to this sector's livelihood and by extension job creation.

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Despite their back-to-back wins against São Tomé and Príncipe, over the course of the AFCON qualifying matches on Friday and Monday, Bafana Bafana did not come out as strong against the islanders. Vuyani Joni, editor at Soccer Laduma speaks Africa about Bafana Bafana's performance thus far.

Guest: Vuyani Joni, Editor at Soccer Laduma

Host: Africa Melane

Topic: Bafana Bafana's seemingly poor performance at AFCON qualifiers

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South African National Parks (SANParks) will be hosting the 15th annual SA National Parks Week from 16 to 20 November 2020. This week allows South Africans free access to all national parks. Reynold Thakuli, acting head of communications for SANParks, speaks to Africa Melane about extra visitor management procedures that have been implemented in the parks to manage visitor volumes.

Guest: Reynold "Rey" Thakuli, Acting head of communications at SANParks 

Host: Africa Melane, Early Breakfast 

Topics: Travel and tourism: SA National Parks Week 16-20 November

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Advocate Eshed Cohen discusses what the South African government needs to extradite Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, who have fled to their homeland Malawi. The Bushiris are facing fraud and money laundering cases worth R102 million.

Guest: Eshed Cohen, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa 

Host: Africa Melane, Early Breakfast

Topic: Explainer: What SA needs to extradite the Bushiris

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