Some of the parties making up the Government of Local Unity currently running the City of Johannesburg say they are not anxious nor perturbed by calls for mayor Kabelo Gwamanda to step down and for council to be dissolved and for fresh elections to be held. Action SA is expected to bring a motion of no confidence against Joburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda during the sitting of council this week, while the DA wants this motion amended and for the Joburg council to be dissolved. The City of Johannesburg has had four mayors since the November 2021 local government elections. Elvis Presslin spoke to Al Jama-ah President Ganief Hendricks

Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared President-elect in Zimbabwe. He has trounced his main rival Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change. The opposition alleges that election was rigged. ZANU-PF has been in power for more than four decades. Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Kealeboga Maphunye, a Professor of African Politics at the University of South Africa, UNISA and Peter Ndoro, our colleague at Channel Africa

In continuing to remember Uyinene Mrwetyana and many others who lost their lives due to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), the University of Cape Town (UCT) will gather in support of a unity walk organised by the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation tomorrow, Saturday 26 August. Uyinene  a UCT first-year student, went to the post office in Clemont, Cape Town to pick up a parcel and ended up being brutally raped and murdered by a male post office worker, Luyanda Botha, on 24 August 2019. He confessed and was handed three life sentences in the Western Cape High Court. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to UCT's Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation, Student Affairs and Social Responsiveness, Professor Elelwani Ramugondo

Six countries will be joining the BRICS group of nations next year. The annual BRICS summit held in Sandton, Johannesburg announced the admission of Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into the bloc. The membership of the new countries will come into effect in January next year. So what does this new BRICS expansion entail? To answer this and more, Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Chris Landsberg, Director of the Centre for African Diplomacy and Leadership at the University of Johannesburg

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoeswana, author of Africa Is Open For Business and Africa Bounces Back. Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo

At least 41 independent election monitors have been arrested for allegedly trying to disrupt Zimbabwe's general election. The monitors are from civil society groups trying to verify the ballot counting. Zimbabwe's main opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change is concerned that the ruling ZANU-PF may try to rig the results. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to our reporter Khayalihle Khumalo

ActionSA has brought a motion of no confidence against Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. The motion will be tabled at the next Ordinary Council meeting set to take place on 31st August. The party says with a budget close to R80 billion, the City needs a credible leader at its helm. Gwamanda faces serious accusations of running a Ponzi scheme which stole from residents in Soweto. His educational qualifications have also come under scrutiny. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Nobuhle Mthembu, ActionSA City of Johannesburg Caucus Leader.

Leaders of the BRICS group of nations are discussing the possible expansion of the five-nation bloc. The Brics countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa who are currently meeting at the 15th BRICS Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg have also initiated talks to create their own currency, economic and trade systems within the bloc. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Professor Chris Landsberg, Director of the Centre for African Diplomacy and Leadership at the University of Johannesburg

Angry parents of learners from Dr. Mathole Motshekga Primary School in Rabie Ridge, Johannesburg have shut down the school in protest over its poor infrastructure. Yesterday parents and members of the school governing body (SGB) resorted to shutting down the school after the Basic Education Department failed to meet their demands of building a new school. The primary school has been teaching learners in mobile container classrooms since 2016. Delegates from Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane's office are expected to visit the school today. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Lerato Goba, a member of the school governing body at Dr. Mathole Motshekga Primary School..

Voting in Zimbabwe's general election was marred by delays with opposition parties already crying foul about vote rigging. Yesterday Zimbabweans went to the polls to elect a president, legislators and local authorities in a contest in which incumbent president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is seeking a second term. Most urban polling stations in Harare and Bulawayo, where opposition leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Nelson Chamisa claims to have a stronghold, opened a few hours late. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to SABC reporter, Khayalihle Khumalo, who is in Harare, Zimbabwe