The City of Johannesburg's Mayor Mpho Phalatse has been ousted in a motion of no-confidence for a second time. About 140 councilors voted for the motion while 120 councilors voted against it. The motion was tabled by three parties - the African Transformation Movement, African Independent Congress (AIC), and Al-Jamah-Ah party. To further discuss this we Elvis Presslin spoke to Democratic Alliance National Spokesperson, Cilliers Brink

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

Disgruntled Queenstown residents in the Eastern Cape have vowed to continue protesting until power is restored in the area. Enoch Mgijima Municipality residents shut down the town center calling on the ANC in the province to address the constant power cuts and other service delivery issues. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Mr. Loyiso Magqashela, ANC PEC spokesperson in the Eastern Cape

Economists are expecting the South African Reserve Bank to deliver another hefty interest rate hike today when it announces the decision of its monetary policy committee. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Tertia Jacobs, an economist at Investec

The South African Medical Association Trade Union, Samatu will march in four provinces today, to demand the employment of medical doctors in hospitals. The Union has criticized the national health department, accusing it of failing to employ doctors who completed their mandatory community service. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Samatu General Secretary Dr. Cedric Sihlangu and  Dr. Percy Mahlathi, Deputy Director-General for hospital services, at the Department of Health

Three motions of no confidence have been filed by minority opposition parties to remove Johannesburg Mayor Dr. Mpho Phalatse. Phalatse was reinstated after the Patriotic Alliance left the DA-led multiparty coalition in the City of Johannesburg in September last year and went on to vote for a motion that removed her as City mayor. But during the same month, the high court in Johannesburg found that Phalatse's removal was unlawful and invalid. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the Spokesperson for the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Mabine Seabi

The Democratic Alliance will be marching to the ANC's headquarters, Luthuli House today against load shedding and high electricity tariffs. Judgment has been reserved in the DA's challenge against the ANC's cadre deployment policy, which it says has contributed to the issues at Eskom. Elvis Presslin spoke to ANC National Spokesperson, Pule Mabe

The Democratic Alliance will be marching to Luthuli House today to protest against load shedding and high electricity tariffs. The party says through the policy of cadre deployment, incompetent ANC cadres were deployed to destroy Eskom. Corrupt tenders for power stations were handed out, and SA is left with load shedding. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the DA National Spokesperson, Cilliers Brink

President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked the Eskom board to postpone its pending 18.65% electricity tariff hike approved by the National Energy Regular of South Africa, Nersa. His intervention comes amid growing calls for protests and boycotts against the hike which comes into effect in April this year. For more on this, Udo Carelse spoke to Political analyst Dr. Ebrahim Harvey.

Members of the Mkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association are taking the ANC to court over the disbandment of the veterans association. The MKMVA recently filed court papers to have the decision to disband them overturned. The MKMVA was disbanded in 2021. For more on this, Udo Carelse spoke to MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus...