The Council for Geoscience has urged the public to be vigilant as there is a likelihood of aftershocks following yesterday's earth tremor. The council says the seismic event was moderately larger with a 4-point-4 magnitude. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the Manager of Minerals and Energy at the Council for Geoscience, Dr. Taufeeq Dhansay

The Free State has recorded a second cholera death. A woman from Parys is the second person confirmed dead by the provincial health department - Bringing the death toll from the cholera outbreak in South Africa to 32. At least 29 deaths occurred in the Hammanskraal area north of Pretoria. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Free State Department of Health spokesperson, Mondli Mvambi

Staff and students at the University of Cape Town have started a petition to prevent Kenyan scholar Professor Patrick Lumumba from addressing the EFF's upcoming 10th-anniversary lecture. The EFF invited the academic to give a lecture at UCT. The party is now facing backlash for its decision after Lumumba publicly endorsed the signing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda, which the EFF marched against. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Mbekezeli Benjamin, a Research staff member in the Department of Public Law at UCT.

The road freight industry says the decision to extend the validity of Zimbabwean Exemption Permits may further exacerbate tensions between local and foreign truck drivers. The special permit was due to end on the 30th of June - but has been extended to the 31st of December this year by Home Affairs. The ZEP permit allows its holders and their children temporary legal status to live, work and study in South Africa. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Mary Phadi, President of the Truckers Association of South Africa

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has welcomed Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana's withdrawal of Treasury's decision to exempt Eskom from comprehensively reporting on irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure in its financial statements. The federation says it appreciates that the government listened and conceded to the public outcry against the decision. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Cosatu's parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks

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

There has been a new twist in the parliamentary inquiry into the fitness of Busisiwe Mkhwebane to hold the office of Public Protector. She has once again called for the recusal of inquiry chairperson Qubudile Dyantyi. This follows allegations that he and two senior ANC members, the late MP Tina Joemat-Pettesson and Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina had solicited a bribery from her. It has also been revealed that her new attorney's brief has been terminated by the state attorney. Elvis Presslin spoke to the National Spokesperson of the African Transformation Movement, ATM, Zama Ntshona who is calling for the recusal of Section 194 inquiry chairperson, Qubudile Dyantyi

ActionSA has filed a motion of no confidence proposing to remove City of Johannesburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. The party says Gwamanda cannot be allowed to continue governing a city with an R70 billion budget because of the fraud allegations he faces. Allegations against Gwamanda, surfaced in which his entity allegedly scammed innocent residents into investing in a funeral-investment scheme. His educational qualifications have also come under scrutiny. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to ActionSA's City of Johannesburg Caucus Spokesperson, Sthembelo Majola

The Independent Electoral Commission, IEC has warned job seekers not to fall victim to online job advertisement scams in the name of the Commission ahead of next year's general elections. The Commission says various online scams are currently circulating on WhatsApp and other social media platforms trying to trick unsuspecting job seekers into revealing personal information. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Kate Bapela, Spokesperson for the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC

The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers' Union, SACCAWU has finally reached a wage settlement with Massmart. SACCAWU has accepted a salary increase of R450 a month or 4.5%, whichever is greater for the period 2022 to 2023 and a 5% increase for the 2023 to 2024 period. The union and the Massmart Group subsidiary have been locking horns for over a year over Saccawu's wage demands. SACCAWU's Second deputy President Mike Tau spoke to our senior producer Ronald Phiri about the recent wage settlement