South African opera singer Pretty Yende has been honoured with The Order of the Italian Star from the Italian Consulate in Cape Town. The accolade, which is listed as an order of knighthood, is given to those who have built extraordinary relations between Italy and other countries.

Guest: Kutlwano Masote - Orchestra Conductor

James Ngcobo is a South African television, stage and film actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Mojo Khumalo in the enduring SABC 2 sitcom, Stokvel, alongside Manaka Ranaka, Thembi Mtshali-Jones and many others. He is the first black person be an artistic director at the Market Theatre full time. His appointment follows a prolific directing career that has included sitcoms, a festival spanning 14 European cities, a big-budget extravaganza marking the centenary of the African National Congress and a musical starring Hugh Masekela bound for Carnegie Hall in New York next year

Guest: James Ngcobo - Artistic Director At The Market Theatre

A woman who suffered from learning difficulties as a child has opened a swimming school for children with autism and other special needs in Grassy Park. Nabilah Diedericks said children with disabilities experienced setbacks in their development. However, swimming could be a way to build their confidence. Nabilah had learning difficulties while growing up, which allowed her to experience the challenges that a child with disabilities had to experience on a daily basis.

Guest: Nabilah Diederick - Founder of Finz Aquatics and Fitness Development swimming school for autistic children

Last week, the 3rd of December was International Day of Persons with Disabilities and people with disabilities who have excelled in various fields were honoured by the Office of the Premier in Gauteng.

Radio 2000 Senior Content Producer Mr Doug Anderson received a “Disability Rights Life Time Achievement Award: Silver” from Gauteng Premier, David Makhura, at the 2019 Gauteng Disability Rights Excellence Awards

Guest: Doug Anderson - Senior Content Producer Radio 2000

16 years Greta Thunberg, a Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a global movement to fight climate change, has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019. Last year, the teenager started an environmental strike by missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building. It sparked a worldwide movement that became popular with the hashtag #FridaysForFuture. Since then, she has become a strong voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world. To tell us more about the importance of acting on climate change, we are joined by…

Guest: Bukelwa Nzimande – Climate and Energy Campaigner for Greenpeace Africa

Guest: Liela Magnus - SABC News reporter

Mphuthi, the chairperson of Soweto Business Access, was testifying before the Competition Commission’s Grocery Retail Inquiry, which held hearings around the country in 2017.
Mphuthi told the inquiry: “The malls are biased towards big business.” He argued that if independent black retailers are allowed into a mall, they are only given 12- to 18-month leases, which are more expensive than the long-term ones provided to big business. Mall management justifies this by saying they don’t trust small retailers.

Guest: Mphuthi Mphuthi - The chairperson of Soweto Business Access

After implementing stage 6 load shedding for the first time on Monday, Eskom says it will continue with stage 4 load shedding on Tuesday until 11pm.

Stage 4 allows for up to 4 000MW to be cut from the national grid.

Eskom has warned that cuts are likely to continue for the rest of the week as it battles severe capacity constraints caused by unplanned outages and flooding. On Monday it announced that heavy rains and floods at three power stations caused its already-reduced generation capacity to plunge further.

The power utility's acting CEO and interim executive chairperson Jabu Mabuza said on Monday evening that a key reason for the implementation of stage 6 load shedding was the failure of a power supply line feeding electricity to incline conveyors feeding coal to silos at Medupi power station.

Guest: Paul Lombard - Sales Director at Regenergy

Guest: Guest: Karabo Moshodi - Founder of The #PepperSprayCampaign

Guest: Tonya Khoury - Founder of Acumen Media