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The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is a South African government student financial aid scheme which provides financial aid to undergraduate students to help pay for the cost of their tertiary education after finishing high school. It is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training.

But at the beginning of each academic year, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) faces a number of challenges.

Guest: Slumezi Skosana -NSFAS Spokesperson

-Could illegal mining be behind the explosion?

-Could it be that the design life has been reached?

-Is the system in the city of Johannesburg encumbered?

-What forms part of the infrastructure of the City of Johannesburg - particularly underground, that could've contributed to this?

Guest: Herman Mashaba - Leader of Action SA

Has the increased media attention geared towards Paul Mashatile wired to discredit him for future campaigns?

Guest: Thabo shole-Mashoa – Political Commentator

Guest: Richard Poplak – Jounalist at Daily Maverick

CBD Gas Explosion

Guest: Panyaza Lesufi – Premier of Gauteng

Guest: Richard Mulaudzi EMS Joburg Spokesperson

South Africa's Department of Health gazetted the draft Regulations relating to the labelling and advertising of food in January 2023 and the document is available for public comment.The regulations propose the mandatory use of warning labels on unhealthy packaged food. Consumers have until Friday 21 July to submit their comments.  The Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), a civil society organisation advocating for equitable access to affordable, nutritious food in South Africa by building a more just food system.

GUEST: Lawrence Mbalati - Head Of Healthy Eating Alliance

Guest: William bird-Executive Director of Media Monitoring Africa

Guest: Hennie Strydom -A professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the High Court in Gauteng that arresting Russian President Vladimir Putin, if he travels to South Africa for the BRICS summit in August, would be a declaration of war against Russia

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March, accusing him of war crimes relating to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine since February last year.

Guest: Prof Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg Physics professor with a research interest in sunlight modeling

Guest: Nixon Katembo - Channel Africa's head of the KiSwahili

service and Africa Affairs Analyst

The Constitutional Court has found that President Cyril Ramaphosa had nothing to gain by suspending the Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane because an investigation into the Phala Phala saga continued in her absence. 

This follows the Western Cape High Court's order, declaring her suspension invalid. Ramaphosa suspended Mkhwebane in June last year. Also, the Constitutional Court has dismissed with costs the application by Correctional Services for leave to appeal against a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling regarding former President Jacob Zuma's medical parole.sentence at the Estcourt Correctional Facility in Kwa-Zulu Natal. 

Oliver Disckson spoke to Political analyst Lukhanyo Vangqa