Sadly, I will remember the early 2000s in SA for how graveyards and funeral parlours were growing everywhere.

This was brought about by politicians fudging the science behind HIV/Aids and pushing a political agenda of garlic and beetroot when the scientists of the world demonstrated antiretrovirals were the only solution to that terrifying disease.

Guest: Herman Mashaba, leader of Action SA.

Guest: Motlatjo TsholoNdlovu

Guest: Thabo Mongezi TsholoNdlovu (Husband)

THIS Christmas was not a merry one for the Vryheid family whose two girls drowned in the open cluster mines that were not rehabilitated by a coal mining company more than a year ago.

The girls drowned while swimming in one of the eight deep holes dug during a mining project that lasted about three months in KwaMnathi Village in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

Guest: Ayanda Mdluli, editor of the Daily News

Guest: WARD 5’s Councillor- Mdititi Ntombela

Guest: Dr. Brighton Mashava - Specialist Urologist at Nelspruit Mediclinic & Busamed Hospital

Today marks almost 617 days since former Lily Mine employees embarked on a sit-in outside the mine, following a shaft collapse on February 5, 2016.

The mine made national headlines after Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda were trapped underground in a container office as a result of the collapse.

A rescue effort was mounted and abandoned after it was determined that continuing the search would endanger the lives of rescue workers.

Guest: Harry Mazibuko, who represents the former miners, camped outside Lily Mine and a family spokesperson

Guest: Action SA leader - Mr Herman Mashaba

Guest :Gogo Zanele Mazibuko – from Vukani Mathonga

Guest: Ernest North - Co-founder, Naked Insurance

Gauteng could see a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in January as residents return home from their various holiday destinations.
This is according to the University of Witwatersrand scientist Professor Bruce Mellado.

Mellado sits on the province's Covid-19 advisory committee and is leading the team studying the virus' patterns in Gauteng.

Guest: University of Witwatersrand scientist - Professor Bruce Mellado

Guest: Makhosi Gcabashe – A traditional healer who has been practicing for over 20 years

Mozambique’s army has struggled to contain the fighters who have regularly beaten back the country’s security forces.
Mozambique’s military is struggling to hold back ISIL-linked groups in the northern Cabo Delgado region.
Violence has intensified in recent months, displacing at least 400,000 people.

The government has asked for help from neighbours South Africa and Tanzania, as well as the European Union.
So what is driving the conflict and could it spell trouble for the whole region?

Guest: Adriano Nuvunga, a professor of political science and director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a civil society organisation in Mozambique