The war drums started beating when Joe Biden was declared to be US President-elect, and Iran is again the target. Senior American officials made unprecedented trips while the country was still digesting the defeat of sitting President Donald Trump, raising suspicions that he is planning something in the Middle East before leaving the White House. Indeed, such trips even took place before the election.

Guest: Thembisa Fakude - Al Jazeera Researcher ,Analyst from Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in Qatar, Doha and he is also a Columnist Middle East Monitor, London United Kingdom

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete.

As many people are now forced to work for longer, the question of when an employee is obliged to retire has become topical and much discussed.
The obligation to retire depends on a number of factors which include the industry of the particular employee and, more particularly, the rules and policies of their employer in relation to prescribing a retirement age.

Guest: Darryn Mer, director, labour and human resources department of Fluxmans Attorneys

Guest: Dr Thabani Nkwanyana, Independent Medical Practitioner with interest in human rights, ethics and social sciences.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has recently established a wastewater-based early warning system for COVID-19 in various parts of the country – the SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard was launched today.

Guest: Prof Angela Mathee, head of the Medical Research Council’s environment and health unit.

Most of South Africa’s seasonal rainfall occurs during the warmer summer months, from October to March. As a result, October is an important period for farmers to begin planning when to sow crops (such as maize, wheat and sunflowers) for the growing season. October is also an important period for the tourism industry to think about water supplies for the upcoming summer holiday season.

Guest: Sarah Roffe - PhD student, Climatology at University of the Witwatersrand

Guest: Kristen Lisa Strahlendorf is an experienced Educational Psychologist

Guest: Lois Wagner-COACHING CONVERSATIONS FOR CHANGE

According to the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (Safcei) and the Koeberg Alert Alliance, the increase in seismic activity on the Milnerton fault line should be a major cause for alarm around the risks to the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant, especially since the news that Eskom has plans to extend the life of the plant by another 20 years past its original lifespan.

Guest: Koeberg Alert Alliance - Peter Becker

South Africans place huge emphasis on the Matric examination results from the final year of secondary school – Grade 12. A school leaver’s chances of further education or a job depend heavily on skills reflected in the Matric certificate. Every year, national trends in these results stimulate debate about the nature and quality of education in the country, and the issues that shape it.

The release of the 2020 examination results in February 2021 could prompt an especially heated debate, given the backdrop of COVID-19 and school closures.

Guest: Prof Martin Gustafsson -Education economist, Stellenbosch University

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete.