Radio 2000 Mixes

As World Green Building Week raises awareness around green buildings and the role they play in our sustainable future, green construction and renewable energy group STAG African has called on the construction industry to commit to building offices, homes, hospitals and schools that protect and preserve natural resources. The group says buildings consume one third of the world's energy and are responsible for one fifth of global emissions. We are now joined on the line by Director of STAG African John Schooling

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has explained its decision to back Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as leader of the ANC. NUM is the first Cosatu union to publicly pronounce on its preferred successor to head the governing party, which is due to hold an elective conference next year. Ramaphosa was the union's founding Secretary General in the early 1980s. Top NUM official David Sipunzi gives their reasons for supporting him for the ANC's top job...

The South African National Blood Service is in need of urgent blood supply. The Blood services says the recent protest action at universities has negatively affected their drive to collect blood from students. Spokesperson for the South African National Blood Service, Vanessa Raju joins us on the line to tell us more

UDM President General Bantu Holomisa wants all Political Parties to meet urgently to review the structure of the IEC. This follows allegations that ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe and his Deputy Jessie Duarte have labelled IEC's Deputy Chairperson Terry Tselane an enemy of the ANC. General Bantu Holomisa joins us on the line to tell us more.

Out-going Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, says she will hand over at least two hundred high profile cases to her successor next month. This is when her seven-year non-renewable term comes to an end. Madonsela has been investigating the Gupta family, for their alleged state capture, and has also looked into into the controversial North West mining account, known as the D-account. Mining houses have been depositing millions of rands into the account, as royalties for the communities on whose land they operate. At least half a billion rand is missing and unaccounted for. Our reporter, Lucas Mothibedi, caught-up with her during her recent visit to the North West University in Mahikeng...

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says he has a feeling something bad is about to happen in the country. Gordhan was speaking at a Heritage Day Dinner hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in Johannesburg over the weekend. Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki reports...

Two staff cars have been set alight during a student protest at the University of Pretoria. It is alleged the fire was caused by petrol bomb that was thrown by an unknown person. This after the university management decided to close the institution until next month. Operations at Tshwane University of Technology all campuses, except Mbombela in Mpumalanga nd Polokwane in Limpopo, have been suspended. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences university has suspended operations since last week Thursday. Phil Moyane reports

KG chats to Moshito Ambassador Roger Lucey

KG chats to KUMISA's Thando Nyameni

Wits University students have accused the institution of planting three petrol bombs that were found on the Braamfontein campus in Johannesburg yesterday, to intimidate them. They say the university has threatened to shut down the students residences, a move which could lead to chaos. The students also say the university has been mum on their demand for free education. For the latest we spoke to spokesperson for the South African Union of Students Sbusiso Thwala and Wits VC, Professor Adam Habib