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#Interview | Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on South Africans to embrace the Cuban engineers who have come to help resolve the country’s water infrastructure problems.
The government's decision to rope in engineers from Cuba instead of contracting local skills has drawn criticism from the profession and opposition political parties.
She says SA's rural areas will benefit from the deployment of 24 Cuban engineers.

#Interview | Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on South Africans to embrace the Cuban engineers who have come to help resolve the country’s water infrastructure problems.
The government's decision to rope in engineers from Cuba instead of contracting local skills has drawn criticism from the profession and opposition political parties.
She says SA's rural areas will benefit from the deployment of 24 Cuban engineers.
Guest: Dr Trueman Goba, A professional Engineer and Fellow of the SA Academy of Engineering

nterview| There will be a national protest movement around South Africa to demand the continuation of the current R350 grant this Freedom Day, 27 April 2021. #PayTheGrants are demanding that government continue the grants indefinitely and will be taking up national protest around the country.

The inception of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant in May 2020 to help with hunger relief was the first of its kind in the history of South Africa. It has since been preventing acute hunger for more than six million people. 

Guest: Daddy Mabe, From the #PayTheGrants Movement

INTERVIEW: Earlier this month we found out about the plight the Liliesleaf Farm finds itself in.

The heritage site is in a dire financial crisis as a result of the challenges brought about by Covid-19.

Today they are embarking on a crowdfunding campaign calling for contributions of either R27 or R60, which commemorates 27 years of democracy, 27 years of Nelson Mandela in prison and the 60th anniversary since Liliesleaf was purchased. We now catch up with Nicholas Wolpee CEO of the Liliesleaf Trust.

INTERVIEW: Constitution Hill has today launched a “We the People” campaign as part of Freedom Month. The campaign aims to collect statements from South Africans about their dreams, hopes and ambitions for our country. These submissions will be projected onto the light towers and walls of the prisons where many freedom fighters were held. We now speak to Lwando Xaso who is a Human Rights Lawyer & Promoter of Democracy and Constitutionalism.

The Glenzito Superdrive is designed to be fun, easy with a bit of va va voom.

INTERVIEW: An investigation coming out of the Joburg Park Station has revealed the selling of fake Covid-19 test results to passengers travelling to neighbouring countries. We now chat to Patrick Egwu, Investigative Journalist at Daily Maverick.

The Glenzito Superdrive is designed to be fun, easy with a bit of va va voom.

SNEAKER FRIDAY: Sneaker heads turned out in numbers for a live sneaker raffle at the Shelflife shops in Cape Town and Joburg this past Wednesday. The raffle was for a chance to buy a pair of the latest Air Jordan sneakers that were released a few days ago. We’re now joined on the line by Kelli who’s the Assistant Manager at Shelflife Cape Town.