The Best of Afternoon Drive with Bongani Bingwa

Bongani chats to the Africa Editor of Mail & Guardian Simon Allison about Angolan president stepping down after 38 years of rule. Eduardo Jose Dos Santos has been in power since 1979.

Bongani speaks to Dr Velaphi Mkhize from the  Umsamo Institute and South African Healers Association about body parts being used as muti. Yesterday, EWN ran a story about a former traditional healer who handed himself over to the police because he was tired of eating meat. About 300 people have since confessed to visiting the suspec00t and eating human flesh as meat.

Bongani speaks to AfriForum lawyer Willie Spies about their decision to represent Gabriella Engels in the assault case against Grace Mugabe. AfriForum has said that they will take the matter as a private prosecution if Mugabe is not charged within 3 months.

Bongani speaks to Gospel sensation, Dr Tumi after he fulfilled his goal and filled the 20 000-seater TicketPro Dome on Sunday night. Dr Tumi became the first gospel singer and the second African artist after rapper Cassper Nyovest to achieve this.

Bongani speaks to UJ professor, Mary Metcalfe on a proposed drug testing by Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi. Lesufi says these tests will be done before pupils are accepted in high school, in the attempt to fight drug abuse in our schools.

Bongani chats to 702/Cape Talk presenter and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser about the big stories to look out for this week. These include Derek Hanekom being given 10 days to motivate why he shouldn’t be fired as chair of the national disciplinary committee.

Bongani chats to Makhosi Khoza after the ANC fired her as chairperson of Parliament’s public service and administration portfolio committee.

Bongani speaks to Rescue South Africa Head Ian Sher and BBC Journalist Umaru Fofana on the Sierra Leone mudslides. Approximately 600 people are missing after a torrent of mud on Monday swept away homes on the edge of the capital, Freetown, the Red Cross said, in one of Africa’s worst flood disasters in living memory. Around 400 bodies have been found.

Bongani chats to Property Analyst John Loos on high property prices in the Cape Town CBD. The prices of homes continue to rise at well above inflation – permanently excluding poor people from accessing housing in the city’s well-located suburbs and near their place of work.

Bongani talks to Thabi Leoka about the BRICS bank and the function it will serve in the country. President Jacob Zuma launched the bank today in Sandton and said the bank would not only benefit the continent, but would change the world.