The Best of Afternoon Drive with Bongani Bingwa

The High Court in Pretoria ruled on Thursday afternoon that President Jacob Zuma must hand over all records explaining the reason why he reshuffled the Cabinet on 31 March. Redi speaks to James Selfe, Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance Federal Council, for reaction to this ruling. Richard Calland, Associate Professor in the Public Law Department at UCT, and Professor Marinus Wiechers provide analysis of this development.

Redi speaks to Lindiwe Mazibuko, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, about how leaders can better respond to challenges facing the African continent. Mazibuko is a speaker in the World Economic Forum on Africa taking place in Durban. 

Redi speaks to William Bird, Director at Media Monitoring Africa, about the possibility of South Africa missing another digital migration deadline. This follows the Deputy Communications Minister Thandi Mahambehlala and Acting Director-General Basani Baloyi stating in Parliament that the country could miss its June 2018 digital migration deadline due to supply chain management irregularities and collusion issues. 

Redi speaks to Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, Gauteng Health MEC, about the issues which need to be addressed to ensure the safety of paramedics in the province. This follows concerns of attacks on paramedics, after the killing of parademic Chris Kekana when he was on duty in Mabopane. The MEC visited the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) base in Mabopane on Workers' Day.

Karima Brown speaks to Jay Naidoo about the state of the trade union movement in South Africa and how it can better represent the interests of workers. 

Karima Brown speaks to Dr Blade Nzimande, Secretary-General of the South African Communist Party (SACP), about impact of the cancelled Cosatu Workers' Day rally in Mangaung. 

Karima spoke to Willie Hofmeyer Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions reflecting on the constitution and the freedom in South Africa

Karima spoke to Helmut Heitman Defense Analyst about the Coup plotter appearing in court for plotting to kill prominent Government officials.

Bongani speaks to economist, Xhanti Payi, about what we as a country needs to do in order to one day achieve economic freedom.