Home Affairs Minister has slammed Minister of Tourism for the losses in tourism and said the tourism industry must stop blaming the impact of visa regulations and the biometric system and start marketing SA more effectively. Derek Hanekom, Minister of Tourism responds

The Minister is in Marrakech, Morocco attending the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said to be a historic meeting as this meeting marks the first meeting of the Paris Agreement. Dr. Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs speaks to John about this meeting and comments on the story of State Security Minister being implicated in illegal Rhino horn trade.

Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has uncovered evidence of high-level political connections to rhino poaching in Africa, raising serious questions about the involvement of a South African government minister and members of a Chinese presidential delegation in the illegal rhino horn trade. Deborah Davies, Reporter at the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit talks about the details of her investigation while Julian Rademeyer author of ‘Killing for Profit’, talks about how syndicates operate and how far reaching the global network is.

Head of Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management Centre Dr Elias Sithole updates John about disaster relief being offered to victims affected by the flash floods

Trump pulled off a surprise victory in the 2016 United States presidential election, and is set to become the new US president. Chelsea Markowitz, a visiting researcher with the Institute of Economic Diplomacy Programme at the SA Institute of International Affairs speaks about the implications for US-South Africa trade.

Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba gives a bird’s-eye view of some of the rot, corruption and plunder that they have found in the City of Johannesburg, since their time in office, ahead of the big announcement he will make this morning.

The most powerful nation on earth is about to elect a new leader, with the impact felt across the globe. So how will the election work and how did we end up with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Brooks Spector, US Foreign Policy expert and Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick explains it all.

The SACP held its Red October rally yesterday at which the Secretary-General called for the end of “Guptarisation” of the state. The Secretary-General of the SACP Dr Blade Nzimande speaks about that and also about reports of the party wanting to leave the alliance.

After months of pressure from Right2Know, Parliament has finally agreed to make public the CVs of all those vying for the Inspector General of Intelligence position. The country has been without an Intelligence Inspector General since last year leaving the public unprotected against abuses of power by the security structures. Murray Hunter, National Coordinator of the Right 2 Know, explains the importance of this move.

The state capture report was finally released with the former public protector Thuli Madonsela recommending that President Jacob Zuma to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry. Political Analyst Judith February makes sense of the report.