The Best of the Breakfast Show with Xolani Gwala

The re-opened inquest into the death of the anti-apartheid activist and former SACP member is continuing before judge Billy Mothle. Breakfast show host Xolani Gwala spoke to Yasmin Sooka, Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa who assisted Ahmed Timol's family to reopen the inquest into his death while detention. She says the information coming out of the inquest is showing that people need closure. She says government should fund inquests into apartheid atrocities.

ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe said members are not free agents who can talk as they like and do as they wish. He was referring to ANC MP Mondli Gungubele, who along with other's in the party have called for Zuma to go. Mantashe said this matter was discussed in the two previous National Executive Committee's (NEC). He was speaking to Xolani Gwala on ttehs breakfast show.

Stadium Management SA says security measures were put in place to avoid unauthorised ticket holders from entering the FNB stadium during a cup final between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday. Two football supporters were killed and several others injured during a stampede. Stadium Management SA CEO, Jacques Grobbelaar, explains how a plan was put in place to stop an influx of people from entering the venue with fake tickets.

National director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams has appointed a team of top prosecutors to focus exclusively on criminal cases related to state capture and the Guptas. The move comes amid an outcry about Abrahams's silence in light of mounting evidence of state capture. NPA spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku  spoke to breakfast show host, Xolani Gwala , he says “We need to have prosecutors on board who guide, not to lead the investigation. Prosecutors can’t investigate because once we investigate, you’re opening yourself up to become a witness. “Now they are guiding to make sure that what’s gathered is relevant and admissible but not investigated.”

Key players implicated in the Gupta leaks around Eskom's financial mess, could be subpoenaed to appear before Parliament's inquiry into corruption at the power utility should they refuse to participate. That's according to Zukiswa Rantho, acting chair Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises when speaking to Xolani Gwala on the breakfast show. Rantho says the leaked Gupta emails that pertain to Eskom will be extracted and used in this inquiry.

The City of Johannesburg has promised to clamp down on the hijacked buildings that are plaguing the central business district. Executive mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba has said that the majority of people living in these buildings are foreigners and they are not the problem of local government. His stance is that South Africans should be put first and that his department is not responsible for proving shelter for foreigners - whether they are documented or not. Mkuseli Apleni, Director General at Home Affairs responded, says statements like that promote xenophobia.

Tensions are high in the mining sector with debates around the Mining Charter and pending court cases. In light of this, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has threatened that he will suspend new mining and exploration rights. Godfrey Oliphant, Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources says he can't comment on this matter as Zwane did not consult him before putting out the statement. Like most South Africans, Oliphant claims he only saw this development in newspapers.

The South African Medical Association (Sama) says the ethical guidelines given to doctors and medical practitioners to protect patients’ confidentiality are unshakeable. This comes after the controversy after Nelson Mandela’s doctor, Vejay Ramlakan, wrote a book about Madiba. This comes after the controversy after Nelson Mandela’s doctor, Vejay Ramlakan, wrote a book about Madiba. Sama vice chairperson Mark Sonderup says: “If family members wished to disclose issues posthumously about a patient, that’s their prerogative but a doctor is held to a higher standard

City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has continued to visit hijacked buildings in the city. He says the living conditions of those in these buildings is a "humanitarian crisis". Mashaba says the city will continue to raid over 85 hijacked buildings in the city to try and prevent crime. The mayor emphasised that when he came into power on DA-led coalition that dethroned the ANC at Metro Centre just a under a year ago, he “inherited a [housing] crisis” which was allowed to rage unmitigated by the previous ANC administration.

Countries such as Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique are ahead of SA in the fight against HIV/Aids. However, SA has made great strides in reducing mother to child transmissions and reduced the death rate for sufferers. Aaron Motsoaledi, Health Minister says “Our treatment programme is among the best in the world because we have the biggest pandemic. As long as you test positive, you are immediately put on treatment and this is not dependent on your CD4 count, as previously done”.