The Best of the Breakfast Show with Xolani Gwala

The City of Tshwane is in the spotlight this morning, addressing many issues, from burglaries of three licensing stations which affected many motorists, the metro police who will replace 3000 city security guards, and other issues. Xolani spoke to the Mayor of Tshwane who said that the City is Investigating who was involved in the burglaries and suspects that there may be a linking it to the burglaries that happened to the Hawks Headquarters. On the redeployment of metro police to replace security guards, he said Security guards have been given three months’ notice to make alternative arrangement.

The African National Congress (ANC) concluded its National Policy Conference on Wednesday.Various proposals made on the subject of economic transformation, land expropriation without compensation amongst others, will be resolved at the party's national elective conference later this year. ANC treasurer-general, Dr Zweli Mkhize has emphasized the purpose of the conference, saying it was simply to review policy and that its success should not be measured on whether or not a new blueprint has been adopted.

Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have been among those to call for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to act on the revelations in the Gupta emails, which show criminality in state institutions. Under current South African law, the NPA does not have legal powers to initiate investigations. Xolani speaks to CASAC’s Lawson Naidoo and Advocate Luvuyo Mfaku from the NPA about how cases such as state capture can be prosecuted.

Former CEO of KPMG, Moses Kgosana speaks to Xolani following his resignation from the Alexander Forbes board amid Gupta leaks which linked him to Atul Gupta during the time when KPMG were auditors of and advisors to the Oakbay Group entities owned by the Gupta family. According to investigative journalism unit AmaBhungane, the Guptas allegedly laundered money in the region of R30 million earmarked for the Free State Dairy project through their company, Linkway Trading (Pty) Ltd, and KPMG allowed for the money to account for their 2013 lavish wedding as a "business expense".

Treasury announced over the weekend that it had granted SAA another bailout to the tune of R2.3 Billion. Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance , Yunus Carim  spoke to Xolani and told him that the Committee welcomed the bailout, but Treasury must make sure that it holds the SAA board accountable.

Sam Molefi, Founder of Modi Mining, spoke to Xolani about the success of his business and the issues facing the mining sector. His company Modi Mining was the overall winner at the recent Shanduka Black Umbrellas National Enterprise Developments Awards.

African National Congress (ANC) treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize says that inclusive growth in the country must be accelerated to include black business owners who have been excluded in many sectors of the economy. On Wednesday, Mkhize and the National Association of Automobiles of South Africa announced a 2030 transformation plan in the sector. Mkhize says “more black people must be included in the procurement of the manufacturing sector”

The San Michele home, an NGO in Brakpan that cares for psychiatric patients, says it is back in court on Wednesday after the Gauteng Health Department failed to pay its subsidies over the last three months. It says the Southern Gauteng High Court ruled in its favor last week with costs to the department, yet the monies have not been paid despite having a 36-month agreement with the department. Breakfast show host Xolani Gwala also got a response from Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa.

CIEX founder Michael Oatley clears the air with Xolani Gwala. He has responded to what he describes as a 'disingenuous' Facebook post by former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni regarding the Bankorp/Absa investigation. Last week, Mboweni commented on the Public Protector's findings that Absa should repay over a billion rand received as a bailout. Oatley says CIEX did a rather good job and that the attack on him and the company is unwarranted.

 The latest scientific data from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research shows that temperatures in Southern Africa are rising much faster than the global rate. According to Professor Francois Engelbrecht, this phenomenon has made the region more vulnerable to extreme events such as wildfires. He says “ Although these specific fires cannot be directly attributed to climate change we are moving into a new climate system where we are becoming prone to the outbreak of fires”