The Best of the Breakfast Show with Xolani Gwala

This past week Gauteng has been experiencing strange weather across the country. From the drought in the Western Cape; snowfall in parts of the Eastern Cape and Free State; flash foods in Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal, and a general fluctuation in temperatures.

Minutes of a 2013 meeting between the SABC’s interim board and MultiChoice have come to light, shedding more light on the controversial deal between the pay-TV broadcaster and the public broadcaster. MultiChoice has denied it paid R100-million in kickbacks to the SABC

Caxton Professor of Journalism at Wits Anton Harber and Save the SABC national coordinator Duduetsanf Makuse speaks to Stephen Grootes about what this means in the broader context of state capture.

Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape, responded to claims by Water Minister Nomvula Mokonyane that the Western Cape did not cooperate with her department regarding the Drought because they only came out six months ago that they have an emergency drought situation.

Nomvula Mokonyane, Minister of Water and Sanitation, spoke with Stephen about the Department Implementing Section 59(3)(b) of the National Water Act, which allows the Department to restrict or suspend the flow of water to defaulting municipalities. The department has selected 30 municipalities.

William Bird, Executive Director Media Monitoring and Mmamoloko Kubayi, Communication Minister, spoke about the revelation that MultiChoice allegedly made a dodgy payment of R25 million to the Gupta-owned TV station. According to the latest GuptaLeaks, MultiChoice also increased its annual payment to ANN7 from R50 million to just over a R140 million.

ANC Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte says there will be changes during the party's elective conference to be held in three weeks from 16 to 22 December.

Secretary General of the ANC, Gwede Mantashe, announced this week that the party is ready for its December conference.

Former Eskom chairperson chairperson Zola Tsotsi claims that Tony Gupta warned him that he was not helping them at Eskom and therefore his job was at risk. He also implicated Minister Lynne Brown of allowing the Guptas to meddle at Eskom. DA Shadow Minister for Public Enterprises, Natasha Mazzone spoke to Stephen about inquiry, saying she did not buy Minister Lynne Brown's denials.

Stephen speaks to former Zimbabwe finance minister Tendai Biti who reflected on the hard journey of being part of Robert Mugabe coalition government and reacted to the resignation of the longtime leader .

Impeachment proceedings are set to go ahead after a deadline set by the party for Robert Mugabe to step down came and went.Defence Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula spoke to Stephen about her meeting with Mugabe, saying it was not a coup de tat, but that the military was fed up with the way in which government is run.

A group of third year Film and Media Studies students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have produced a web-based interactive documentary which looks at the relationship between language and Queer identity in South Africa. Stephen Grootes speaks to Jessica Barraclough, a co-producer of the Queer Me Out Project.