We end the show by talking to the Nelson Mandela Museum and their plan to host their second African Liberation Heritage Indaba. The Indaba aims to bring together former liberation movements in the Southern Africa Development Community and the diaspora.

Guest: Dr Siphe Potelwa – Deputy Chairperson of the Council

This morning Bryan will educate us about how the market report we read on our shows daily which includes oil price, gold, the value of the rand against various currencies affects us.

Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited 

The Gauteng Department of Social Development Men’s Forum will this coming Friday be honouring men who have positioned themselves as positive role models in society. The awards are being used as an intervention to curb gender based violence that has plagued the country. So we thought to use this opportunity to talk about this initiative and also to men about adding their voice to the scourge. What are men doing or should be doing to groom boys against abuse and respect to women? The other major problem is how men forums often speak to men who don’t abuse the women in their lives, how then do they reach the abusers?

Guest: Bongane Ngomane – Chief Director of Stakeholder Relations in the Gauteng Department of Social Development

Guest: Tebogo Lerole - Chairperson of Mzantsi Act Now

We kick off the week by chatting to some of our academics about the state of corruption in the country. Just last week President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates at the National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council that if corruption is not arrested or stopped, it will be in the damaging of our democracy/ Chief Justice Raymond also addressed delegates and asked how we as a nation could allow corruption to take place for so many years without us doing anything about it.

Guest: Professor Alex van den Heever - Chair in the Field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wits School of Governance

Guest: Dr Levy Ndou – Political analyst based at the Tshwane University of Technology

Guest: Sandile Swana – Political Analyst and Lecturer at Wits Business School

The problem of substance abuse seems very hard to deal with as more and more young people introduce themselves to new concoctions with very devastating effects on families and communities. In light of this, the Department of Social Development and the Central Drug Authority will from tomorrow (Tuesday) host the 3rd National Summit on Substance Abuse and Illicit Trafficking under the theme: “Towards sustainable, coordinated and impactful strategies for national drug and substance use in South Africa”. They are trying to find ways to realise a country free of substance abuse through various interventions. 

GUEST:  Siza Magangoe - Chief Director for Social Crime Prevention Programme and Anti-substance Abuse Programme

GUEST: Itumeleng Selepe - Former Drug Addict and founder of Word On The Street, a substance and drug-free society movement (cocaine and CAT for 11 years)

GUEST: Shaun Shelly - Researcher and chairperson of the South African Network of People who Use Drugs

Mamakie Motlogelwa, an award-winning musician from Itsoseng in the North West Province takes us to the weekend with her smooth Afro-soul traditional Setswana sounds. She’s nominated for the South African Traditional Music Achievements Awards this year…

Guest : Mamakie Motlogelwa - Vocalist and award-winning songwriter

Dr Stavros Nicolaou joins us in studio today to talk on the work he has been doing around corporate citizenship. He was recently awarded the prestigious Hellenic ARGO Award in the Public Service category, by Greek President H.E Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in Athens-Greece. This was in recognition of his on-going humanitarian efforts. Dr Nocolaou is very outspoken on corporates leading the way when it comes to impropeople’s lives and citizen activism. Let me welcome his to talk about his journey and passion for reaching out….

Guest(Studio): Dr Stavros Nicolaou - Senior Executive for Strategic Trade Development at the Aspen Pharmacare Group

Since we’ve started the Municipal Watch feature a few years ago, we’ve spoken to Mayors, Municipal management, residents, business people and residential forums about some of the problems they face under municipalities. So today we’ve invited unions that have members in these municipalities to get their perspectives on what is going on inside municipalities and what solutions they may have to turn municipalities around? 

Guest: Queen Mbatha - Deputy President at the  Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU)

Guest: Cathi Nel - Deputy General Secretary: Operations at the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union

Guest: Dumisane Magagula - General Secretary: South African Municipal Workers Union

We end the show now by talking to the Budget Justice Coalition. They are have submitted what they say is a comprehensive response to the 2023 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. They go on to say that they are pressing for the need to have a transformative economic framework that addresses inequality, poverty, and the declining quality of public services in the country. 

Guest: Andile Zulu – Member of the Budget Justice Coalition Steering Committee

We continue our 10-series interview in partnership with the Central Energy Fund. The series features various stakeholders in the energy sector unpacking relevant issues within the sector, and provide insight into what South Africa collectively needs to do to ensure power security for all. Today we turn our focus on PetroSA to find out what their mandate, vison and mission is? 

Guest: Sandisiwe Ncemane - CEO of PetroSA