To commemorate Nelson Mandela Day, the IDC shares the humanitarian work that it does within its corporate social initiatives. It also shares how it has played a role during the pandemic and after the July Riots, showing us that they are a Funder with a Soul.

Guest: Tshepo Ramodibe – IDC Head for Corporate Affairs

Focus: Tshwane’s regional office of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union is the City of Tshwane for causing the municipality to be labelled the worst metro in Gauteng. One of the things they point to is the absence of a permanent City Manager among the issues bringing the municipality down. To try and understand why they say this and also why the City is delaying, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Nkhetheni Muthavhi - Regional Chairperson of SAMWU Tshwane

Guest: Peter Sutton - MMC Finance for the City of Tshwane

est: Tshepo Mahlangu – Chairperson of the Lotus Atteridgeville Saulsville Civic Association (LASCA)

 Lionel Makokotlela is joining us this morning to talk about all things consumer related. When it comes to laws and institutions that are meant to help consumers, we are often not understanding where to report if one is unhappy with any issue. This morning he will explain all things around the

Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman and what sort of issues they deal with with…..

Guest(Zoom): Lionel Makokotlela - Founder of Financial Wise Corner

Yesterday, 16 civil society organizations raised their concerns with the Independent Electoral Commission on the aspects of the new Electoral Amendment Bill that were still unconstitutional. Seven aspects of the new Amendment Bill have been challenged, including the allocation of seating in the National Assembly and the ballot provision at provincial legislature. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee for Home Affairs has not given these organizations another opportunity to make further representations on the Bill. To help us unpack their next steps, we are joined by…

Guest: Dr. Michael Louis - Chairperson of the Independent Candidates Association of SA

Guest: Mmusi Maimane - Leader of One Movement South Africa

South Africa has a long history of mobilising communities to stand together in the fight for human rights. That mobilisation also involved the development of communities in integrated spaces that ran social clubs, exchanged ideas and empowered communities in the 1980s. However, the transition into the 1990s saw civil society organisations operate to defend those needs on a national scale.

We ask the question: Has the erasure of street committees led to the loss of belonging in communities?

More recently, we have seen how ordinary people came together during the pandemic and assisted affected communities in the KZN Floods. That has shown our capacity to open our homes and illustrated a glimmer of hope that there is still a shared future that communities wanted to build despite the tragedies. However, we have also seen our communities have to struggle with social ills that places their safety, their trust in public institutions and dignity under threat. We wanted to use these sequences of recent events as a departure point for the conversation and reimagine what a new social fabric in community development would entail and build a shared future together.

Guest: Rev. Tsepo Matubatuba - Chairperson of the Yeoville Bellevue Ratepayers Association

Guest: Trevor Ngwane - Director of the Centre for Sociological Research and Practice at the University of Johannesburg (activist within the Soweto Street Committees during the 1980s struggle)

Guest: Zodwa Madiba – Community Member of the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee

Guest: Seth Mazibuko – Anti-Apartheid activist

Last week Thursday, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola praised the Special Investigating Unit for what he says is government's "success stories" in the fight against corruption. The SIU was celebrating 25 years of fighting corruption. So far the unit is said to have recovered R2,6-billion of public funds and assets between 2013 and 2021. To look at some of the successes and challenges over the years, 

Guest: Andy Mothibi - Head of the Special Investigating Unit

Tributes have been pouring since the passing of the former Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress, Yasmin "Jessie" Duarte. She passed away after a long battle with cancer at the age of 68 (yesterday). She served as Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress for 12 years until she took medical leave in November 2021. Oppositional leaders have described her as a force in South African politics. Luthuli House will remember the former diplomat and public servant as the pillar of strength and a dedicated cadre of the movement. Let’s speak now to some of the people she worked with over the years 

Guest: Mbulelo Musi – Commissar of the MK Liberation War Veterans (Mbulelo Musi worked as spokesperson for Jessie Duarte when she was MEC for Safety and Security is Gauteng)

Ignite Fitness in partnership with the MENstruation Foundation lead by Siv Ngesi and Marius Basson, are shining a spotlight on and HIIT’ing the topic of Period Poverty – a reality a lot of South African school girls face daily. And to tell us more on this, 

Guest: Siv Ngesi – Actor and TV presenter who is also co-founder of the MENstruation Foundation

Security guard salaries are back in the spotlight this week as trade union SATAWU has rejected the 3-point-5 percent wage increase that the employers' organisation Security Private companies has proposed. The negotiations which started on the first of April until last week remained deadlocked, with the sector threatening to embark on a strike. The union is demanding a 16 percent basic wage increase each year for the next three years. We thought to use this opportunity now to focus on what security guards are going through on a daily basis. The kind of wages they get and conditions of employment.

Guest: Nkadimeng Ntobeng – Security working in the control room for G4S (will talk more on operational issues)

Guest: Hamilton Ntonga – Security guard currently based at OR Tambo (Has many years of experience in escorting and also rail security). He is also Germiston chairperson for SATAWU and still an active guard

 Afro-soul artist ZolaSoul takes us to the weekend with his soothing sounds. He has worked with some of the musical giants like Nduduzo Makhathini and McCoy Mrubata just to name a few. Where did it all begin for him? He now joins us in studio to share his journey with us…

Guest(Studio): ZolaSoul, real name Zola Futshane – Afro-soul artist