The ANC in KZN has raised concerns surrounding the pace at which the cases of political killings in the province are reaching the courts. According to officials, they have not received an update from the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Political Killings since February. The province says it is not concerned of any immediate threats to political violence ahead of its upcoming provincial electoral conference in July. 

Guest: Prof Mary de Haas - Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Law at UKZN (specializes in political violence and policing)

Guest: McCoy Mrubata, Award winning saxophonist 

Guest: Dr Zulumathabo Zulu, Research Scientist and Director of Madisebo University Research Institute

Guest on the line: Reuben Maleka, Acting Deputy General Manager of the Public Servants Association of South Africa

Parliament has filed an application to the Constitutional Court requesting a six-month extension of the deadline to finalise the amendment, which aims to change the Act to allow citizens to stand for election in the national Parliament and provincial legislatures. Over and above this application, organizations such as the New Nation Movement wrote to the Standing Committee of Home Affairs on their discontent surrounding the public participation process on the amendment bill. In new developments, the Department of Home Affairs appeared before Parliament this past Friday to answer questions surrounding why the amendment bill only became available to the National Assembly on 10th January 2022 and how it would navigate the objections that have been raised during the public participation process in March 2022.

Guest: Mandisa Mashego - Project Director at the South African Electoral Reforms

Guest: Lulu White - Chairperson of Election Management Consulting Agency of Africa (EMCA)

Mali’s military-led transitional government has announced that it has terminated all its military and defence cooperation treaties with France. The military junta is accusing France, which is Mali’s former colonial ruler of what they call “flagrant attacks” on its sovereignty. This has been a long time coming as tension between the two countries has been rising and still is. What should we read into this and how is France likely to react seeing also that the US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman is also on the African continent to boost bilateral cooperation with the various countries. To help us navigate these developments, we are joined in the studio by…..

Guest: Nixon Katembo - African Affairs analyst & language specialist at Channel Africa Kiswahili desk

The EFF and the family of the party's former secretary-general Godrich Gardee are this morning expected to brief the media on the funeral arrangements of Gardee's daughter. Farmworkers found 28-year-old Hillary Gardee's body on the Lydenburg road outside Mbombela in Mpumalanga on Tuesday after she went missing on Friday.

Guest: Chad Thomas – Organized Crime Investigator at IRS Forensic Investigations

Guest: Andy Mashaile - Ambassador of the Interpol’s Turn Back Crime campaign and former Chairperson Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board

This week is National Hospice Week and we thought to focus on how Covid-19 has changed our perceptions around palliative care. Those in the sector are highlighting the fact that it was understood to be solely care for the terminally ill which they say is not true as it is meant to provide care for people whose life is threatened by a disease which also includes Covid-19. To educate us more on this

Guest: Leigh Meinert - Advocacy and Operations Manager at the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA)

Looking for work is expensive. Nearly two-thirds of young South Africans rely on family members to help fund the cost of job-seeking. 

Guest: Senzelwe Mthembu – Researcher at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg

Guest: Kristal Duncan – Project Lead for Youth Capital

Guest: Duma Gqubule - Researcher and Financial Journalist

Last week, we had a request from Mac, a caller from Mamelodi during our open line for us to have a conversation surrounding men's reproductive health needs. 

Guest: Professor Shingai Mutambirwa - Head of Department of Urology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University