Guest: George Themba – SADTU’s Provincial Secretary in the North West

Guest: Tladi Sedikane - North West Secretary for the National Association of School Governing Bodies

Guest: Prof. Dirk Kotze - Professor of Political Science at the University of South Africa

The Mangaung Municipality is being placed under national administration, due to a series of governance failures and financial mismanagement. President Cyril Ramaphosahas ordered Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to lead efforts to rescue the municipality. This is what she said when making the announcement….

CLIP – NKOSAZANA - MANGAUNG

Last month, Opposition parties in the embattled Mangaung Metro were calling for the axing of the Executive Mayor, Mxolisi Siyonzana. The Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats was leading the charge after it filed a motion of no confidence against Siyonzana. They have accused him of failing to improve service delivery and fill critical senior posts in the Metro. Well, let’s speak now to the various political parties represented in the Mangaung Metro as we welcome…

Guest: Lawrence Mathae - Convener of the ANC in Mangaung

Guest: Gopolang Lipale – EFF Regional Chairperson in Mangaung

Guest: Johan Pretorius - DA caucus leader in Mangaung Metro

 The flood situation in KZN is getting worse with reports of landslides, flooded houses, emergency services stretched and images and videos on social media showing a very hectic situation. Emergency services have been responding to calls for help from the victims of heavy rains. To get a sense of how bad the situation is on the ground, we are joined on the line by….

LINK: A lot of people don’t know what to do in situations like these and to give some advice, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr Imtiaz Sooliman – Founder of Gift of the Givers –

LINK: The Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department is yet to tally and release the death toll following the floods in the province. Let’s find out now from the MEC what the latest is from his side…

Guest: Sipho Hlomuka – KZN MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs

LINK: Let’s go to our journalist who is on the ground to find out what the situation is where she is….

Guest: Nonkululeko Hlophe – SABC journalist in KZN – 076 349 2873

LINK: Let’s go to the South African National Roads Agency who will update us on the latest developments on the conditions on the roads of Kwa-Zulu Natal….

Guest: Nomsa Modise – Project Manager of the Eastern Region at the SA National Roads Agency

Focus: This morning Bryan is talking about Keeping emotions out of investment decisions. What does he mean by this? Well, he joins us now in studio to explain….

Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited (Radio line: 011 880 4888)

The first 100 days of 2022 have come and gone. Whilst the year has brought the return of conventional warfare and a new post-lockdown reality to the fore, it's important for us to take a step back from the newsfeed and balance out our timelines with feel good stories that remind us of what builds the fabric of this society. Our next guest says that good news are all around us, we just need to know where to find it and how it can motivate our collective perspective. He has launched an online platform that profiles ordinary South Africans, serving their communities and becoming agents of change.

Guest: Brent Lindeque - Founder of the Good Things Guy

The latest on the Russia/Ukraine war is that NATO yesterday (Sunday) announced that it will deploy a permanent full-scale military force on its border with Russia. This they say is to defend its territory against a future Russian invasion. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was speaking to The Telegraph newspaper where he said that the deployment will involve deploying sufficient forces to repel any offensive on NATO nations by Russian troops. To look at how Russia is likely to react to this move and whether we are close to seeing conflict between Russia and NATO, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Professor Siphamandla Zondi - Professor at the institute for pan African thought and conversation at the university of Johannesburg

Judgment in former president Jacob Zuma's legal team's application to further postpone the start of his corruption trial will be delivered this afternoon. Zuma's legal team has argued that the High Court in Pietermaritzburg should be slow to refuse a postponement application where the constitutional rights are implicated, unless the sole purpose is to cause undue delay. Zuma's petition to the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to appeal the ruling against the recusal of lead prosecutor - Advocate Billy Downer - was dismissed earlier. For a perspective on this, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Mpumelelo Zikalala – Director at Zikalala Attorneys

In the world of music, acapella is often an overlooked genre that does not attain as much status as say, pop or rock.

Guest: Buhlebendalo Mda - Member of the Soil (Vocalist)

Guest: Luphindo ´Master P´ Ngxanga - Member of the Soil (Beatboxer)

Guest: Dr. Deepak Patel - Discovery Vitality Wellness Clinician