We end-off the special broadcast by talking about tourism in this province. One of the most popular sites in the Kimberley hole and the vast desert landscapes, wildlife and gemstones. What else is there to see in this province and what is its biggest selling point? To tell us more on this, we are joined by….

Guest: Sharon Lewis – CEO of Northern Cape Tourism

Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, says he'll seek leave  appeal the decision of the High Court in Pretoria to declare the AARTO Act unconstitutional and invalid. Mbalula was addressing the media during the release of the 2021 festive season road fatality statistics. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) challenged the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act and the AARTO Amendment Act. Earlier when the court ruled against AARTO, the Road Freight Association welcomed the ruling, and to get their perspective as to why they don’t like it and what it means for them. Also what their view is on the minister now challenging the ruling, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Gavin Kelly – CEO of the Road Freight Association

Heavy downpours in recent days have wreaked havoc in parts of the Free State. Flooded roads had to be closed in some areas, to avoid disaster. Last week two children aged 4 and 8 drowned in floodwater in Bronville close to Welkom. 

Guest: Professor Vishwas Satgar –Associate professor of International Relations at Wits also principal investigator for Emancipatory Futures Studies in the Anthropocene and co-founder of the Climate Justice Charter process 

Guest: Elizabeth Viljoen – Forecaster at the SA Weather Service

Dr Gideon Groenewald – Geologist for Gift of the Givers

In today’s hard economic and troublesome conditions, especially the Covid-19 pandemic, relationships have been tested to the limit. Most times break-ups are attributed to finances. With one losing their job, it becomes the other one’s duty to carry the financial burden. But then, what is it that makes so many couples not be able to hold on and carry each other? How best should we handle the situation and overcome? To help us deal with this issue, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Paula Quinsee - Relationship Expert, author of 'Embracing Conflict'

As we are still in the month of January, the hardest one for many people especially under the current economic climate,  Bryan start’s us off with talking about becoming financially organised. He now joins us on the line to tell us where to start seeing that so many people are already drowning in debt…

Guest: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited –011-2686908

The President has assigned responsibility for the State Security Agency to Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele. In a statement the Presidency says this is line with President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement in August last year to do away with the Ministry of State Security and assign political responsibility for the State Security Agency to the Presidency. The statement says the Constitution, empowers the President to assume political responsibility for intelligence services other than those of the police or national defence force, or to designate a member of Cabinet to assume this responsibility. We thought to speak to someone who once occupied the post of Intelligence Minister to find out whether this is a smart move and also what it was like when he was in that post. 

Guest: Ronnie Kasrils – Former Minister of Intelligence under Thabo Mbeki’s government

The United Nations' peace keeping mission in Mali has grounded its flights amid discussions over sanctions that have shut air and land borders to the West African country. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the regional monetary union sanctioned Mali last week after its interim government, installed in the wake of coups in 2020 and2021, proposed delaying planned elections by up to four years. For a perspective on this, we are joined in studio by…

Guest: Nixon Katembo - African Affairs analyst and language specialist at channel Africa Kiswahili desk

Last week was a great triumph for South Africa as the  Marine Domain Awareness Satellites, which were developed by engineers at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology -- have already started transmitting data - after they were launched aboard US aerospace company SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. One of the things Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande said that the lack of space professionals and engineers had prompted the department to launch a human capital development programme at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. To tell us more on this and how the department is advancing in this sector also looking how they are hoping to attract young people, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr Mmboneni Muofhe - Deputy Director-General for Technology Innovation responsible for the Space programme

Guest: Itumeleng Mokoloi – Deputy Director for Space Science 

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is this morning (Monday) conducting an oversight visit of the Cape Town Northern Line and the Western Cape Rail Management and Traffic Control Centre. Last week Mbalula assured the nation that his department is on track in terms of revamping the metro rail system. To find out what some of the challenges are that are delaying progress when it comes to our railway system, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Steve Harris – General Secretary for the United National Transport Union

Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the pharmaceutical has been looked at as part of providing solutions to the crippling situation. But, what we don’t really talk about is their innovative contribution to the country’s economy and livelihood. Let’s use this time now to find out how they are dealing with challenges facing the country and the kind of skills they are advancing in the sector. Also seeing that big supermarket chains are opening their in-house pharmacies, what impact is this having on the neighbourhood pharmacy that we all grew up going to? To help us understand, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Bada Pharasi - CEO for the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa