In its annual Global State of Human Rights report, Amnesty International says that the global vaccine inequality created by pharmaceutical companies and wealthy nations undercut Africa's ability to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It castigates European Union member states, the UK and the US for stockpiling more vaccine doses than needed, while big pharmaceutical companies turned a blind eye putting profits ahead people. But, the report is quick to point out that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted Africa's lack of investment in health sectors over many decades. To outline some of these issues for us and what can be done to turn the situation around, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Netsanet Belay - Research and Advocacy Director at Amnesty International

Let’s tell you now about this research that talks about how school segregation in post-apartheid South Africa remains very high along racial as well as socioeconomic lines. This was revealed in a study which examines patterns of school segregation using data from the Department of Basic Education’s 2021 Annual School Survey and data from the 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. To help us understand this study and what it means, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr Vijay Reddy - Research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council and co-author of the study

The Department of Public Works & Infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is today (Thursday) hosting a property investment conference at the East London International Convention Centre. They have invited private and public stakeholders to participate in building a shared future of infrastructure and engage in ways that will develop, transform and uplift the Eastern Cape. To tell us more on this, we are joined by…

Guest: Ipileng Mkhari, CEO of Motseng Investment Holdings

Yesterday, many watched as Sibongile Mani was  sentenced to five years imprisonment. She was the student from Walter Sisulu University who found R8 million in her student from NSFAS. She was prosecuted and convicted for spending R800 000.

Social media was outraged by not only the harshness of the sentence but the fact that the court would not suspend the sentence.  Many pointed out several high profile politicians and businessmen are still walking free despite charges of corruption. 

Guest: Douglas Ngubeni - National Spokesperson at the Congress of South African Students (COSAS)

Guest: Seth Cooper

The Department of Public Works & Infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is today (Thursday) hosting a property investment conference at the East London International Convention Centre. They have invited private and public stakeholders to participate in building a shared future of infrastructure and engage in ways that will develop, transform and uplift the Eastern Cape. To tell us more on this, we are joined by….

Guest: Babalo Madikizela, Eastern Cape MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure

The Department of Public Works & Infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is today (Thursday) hosting a property investment conference at the East London International Convention Centre. They have invited private and public stakeholders to participate in building a shared future of infrastructure and engage in ways that will develop, transform and uplift the Eastern Cape. To tell us more on this, we are joined by…

Guest: Busi Nzo - From the SA Institute for Black Property Professionals

The Department of Public Works & Infrastructure in the Eastern Cape is today (Thursday) hosting a property investment conference at the East London International Convention Centre. They have invited private and public stakeholders to participate in building a shared future of infrastructure and engage in ways that will develop, transform and uplift the Eastern Cape. To tell us more on this, we are joined by…

Guest: Thandolwethu Manda - Head of Department at the Eastern Cape Department of Public Works

The City of Johannesburg is currently in the process of finalising its draft policy around the Inner-city Rejuvenation program. One of the major issues that they are tackling is the informal traders whom they say are mushrooming at every corner of the city. They are also looking at how to regulate informal trading spaces and to reserve informal trading to South Africans only. To discuss this further, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Nkuli Mbundu – MMC for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg

Guest: David Iseca – Chairperson of the Gauteng branch of the SA Informal Traders Alliance

This morning we get to understand chronic fatigue syndrome. What is it exactly? According to medical journals, it is a complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that lasts for at least six months and that can't be fully explained by an underlying medical condition. How does it occur and how can I tell if I’m suffering from it? To help us through this subject, we are joined on the line by…  

Guest: Dr. Grant Fourie – General practitioner who has studied nutritional, functional and metabolic medicine in the USA

Black women continue to be hardest hit by joblessness with the latest figures showing that 42.4% of them are unemployed. This is 4.2% higher than the national average which is at 35%. To explore the lack of economic participation by women and the impact thereof, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr. Nthabiseng Moleko – Commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality