The Constitutional Court is this morning expected to sentence former president Jacob Zuma’s for the defiance of two summons the Zondo commission issued against him. We take you live inside the court to hear what the judges have to say……
Guest: Mpumelelo Zikalala – Director at Zikalala Attorneys
guest: Political Analyst Professor Lesiba Teffo

This morning we feature Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh to get his thoughts on Youth Month. He’s been asking serious hard questions about government’s motive in commemorating the month. Let’s listen to a snippet from his YouTube channel where he was talking about youth unemployment ….

Guest: Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh - Author, scholar and founder of the Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience (SMWX), a digital, youth-centred current affairs platform

South Africa's vulnerable LGBTQIA+ community believes it's under siege. Less than two months ago, the community spoke of their shock and fear, under the hashtag #JusticeForSpha after the murder of 34-year-old Siphamandla Khoza from KwaZulu-Natal. SABC reporter Jayed-Leigh Paulse sat down with the family of Sphamandla Khoza and members of the LGBTQIA+ community who shared their stories….

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Guest: Steve Letsike – Director at Access Chapter 2

Guest: Sharon Cox – Hate Crimes Manager and Health and Support Service Manager at Triangle Project

The Sol Plaatjie Municipality in Kimberley in the Northern Cape says that it's finalising the last installation work on its bulk water supply pipe line. The Municipality cut water supply to residents on Thursday. The water cut was to allow time for the replacement of air valves and to repair leaks around the city. Let’s find out now what the situation is on the ground as we welcome….

Guest: Reginald Witbooi – SABC journalist in Kimberley

Guest: Themba Gomba – MMC for Utilities at the Sol Plaatjie Municipality

The Delta corona-virus variant, first identified in India, is dominating new infections in South Africa. -- The Director of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Tulio de Oliveira was speaking during a virtual briefing with the Acting Health Minister and other experts, on the current status of cases across the country and the impact of the Delta variant. South Africa is the worst-hit country on the continent in terms of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths during a third wave of the pandemic. Let’s listen to what acting Health Minister and Tulio de Oliveira had to say….

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LINK: To try and understand what exactly this variant is and what impact it may have seeing that the hospitals are full, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa - Vice Chair South African Medical Association

South Africa will be on an Adjusted Alert Level Four of the national lockdown for the next fourteen days. All social gatherings including political, religious and cultural events are prohibited with the exception of funerals which will only be limited to 50 people. On the issue of the liquor trade, Ramaphosa says that a ban on the sale of alcohol will help ease the pressure placed on hospital services by alcohol related incidents.

Guest: Sibani Mngadi – Spokesperson for the SA Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba)

After 30 long years of waiting, 108 claimants will return to District Six in the Cape Town City Bowl this week. One of the beneficiaries for the Phase Three development, 100 year-old Shariefa Khan celebrated her birthday in April. Sixty-thousand people were forcibly removed by the apartheid government as the area was declared a whites' only, 55 years ago. Tanya Krause reports...

Guest: Zahrah Nordien – Chairperson of the District 6 Working Committee (She has many family members who are part of the claimants and will give personal and family history of District 6)

Guest: Karen Breytenbach – Spokesperson for the District 6 Working Committee (Will talk more on the government dealings and being part of the campaign to go back to District 6)

Guest: Auntie Nadiema – Daughter of 100-year-old Mrs Khan who is in the opening PKG)

Guest: Gamza Sydow – Claimant, but not on this batch that’s getting houses now because he is 65 and there are many who are older than him

Exiting news for sports fans is that the SABC yesterday officially launched its 24-hour sports channel, which promises to bring you some exciting and compelling sports content via free-to-air broadcasts and online streaming. The Channel had a partial launch on the 15th of April and now available on various digital channels and to give us details on this,

Guest: Merlin Naicker - Group Executive for Television

The Human Sciences Research Council together with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development yesterday (Thursday) held a webinar to address the marginalisation of refugees, asylum seekers and foreign workers in the country. They were looking at how the country carries the foreign nationals on issues of vaccination and the economy under the current Covid-19 pandemic. How would they describe the situation and as far as they are concerned, is the South African government handling the situation correctly?

Guest: Dr Steven Gordon – Senior Research Specialist in the Democracy, Capable and Ethical State division in the Human Sciences Research Council

Yesterday (Thursday) we received calls and text messages from teachers who were facing difficulties at some of the vaccination sides. Others say that they were told to come back the next day, while some were misled by fake news of vaccinations running out. Well. We invited the Department of Basic Education to get an understanding from them as to what is happening on the ground.

Guest: Elijah Mhlanga – Spokesperson for the Department of basic Education