Let’s take you to the Mnquma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. It’s one of the municipalities that are said to have improved in the 2018/19 financial year. What is the current state of service delivery and financial standing?

Guest: Councillor Sthembiso Ncetezo – Executive Mayor for the Mnquma Local Municipality
Guest: Mike Qunta - Resident

Guest: Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso – Spokesperson for the Amathole District Municipality

Darius Tabane talk to us about reaching one’s full potential. He wrote a book entitled When I grow up which he wrote during the lockdown. One of the things he points out in the book is about positively influencing other people. What is that one thing he would say pushed him towards greatness and what is it that holds a lot of people back?

Guest: Darius Tabane –Author of When I Grow Up

Today Bryan educates us about uunderstanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy debt….

GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

More than half of students at institutions of higher learning in South Africa feel that hard lockdown has jeopardised their academic pursuits. This came out of the results of a study done on the impact of COVID-19 on students in the Post School Education and Training Sector. Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande launched the report at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in the Western Cape earlier today. Nzimande says COVID-19 has had a severe impact on the higher education sector. He says since mid-October last year COVID-19 cluster outbreaks have been experienced at institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape, North West and Gauteng. What sort of impact has there been for the institutions of higher education and what is it that they can do?

Guest: Professor Ramneek Ahluwalia – CEO of Higher Health

Last week while addressing the National Council of Provinces, President Cyril Ramaposa was asked a question around dealing with the environment, especially issues of pollution. Pollution in our country is something that environmentalists keep warning against especially the damage it causes in our rivers and ocean. Also a lot of illegal dumping is happening in many of our communities.

Guest: Barbara Creecy – Minister of Forestry and Fisheries and Environmental Affairs

The pharmaceutical industry has become key in this period of Covid-19 as they are looked upon to give direction in the manufacturing and distribution of vaccines. COO of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa has written a pieces where he says the solution lies in their industry’s partnership with government. As far as he’s concerned, how then do they deal with issues of pricing and so on?

Guest: Bada Pharasi – Chief Operations Officer at the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa

G7 nations have committed to sharing one billion vaccines doses by next year - but President Ramaphosa has said he believes a TRIPS waiver is still the best way to get the world vaccinated against Covid-19. South Africa was invited to join this year's Summit in the UK as a guest. But despite not being able to come away from discussions with a TRIPS deal signed and seas, President Ramaphosa says South Africa's message has been heard. Laura Makin-Isherwood has this report…….

LINK: As the African continent, is there anything worth celebrating from the G7 outcomes this time around?

Guest: Victor Kgomoeswana - Author of Africa is open for Business (Economics)

Guest: Elizabeth Sidiropoulos – Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs (Politics) **SHE WILL LEAVE AT 10:30**

Guest: Professor Thumbi Ndung’u - Deputy director of the African Health Research Institute (Vaccines)

Guest: David Monyae - Director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg (Afro-China relations)

The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa is not happy with the amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act announced last week by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Their worry is that since private entities will be allowed to produce their own power of up to 100MW, this could mean less revenue for Eskom. To get an understanding of what it is they would’ve liked the president to do regarding Eskom

Guest: Phakamile Hlubi-Majola – Spokesperson for the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa

Covid-19 is impacting the well-being of children. Not only are children being infected with the virus, but the disease is also affecting their psychological well-being. Experts say many children are developing anxieties and depression after losing parents and relatives to the virus. Tshepo Phagane compiled this report

This Sunday marks International Albinism Awareness Day and sadly though that even in 2021 we are still seeing incidents where they are killed. Nompilo Dladla is presenter of an upcoming documentary entitled Soneni, what have we done? She’s on a mission to educate society about albinism. Let’s speak to her and others living with this condition to talk abo

Guest: Nompilo Dladla – Ambassador of Albinism Awareness and Educational Campaign and also Founder of NSD career and training Institution

Guest: Reality Mqathi – Person living with albinism

Guest: Nomasonto Mazibuko - Founder and National Director of Albinism Society of South Africa