The nation has been hit very hard as many people lost loved ones. Our guest is of the view we need collective mourning as a people since we can’t comfort each other due to restrictions. How should we go about this period as far as she’s concerned?

Guest: Mapi Mhlangu – Media Strategist and co-founder of Love Legacy Dignity

Tributes continue to pour in, following the death of Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu. Mthembu died yesterday, due to Covid-19 related complications. He was admitted to hospital last week, following abdominal pains and tested positive for Coronavirus…Let’s speak now to someone who spent a lot of time with him, both in Parliament and at party level…

Guest: Baleka Mbete – Former Speaker of Parliament

South Africa is likely to miss its economic targets as envisioned in its National Development Plan's Vision 2030. This is according to a paper presented by the National Planning Commission (NPC) on the economy yesterday (Thursday). The country is lagging behind in meeting its targets for employment, education, narrowing the inequality gap, economic growth and infrastructure amongst others. The papers calls for urgent interventions and suggests some recommendation's to help achieve the NDP goals. Amina Accram reports..
Guest: Mariam Altman – Commissioner at the National Planning Commission

Let’s tell you now about the Hospice Palliative Care Association. They have been working together since 2005 to come up with palliative care standards for their sector. The good news is that they have been accredited for four years by the global authority on standards development and assessment. To get an understanding of what this means for the sector and also for those who make use of hospices,

Guest: Ewa Skowronska - CEO of the Hospice Palliative Care Association

Tzvi Brivik has written an article about what he deems as a mess at the CCMA where part time commissioners face a work overload due to budget cuts. This he says may lead to the collapse of the institution. As far as he’s concerned, how will this impact on the case brought to the CCMA?

Guest: Tzvi Brivik – Director: Malcom Lyons and Brivik

There has been calls for celebrity queen Somizi Mhlongo to be charged for intimidating a journalist. Two journalists sent questions to him and instead of answering, he apparently insulted them. Now we know that our country has a free media under a democratic state and the worry is that if this kind of behaviour is not dealt with in its infancy, then it may lead to hostility towards our profession. To look at whether we are overreacting to this incident and how such behaviour should be dealt with,

Guest: Prof Anton Harber – Caxton Professor of Journalism at Wits University

On our business feature today we talk to a manufacturer of eye glasses. They are called VUES and describe themselves as an African eyewear retailer with the sole purpose of “protecting the naked eye they say. Let’s find out who they are and what drew them into this industry….

Guest: Jaxx Tshabala – Director at VUES Artified Opticals

Minister of International Relations Dr Naledi Pandor yesterday (Wed) through a virtual programme gave a brief reflection of South Africa’s tenure at the UN’s Security Council. The session was hosted by the London Chatham House with an audience made-up of diplomats, policy makers just to name a few. Next month South Africa will conclude its tenure as chair of the AU and to reflect on some of the highlights,

Guest: Dr Naledi Pandor - Minister of International Relations

President Cyril Ramaphosa has established an Inter-Ministerial Committee to be chaired by his deputy president David Mabuza to oversee the country's Covid-19 vaccine rollout program. He was speaking during the ANC Progressive Business Forum dialogue on the economy and the pandemic. The meeting was called among others to discuss vaccine selection, procurement and distribution. South Africa is planning to vaccinate 40 million people before the end of the year in an effort to achieve herd immunity. The first one million doses of the vaccine meant to vaccinate frontline health workers are expected in the country later this month. Ntebo Mokobo has more….

Guest: Stavros Nicolao-Chairman of the Business for South Africa’s Health Working Stream

Guest: Professor Keith Engel-CEO of the SA Institute of Tax Professionals

Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, says his office has drawn up a new document for the National Command Council, asking for a change in restrictions for the province. Speaking during his weekly digital media briefing, Winde says it’s been 21 days since they engaged with the NCC and put forward proposals for restrictions when the province was in the midst of its peak.

GUEST: Alan Winde – Premier of the Western Cape