On our health feature this morning we talk to Professor Vernon Louw who says Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a shortage of clinical haematologists. This is one of those very scarce skills that we desperately need. Haematology has to do with diseases related to blood and to talk about it and why we have a great need for these skills, we are joined on the line by…
Guest: Professor Vernon Louw - Division of Haematology at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Groote Schuur Hospital

The KwaZulu-Natal government is today (Wed) holding its first ever sitting of their Climate Change and Sustainable Development Council.

Guest: SIPHUMELELE NOWELE - CHIEF DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT THE KZN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS

The effects of Covid-19 are starting to show across many industries. Lately is has been revealed that our heritage and cultural landmarks are hardest hit financially. Some of them have been pleading for government intervention, but there has been silence. Let’s speak to some of them to find out how bad the impact has been as we welcome…

Guest: Sello Hatang – CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation

Guest: Nick Wolpe - CEO of Liliesleaf

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says that R5 million had been collected in Corporate Income Tax from taxi operators. He revealed this while answering a parliamentary question from DA MP Geordin Hill-Lewis. He went on to say that SARS has plans in place to address tax avoidance in the taxi business. For a perspective on this, we are joined on the line by..
Guest: Ofentse Mokwena – Transport Economist (He says the taxi industry is being taxed enough and believes government does not have a clear understanding of how to go about it and says the numbers they are giving to the public are inaccurate)

Today marks 30 years since the township of Swaneville, near Krugersdorp came under attack from hostel dwellers reportedly ferried to the scene by the then South African police. This was in 1991 as the country was building up to the 1994 elections. Survivors of the massacre are today engaging the national Department of Justice on the redress measures and to tell us more on this, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Lilian Sambula – Chairperson of the Swaneville Collective

Our focus on the Sekhukhune District Municipality today is based on a voice note that was sent in by a resident Danalton about the water problems they are facing. Let’s take a listen…..

CLIP-DANILTON-WATER

LINK: Well as you heard that the listener is calling for answers from the Elias Motsoaledi Municiplaity. Well the water is supplied by the Sekhukhune District Municipality and to help us navigate this issue, we are joined on the line by….
Guest: Moloko Moloto – Spokesperson for the Sekhukhune District Municipality
Guest: Yolande Nel – Marketer and Media Liaison Officer at the Lepelle Northern Water

Guest: Makalakatje Phasha – Chairperson of the Sekhukhune Residence Forum

Dr Mjoli talks to us about the power of thoughts, beliefs and emotions to personal and professional success.
Guest: Dr Nozi Mjoli – Personal Transformation Coach

With the amount of people leaving their jobs, are they being advised correctly about what they should be doing with their retirement savings on withdrawal?
GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

The ANC NEC meeting has ordered its suspended Secretary General Ace Magashule to apologise publicly to apologise to party structures for slapping President Cyril Ramaphosa with a suspension letter. This is one of the resolutions taken at the end of the governing party's three day Special NEC meeting which ended earlier this afternoon. We’ve seen the turmoil in the ruling party as it intensified in the past weeks up to now. But then looking at these developments, what do they do for the economy and business confidence? To help us though this subject, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Mandla Isaacs – Political Economist

The International Criminal Court last week sentenced a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to 25 years in prison. Dominic Ongwen, who was taken into ICC custody in 2015, was convicted in February of 61 crimes including rape, sexual enslavement, child abductions, torture and murder. The court had considered sentencing him to life imprisonment, but had sided against it due to the defendant's own personal suffering. Under the leadership of fugitive Joseph Kony, the LRA terrorized Ugandans for nearly 20 years as it battled the government of President Yoweri Museveni from bases in northern Uganda and neighbouring countries. Let’s take you live now to Uganda to find out what sort of reaction there has been to the sentencing and also the latest on the hunt for Joseph Kony as we welcome….

Guest: Michael Arereng – Ugandan based journalist