The holiday season having started on a heavy note with Covid-19 numbers going up, we thought to turn our focus on the Kruger National Park looking at the impact this had on them. Also finding out what new measures they have put in place for visitors to the park as it is still operating and to tell us more on this, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Ike Phaahla – Spokesperson for the Kruger National Park

December the 16th is the day that the Zulu army under King Dingaan took on the Voortrekkers at Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal in December of 1838. There’s been so many versions and interpretations of what really happened on that day. Let’s first listen to the version of Christo Rabie, Head of Education at the Voortrekker monument who was talking to Nina Oosthuizen …….

Guest: Prof Jabulani Maphalala – Historian and former lecturer at the University of Zululand

The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that Public Protector Advocate Busisiswe Mkhwebane is facing three counts of perjury and will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday. The NPA says it has taken the decision to prosecute after it carefully assessed the evidence the Hawks presented to it. The Hawks received summons last night.

Guest: Karyn Maghn-Journalist News24

The build-up to 1994 was no doubt a very busy and troublesome period for the country. The political leadership on all sides were doing all they can to push bring stability to the country and getting the nation to be one and reconcile. We saw how Madiba lifted the Rugby World Cup trophy with Francois Pienaar in 1995 as South Africans cheered. But now commentators are starting to ask what happened to that spirit? Has the much preached rainbow nation lost its uniting colours? Where have we gone wrong and how do we restore?

Guest: Terry Oakley-Smith - MD of Diversi-T

Today being Tuesday, it’s usually time for our regular UIF feature where Makhosonke Buthelezi addresses all your questions. But today we host Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on UIF and other labour related matters that have been in the public domain and troubling you….

GUEST: Thulas Nxesi – Minister of Employment and Labour

The Eastern Cape is again in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time around reports indicate that the province’s hospitals are not coping. The health staff are said to be overworked. Let’s listen to a snippet from a paramedic, patient and a doctor at one of the private hospitals in Buffalo City giving us their own experience…

Guest: Dr Sibongile Zungu - HOD in the Eastern Cape Health Department

Guest: Lerato Fekisi – SABC reporter in the Eastern Cape

Guest: Miki Jaceni – Nehawu’s provincial secretary in the Eastern Cape

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced further restrictions that will come into effect at midnight tonight across the country. This as the country experiences a second wave of coronavirus infections. Addressing the nation from the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the President says part of the new restrictions is the limitation on the number of people attending large gatherings to 100 people for indoor and 250 for outdoor events. The curfew has been extended from 11pm to 4am and restaurants must close at 10pm. Let’s listen to some of the highlights from last night….

CLIP-RAMAPHOSA-MEASURES

LINK: Now that the president has spoken and pleaded with all of us to do the right thing. What do we do to avoid a further escalation of the pandemic? What should we make of what he said?

Guest: Dr. Nonhlanhla Mbenenge-Clinical Virologist at Wits University

Gift of the Givers has heeded the desperate call for help in the Eastern Cape. As you may have heard in the news over the past few weeks how that hospitals are not coping as health workers are overworked due to an increasing number of patients.

Guest: Imtiaz Sooliman – Founder of Gift of the Givers

We talk now about how Covid-19 has changed the future of corporate real estate. We’ve seen during the lockdown how people worked from home and making companies go the route of remote working. To get an understanding of these changes and look ahead to what we can expect in the coming years. Also if I’m a business person in the corporate real estate, what must a brace myself for?
Guest: John Jack - CEO of Galetti Corporate Real Estate

We turn our attention now to issues pertaining to youth on the African continent. They came together as a collective from six different countries across the continent calling on African Union Heads of State and Governments to urgently work with young people to address the systemic issues that have disempowered this generation. In their statement they say that they are stuck in a period of that the 2019 Ibrahim Forum Report called the “waithood” and wish to escape this state of waithood. They go on to say that they have bold dreams of the Africa they want instead.

Guest: Thobeka Dodo - South African, who is a health care professional based in Kwa-Zulu Natal and on the board of the South African Christian Leaders Initiative

Guest: Rachel Wambui - Racheal Purity Wambui is from Kenya and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya

Guest: Willice Onyango – Executive Director at The Youth Cafe