Yesterday (Tuesday) Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu met with Vaal community which included the business sector. She gave them the assurance that government is committed to restoring the dilapidated infrastructure which contributed to the pollution of the Vaal Dam. To tell us more on this and also what sort of progress has there been since the pollution started, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Maureen Stewart – Vice Chairperson of NGO ‘Save the Vaal’

Guest: Sputnik Ratau

The Open CCMA Campaign is today (Wed) demonstrating outside the institution’s offices around the country. They say that the new changes made by government address their demands. To understand what their demands are and how the budget cuts have affected them, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Songezo Mazizi – National Spokesperson for Open CCMA campaign and executive director at the Institute for Advancing Worker Justice and Legacy

On our personal development feature we focus on the importance of mental strength and resilience.
Guest: Shaun Kritzinger – Transformation Master Life Coach at SK Coaching

City of Cape Town Fire and Emergency services says it could take a week to bring the Table Mountain blaze under control. Four thousand students have been evacuated from UCT residences. Some residents of Vredehoek on the lower slopes of Devil's Peak which was also threatened by the fire, were happy to be evacuated while others rejected the call to evacuate. Some had this to say….
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LINK: For emergency workers dealing with people on the ground and evacuations is not that easy. Let’s talk now about what we as the public should know and also what should we understand about what to pack and what to do in an evacuation as we welcome….
Guest: Linton Rensburg - National Spokesperson for the 'Working on Fire' Organisation

Community stokvels has been seen as a good simple way of saving and raising funds. Our guest has an interesting story to tell about she managed to invest in property through this type of scheme and what disciplines come with it. She now joins us on the line….

Guest: Silindile Leseyane - A property investor and entrepreneur and the winner of the 2019 SA Investor of the year award (Innovative Category)

R42 billion remains unclaimed by 4.8 million beneficiaries. This is according to the Financial Sector Conduct Authority whose role is to assist beneficiaries. This money lies in pension funds. This comes at a time when millions of people are struggling to financially sustain themselves due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and an economy that had already been in reception before March 2020. The educate us and what the effected people should do, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Takalani Lukhaimane - Manager: Conduct Supervision in the Retirement Funds division

The argument of doctors giving antibiotics for almost every ailment has been in the public space for many years. When one visits a doctor, we hardly ever question the medication they give to us. Well Professor Marc Mendelson, from Groote Schuur Hospital says that the rapid increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria – in South Africa and across the globe – is driven by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in humans and food-producing animals and poses a huge threat to modern medicine. He now joins us on the line to explain what he means and what it is that the public should know and say to their doctors….

Guest: Professor Marc Mendelson - Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital

Interesting research by the Green Connection has found very little evidence from the African continent that the exploitation of oil and gas resources naturally leads to improvements in the lives of those living and working in oil and gas rich areas. They go on to say that the exploration of these minerals leads to a wholesale deterioration in living conditions. To talk more on these findings, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Gillian Hamilton – Economic Researcher at Green Connection

Fifteen-year old Lufuno Mavhunga, who committed suicide on Monday after being bullied by a fellow learner at the Mbilwi Secondary School, has been laid to rest at the Tshirenzheni cemetery in Nzhelele, Limpopo. A video of Mavhunga being assaulted by a fellow learner has been trending since Monday. Mavhunga overdosed on pills a few hours after the assault, and later died in hospital. Pimani Baloyi attended the funeral, and filed this report...

Guest: Rachel Malatsi – Teen life coach

The ANC's Deputy Secretary-General, Jessie Duarte has urged the party's embattled Secretary-General, Ace MaGashule to dis-associate with people who want to sow divisions in the governing party. She was speaking in an exclusive interview with the SABC on a wide range of issues…..

Guest: Professor Lesiba Tefo - Political Analyst at Unisa