The debate around the administering of Ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19 patient is growing as experts differ on the subject. Some believe that is should only be for animal use.

Guest: Professor Colleen Aldous – Professor and Healthcare Scientist at UKZN
Guest: Dr kgosi letlape - held leadership positions in south africa and global structures in the medical field

With just a day to go for Uganda’s presidential elections, opposition candidate Bobi Wine says the army has raided his home and arrested all his security guards. He blames the raid on president Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking his sixth term in office after 35 years in power. The elections taking place tomorrow (Thursday), what can we expect seeing how the opposition is treated in that country?

GUEST: Nixon Kathembo, who is specialist on the Great Lakes and East Africa and also works on the KiSwahili Desk at Channel Africa

The Companies Amendment Bill has been delaying through the legislative process for about 2 years. If passed, some of the proposals are that public and state-owned companies will be forced to disclose the highest and lowest paid employee salaries. One wonders if this is necessarily a good thing though and to get a perspective on it,

Guest: Prof Anita Bosch – Professor at the University of Stellenbosch Business School she holds the Research Chair for Women at Work.

The mood is sombre at the SABC as the retrenchment process unfolds. The public broadcaster has continued to issue letters of redundancy and surplus to affected staff following the conclusion of last month's extended consultation process. The SABC says it has reduced the number of employees who'll be affected from 600 to just over 300. It says it has to reduce the wage bill to make the organisation financially sustainable. Wisani Makhubele reports....
Guest: Aubrey Tshabala – General Secretary of the Communications Workers Union
Guest: Ian Plaatjes – SABC COO

As hospitals are battling to deal with Covid-19 patients, government is doing all it can to supply what health institutions need. The good thing is that innovators are also coming forward developing devices that may help ease the burden. The latest one is by a group of East London-based volunteers that includes doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs have come up with a device that will help to supply oxygen to COVID-19 patients and help keep their lungs from collapsing.
Guest: Dr. Craig Parker - Lead doctor on Oxygen-Efficient Respiratory Aid project

The Eastern Cape government says it will launch a forensic probe into the finances of the troubled Amathole District Municipality. This will be the second forensic probe in the entity after the conclusion of one in 20-19. The move comes after the cash strapped district municipality announced it wouldn't be able to pay the salaries of its employees, councillors and traditional leaders for at least four months. Yanga Funani filed this report…

Guest: Cllr Khanyile Maneli - executive mayor of the amathole distrct municipality

The Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday expressed their sadness at news that the Hilton Hotel in Durban has shut its doors. The department is hoping to work with the hotel to reopen to avoid job losses.

Guest: Ravi Pillay – MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal

How to navigate January and how can people regroup their finances?

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

President Ramaphosa last night outlined government's strategy in rolling out coronavirus vaccines. He says that 20 million doses have been secured through negotiations with manufactures for this year and most of that should arrive in the first half of the year. This is in addition to the doses for ten percent of the population that are expected in the country in terms of the World Health Organization's COVAX initiative. For a perspective on government’s plan,

Guest: Prof Shabbir Madhi – Professor of Vaccinology at Wits University

CEO of the South African SA Civil Aviation Authority led a team of inspectors around the country’s major airports to look at whether they are complying with Covid-19 regulations. Let’s find out now from her why she decided to conduct an inspection and what it is she found. Also what should the traveling public know about compliance at airports?

Guest: Poppy Khoza - Chief executive officer of the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)