The Beitbridge border and the N1 in Musina, Limpopo faced disruptions these past few days as travellers head to various destinations for the festive season holidays. Traffic volumes started increasing over the weekend leaving officials unable to control traffic as trucks and small vehicles heading north towards Zimbabwe occupy both lanes. Let’s listen to what some of the motorists had to say…

Guest: Rudzani Tshivhase – SABC reporter in Limpopo

Let’s tell you now about the annual collaboration between Centurion Haven of Hope, Basadi Ba Moshito & Railways Café. They will be hosting The Fathers Table Christmas Lunch for the needy and to tell us more on this and how long it has been running for,

Guest: Tebogo Mpufane – Director Centurion Haven of Hope

Doctors in Kenya have joined nurses and clinical officers in a nationwide strike for better working conditions. Concerns are that this could make this worse for the country’s health system. Let’s listen to this report from Sara Kimani….

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LINK: Lately we’ve seen some of the leaders on the African continent succumb to Covid-19 which poses the question as to what this pandemic is unmasking about investment in infrastructure on the continent. To help us through this issue, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Advocate Sipho Mantula - Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs at the University of South Africa

Yesterday we received calls and voice note messages about water crisis in some municipalities. Some resident claim not having water for a few days now. Let’s listen to what Thando had to say regarding water at the OR Tambo Municipality…

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LINK: To get an explanation from the OR Tambo Municipality, we are joined on the line by….

GUEST: Zimkhitha Macingwane – Spokesperson for the OR Tambo Municipality

LINK: Then we received this call from Bongani at the Emfuleni Municipality….

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LINK: To respond to this, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Makhosonke Sangweni – Acting Head of Communication at the Emfuleni Municipality

President Cyril Ramaphosa last week raised concerns around gatherings during the festive season. He said that the current restrictions on the size of gatherings are not enough in preventing crowding in the current situation where new cases are rising rapidly…..

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LINK: We speak now to those in the entertainment industry who are directly affected. One of the major upcoming festivals called Hearts A Fire in eKurhuleni’s, Brakpan planned for 8-thousand people now has to cut down to 250 and tell us more on this and the heavy losses they will be facing, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Azana - Songwriter and vocalist

Guest: Sipho Mgomezulu - Event organiser

Efforts are under way to help thousands of people left destitute following a fire at the Masiphumelele informal settlement near Fish Hoek in Cape Town. The fire which broke out on Thursday destroyed more than 1000 shacks. The problem of shack fires has been with us for many years.

Guest: Prof Richard Walls – Head of the Fire Engineering Research Unit at Stellenbosch University

Usually this time of the year those who managed to invest in stokvels enjoy the dividends. Stokvels have been with us for so many years that banks started noting how much money they contribute and therefore set up packages that would suit them.

GUEST: Andrew Lukhele – Chairman of the National Stokvel Association of South Africa

The festive season is hear already with many of us taking a bit of a break away from everything especially a heavy year like the current one. Depression is on the high as many people lost their jobs and businesses. Well health experts say that exercise has the ability to treat mild to moderate bouts of depression with as little as running just 15 minutes a day or walking for an hour, which has been found to reduce the risk of major depression by up to 26%, as well as relieve major depression symptoms.

Guest: Nikki Cockcroft - chief marketing and technology officer at Virgin Active

South Africa fought a battle for many years over who owns the name of Rooibos. This time around the name ‘biltong’ is again being internationally contested as fears rise that the Namibians could also claim it as theirs. We use this opportunity now to find out how important owning the name is important for the country and the industry as we welcome….

GUEST: Joseph Kau – Agricultural Economist at the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa

We speak now to the Department of Public Enterprises about whether SAA employees who were given until yesterday to accept a final offer by the Department of Public Enterprises have done so. The workers have not been paid for eight months and to get some clarity on the issue,

Guest: Kgathatso Tlhakudi – DG Public Enterprises