As we continue to mark 400 years since the first Africans were enslaved, there has been a series of events to mark this occasion. In September we touched on the Door of Our Return event at the Pan African Parliament where the process was outlined. So the journey continues as a group of African American and Barbados leaders started their journey back to the continent. To put all of this in context, we are joined in studio by…

GUEST (studio): Dr Julius Garvey, Board-Certified award winning surgeon, medical professor, entrepreneur and son of Marcus Garvey

Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa is today (Friday) paying a special visit to Credo Mutwa in Mothibistad, Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province. This visit is part of the departments Living Human Treasure Project, a programme that seeks to profile and honor South Africans who possess rare indigenous knowledge, skills and techniques. To tell us more on this and who exactly Credo Mutwa is and what we should know about him,

GUEST: Matshediso Setai - Spokesperson for the Credo Mutwa foundation

This morning we start the show by reflecting on the lives of spokespeople and the drama they go through. Pity those who work in departments that are in the news for the wrong reasons. Some spokespeople switch off their phones when flooded by calls from journalists as they don’t really know what to say. Some are just plain bad in what they are doing and then there are those who are just darlings to deal with. Let’s allow them to speak for themselves and tell us how they do it and how they separate their work lives with family lives…

GUEST: JP Smith - Mayoral committee member for safety and security at the City of Cape Town

GUEST: Nana Zenani - Prasa spokesperson

GUEST: Lenox Mabaso – Spokesperson for COGTA in KZN

This morning The Talking Point is coming to you live from the Velmore Hotel Conference Centre in Erasmia, Pretoria, where the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is hosting a high-level gathering on climate change. The Climate Change Indaba will be held under the strategic theme "Mobilizing climate action to create a sustainable climate resilient Gauteng City Region". The Indaba will be attended by more than 300 delegates, drawn from different sectors in society, notably academia; environment organizations; government representatives; business; research think-tanks; community-based organizations; non-governmental organizations; youth and women organizations; farmers and general public…

GUEST: Gerard van Weele – Businessman from Royal Haskoning DHV

Modupi Mampa – Teacher at Zitikeni secondary school in Tembisa

Thapelo Maake – Learner at Zitikeni secondary school in Tembisa

Scientists have discovered a new strain of HIV but experts say this is not a cause for concern. The discovery was a subtype of a known existing strain which is part of the Group M version of HIV-1, the same family of virus subtypes blamed for the global HIV pandemic…

GUEST: Dr Sandile Buthelezi, CEO of the South African National Aids Council (Sanac)

This morning The Talking Point is coming to you live from the Velmore Hotel Conference Centre in Erasmia, Pretoria, where the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is hosting a high-level gathering on climate change. The Climate Change Indaba will be held under the strategic theme "Mobilizing climate action to create a sustainable climate resilient Gauteng City Region". The Indaba will be attended by more than 300 delegates, drawn from different sectors in society, notably academia; environment organizations; government representatives; business; research think-tanks; community-based organizations; non-governmental organizations; youth and women organizations; farmers and general public…

GUEST: Morakane Mosupyoe: Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development
guest: Matilda Gasela – Head of Department: Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development

We speak to eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda about the municipality's Fraud Awareness campaign. The eThekwini Municipality says it has measures for the prevention, detection and management of fraud and corruption or any other dishonest activities of a similar nature. For more on this we are now joined on the line by eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda to speak to us about creating an environment and culture in which employees believe that dishonest acts will be detected and investigated

GUEST: eThekwini Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda

We speak now to the Department of Water and Sanitation about how they are dealing with fraud in the department. They have been in the news for quite some time for all the wrong reasons especially on financial irregularities. How did they manage to turn things around?
GUEST: Emilize Nezar - Chief Director: Internal Audit: Department of Water and Sanitation

We now speak to South African author Khethiwe Zulu about her book 'South African History Retold: A Beginners Guide to the History Behind the Names', which aims to education citizens about street name changes and their significance.

GUEST: South African author, Khethiwe Zulu

This morning The Talking Point is coming to you live from the Velmore Hotel Conference Centre in Erasmia, Pretoria, where the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is hosting a high-level gathering on climate change. The Climate Change Indaba will be held under the strategic theme "Mobilizing climate action to create a sustainable climate resilient Gauteng City Region". The Indaba will be attended by more than 300 delegates, drawn from different sectors in society, notably academia; environment organizations; government representatives; business; research think-tanks; community-based organizations; non-governmental organizations; youth and women organizations; farmers and general public…

GUEST: Loyiso Mkwana – Acting Deputy Director General for Natural Resource Management at the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development