On our Health Slot this Thursday we are discussing Gene Editing. It is the modification of DNA sequences in living cells. Would you consider it? Many feel that this is interfering with God's laboratory. Scientists feel that altering your DNA may minimize the risk of passing cancer. What are the medical benefits of gene editing?

GUEST: Dr Pheiffer, a biohacker, currently practicing at anti-ageing art in Houghton

It's not a secret anymore that households are suffering. These days’ in-house brands are selling out in supermarkets. Along this line, the Momentum/Unisa Household Net Wealth Index has revealed that South African households' real net wealth declined by R237.0 billion in Q3 2019 compared to Q2 2019, while it was R133.7 billion less in Q3 2018. How should we interpret this?

GUEST: Johann van Tonder - Researcher & Economist at Momentum

With the negative news around the retail sector and job cuts, one may assume that things are not looking too good for business in general. Analysists are not helping either as they give negative projections. Stats SA on the other hand shows that retail trade sales increased by 3.1% in November 2019 compared with October 2019. How is the retail sector riding the wave and making it under the tough economic climate?

GUEST: Dov Girnun, the CEO of Merchant Capital, an alternative fintech funder that assists more than 7,000 small and medium sized retail businesses in South Africa

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille says they will never again put the UDM's Mongameli Bobani in power in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro. Do Zille’s pronouncements not undermine the consultation process in the Nelson Mandela Bay, which was initiated by the DA Interim Leader with the UDM? Earlier on I spoke to UDM Leader, General Bantu Holomisa about how far the two parties are with their consultation process…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined the tasks that lie ahead for South Africa's African diplomats as the country takes over the reins of the African Union next month. Speaking at the Africa Heads of Mission Conference at the Department of International Relations in Pretoria yesterday, Ramaphosa said that chairing the continental body will be a collective task entailing negotiation and consultation with other African country representatives to take Africa's vision forward. South Africa will also be chairing the AU next month and to find out what they are taking to the rest of the continent,

GUEST: Clayson Monyela, spokesperson of the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco)

The North-West University is still closed today. This as the South African Union of students is intensifying calls for a national shutdown at public universities. Yesterday North-West University students were told to vacate the premises following outbreaks of violence…

GUEST: Bafedile Moerane, SABC reporter in the North West

GUEST: Sandile Dlamini, NEC Member of the South African Union of Students, SAUS

We use this opportunity now understand a Constitutional Court ruling that forces a minority union to accept a decision pushed by a majority union. Is it fair though that when a union negotiates a retrenchment agreement with an employer, should this be binding on employees who are not members of the union? One may agree as that’s how democracy works, majority rules. How should we interpret a ruling of this nature?

GUEST: Kurshivan Rama Munusamy – Partner and Labour Specialist at Brett Purdon Attorneys in Durban

Last year six long distance taxi associations in Rustenburg clubbed together to establish a transport company and a cooperative bank. The newly formed Rustenburg Long Distance Transport Holdings was also planning to have their own filling station. So how far are they with this process?

GUEST: Dr Tshegofatso Gape, Managing Director of the Mobility Cooperative Bank

We continue where we left off last week with Channel Africa’s Izak Khomo on African nationalism in South Africa. He continues to give us the background and also giving us a sense of how we got to where we are.

GUEST: Izak Khomo – Presenter/Producer for Spotlight Africa and Channel Africa

South Africa in particular is facing a challenge when it comes cities and how they run their economies. We’ve heard suggestions from so many role players. This time around let’s get a perspective from Charter Cities institute. They are an organisation that focuses on partnering with various governments around the world in developing new cities. They bring together various stakeholders; entrepreneurs, policy experts, investors, real estate developers, and politicians to develop people-centred economies. What are they all about and what solutions do they bring to South Africa?

GUEST: Dr Mark Lutter – Founder of the Charter Cities institute