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  • Chat with the Speaker of the City of Johannesburg
    The City of Johannesburg has been in the news lately for all sorts of reasons. The highlight was when the ANC took over after Herman Mashaba. The DA has been making all sorts of accusations against them. Well this morning we host the Speaker, Nonceba Molwele about her role in restoring order and making sure that things run smoothly as politics seem to overshadow service delivery…

    GUEST: Nonceba Molwele – Speaker of the City of Johannesburg
    39 min
  • PSA concerned about safety of field social workers
    The Public Servants Association says it is concerned about the safety of Field Social Workers employed by the Department of Social Development in KwaZulu-Natal. This follows reports of 14 workers being hijacked while on duty over the past six months. Just how bad is the situation and what sort of engagements have they had with government so far?

    Guest: Mlungisi Ndlovu – PSA Provincial Manager at the Durban office
    19 min
  • Focus on Africa: Is the International Criminal Court biased against Africans?
    We have seen and heard calls by some African countries for all African states who are signatories to the Rome Statute to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, ICC. Over the years the ICC, which is tasked with bringing to justice perpetrators of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, has been accused of political and regional bias, and of failing to achieve convictions in some of its most high profile cases. In October 2016, three African countries-Burundi; the Gambia and South Africa-signaled their intention to leave the ICC…

    GUEST: Izak Khomo – Presenter/Producer of Spotlight Africa at Channel Africa
    26 min
  • Nomusa Dube-Ncube, KZN MEC for Economic Development.
    Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.
    13 min
  • Talking Finance with Brian Hirsch
    Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.
    12 min
  • SA takes over chairmanship of AU
    South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa took over the chairmanship of the African Union yesterday, where he committed to ensuring peace and security on the continent. Speaking during his inaugural speech, Ramaphosa said that that in May this year South Africa will convene an extraordinary summit on silencing the Guns and to assess the progress made to end conflicts. For a perspective on this, we are now joined on the line by Advocate Sipho Mantula, a Researcher with the Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa at the University of South Africa...

    GUEST: Advocate Sipho Mantula, a Researcher with the Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa at the University of South Africa, UNISA
    15 min

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Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural…