The Legacy Centre – An accounting firm committed to the responsible transformation of South Africa and an empowerment paradigm that is rooted in sustainable wealth creation.

Millycent Mashele is the founder of The Legacy Centre, one of the few blacked and women led accounting and consulting firms in South Africa. The business offers a comprehensive range of business solutions from advisory, taxation, accounting and audit services. Millycent says her vision is to create, anchor and preserve business legacies by enhancing financial skills to other businesses. The Legacy Centre is also committed to an empowerment paradigm that is rooted in sustainable wealth creation. Today she joins us in studio to talk to us about running a black owned accounting firm, the challenges they have encountered as a business and what she hopes will improve/grow in the business sector after the elections?
GUEST: (In Studio) Millycent Mashele – Founder of the legacy Centre

With all eyes on this year's final election results, we now speak to Mike Law, who is a project coordinator and chief researcher at the Political Party Co-operation and Building and Sustaining of Coalitions initiative, about how coalitions may unfold in certain provinces. So will political parties’ band together to form a coalition as we saw in the major metropolitan councils of the City of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay following the 2016 municipal election? For more on this we are now joined on the line by...

GUEST: Mike Law, who is a project coordinator and chief researcher at the Political Party Co-operation and Building and Sustaining of Coalitions initiative

Yesterday roughly 26.7 million registered South African voters casted their ballots in the country's sixth democratic elections. A record-breaking 48 political parties contested these elections. Yesterday voting closed at nine in the evening and counting resumed immediately afterwards. The election results will be officially announced on Saturday evening. For the latest we are now joined in studio by…

GUEST: Janet Love, vice chairperson of Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)

Yesterday Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha visited two of South Africa's biggest correctional facilities, the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Correctional Centre, to assess their state of readiness to participate in South Africa's sixth democratic national and provincial elections. For the latest on the preparations that have been made to enable offenders to vote at various correctional centres around the country,

GUEST: Michael Masutha, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

National Police Commissioner Khehla Sithole has assured electoral officers working at identified hot spots in the North West, that they will be protected by law enforcement officers. The area is one of the IEC hotspots going into today’s elections - following 5-months of protests last year…

GUEST: Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, Provincial Police spokesperson

Police Minister General Bheki Cele says more than fifty one thousand police officers will be deployed at voting stations across the country. He's identified KwaZulu-Natal and North West as the high-risk provinces where possible protests could disrupt voting.

GUEST: Brigadier Jay Naicker, Police Spokesperson in KwaZulu Natal

Sudan is in the middle of a revolution. Protesters who deposed former President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled for 30 years, want a civilian-led government. According to Sudan's military council says it will not allow civilians a majority on the supreme council, set to rule the country during a transitional period. Protest leaders have accused the military of not negotiating in good faith and promoting the interests of Bashir. For the latest we are now joined on the line by Sabir Ebrahim, a Representative of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, here in South Africa…

GUEST: Sabir Ebrahim, a Representative of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, here in South Africa

The Breaking Down Borders Summit is a gathering of young leaders from diverse backgrounds who occupy leadership roles in vast fields with the aim of driving inter-country relations. This year’s theme is “Reclaim Africa!” which is a call to action for young people to take ownership of the future of the continent. With this and with it being Africa Month we ask, how we can remain united as Africans especially during this time, election time? What do young South Africans consider to be ‘African Unity’, what does it looks like to them and how it can be achieved?

GUEST: Sophie Kanza - Congolese-South African peace and anti-xenophobia activist
GUEST :Lesego Mosikare - South African youth activist.

Last week Tuesday we dealt with finance related questions that came in during the month of April and we didn’t get to answer all your questions pertaining to retirement plans, Investment portfolios and other financial issues, so this morning on Talking Finance with Bryan Hirsch we will continue to answer your questions…

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

The Islamic Interfaith Research Institute says voting in the 2019 general election does not go against the religion even though it falls during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. According to Founder and director of the Institute, Rafiq Hassen, the start of Ramadan will begin today as per the lunar calendar that they follow. This morning we will get to understand what the month of Ramadan entails…

GUEST: Nurudean Ssempa, the Deputy Director of the Muslim Refugee Association of South Africa