Connecting with learners to keep them in school. For many learners, school can feel like a losing battle. We see this in the country’s low matric throughput rates – with only 40% of learners who start school going on to pass matric 12 years later.

GUEST: Merle Mansfield of the Zero School Dropout

There has been widespread outrage against the provision of the draft Copyright Amendment Bill. Frustrated musicians, artists and composers say the Bill doesn't make provision for composers and musicians to get what is due to them when work is used in movies and other productions. But the Bill actually protects the rights of artists against commercial exploitation and will stop them being ripped off by unfair distribution and reproduction agreements.

Rehad Desai, who is the author of Miners Shot Down, a film about the Marikana massacre.

Guest: Sue Bannister-Commissioner at the National Planning Commission

We now speak to the transport department about the interventions at the passenger rail agency of South Africa (PRASA). The department says they are steadfast in developing an integrated, effective, reliable, safe and cost effective public transport system.

GUEST: Transport department spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Gallagher Convention Centre, in Midrand, Johannesburg, where the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform will host a National Spatial Development Framework Indaba. The Indaba seeks to raise awareness regarding the National Spatial Development Framework as a transformative tool to deal with the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality by bringing key stakeholders from the various sectors of society together to share knowledge and exchange learning

Guest: Ms Rendani Sadiki - Acting Director General Rural Dev & Land Ref

The Talking Point this morning is coming to you live from Ekandustria Industrial Park in Bronkhorstspruit, for the "Revitalization of Ekandustria Industrial Park". The Industrial Park, which is being revitalized by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), is set to contribute to the economic growth of the township of Ekangala, which is located on the border of Mpumalanga. The revitalization of Ekandustria is also part of the DTI's Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) which is aimed at promoting industrialization in the country and boosting manufacturing capacity to increase the production of exportable goods…

GUEST: Dr Rob Davis, the Minister of Trade and Industry

The Talking Point this morning is coming to you live from Ekandustria Industrial Park in Bronkhorstspruit, for the "Revitalization of Ekandustria Industrial Park". The Industrial Park, which is being revitalized by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), is set to contribute to the economic growth of the township of Ekangala, which is located on the border of Mpumalanga. The revitalization of Ekandustria is also part of the DTI's Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) which is aimed at promoting industrialization in the country and boosting manufacturing capacity to increase the production of exportable goods…

guest: MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in Mpumalanga, Sikhumbuzo Eric Kholwane

The Talking Point this morning is coming to you live from Ekandustria Industrial Park in Bronkhorstspruit, for the "Revitalization of Ekandustria Industrial Park". The Industrial Park, which is being revitalized by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), is set to contribute to the economic growth of the township of Ekangala, which is located on the border of Mpumalanga. The revitalization of Ekandustria is also part of the DTI's Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) which is aimed at promoting industrialization in the country and boosting manufacturing capacity to increase the production of exportable goods…

guest: Themba

The Talking Point this morning is coming to you live from Ekandustria Industrial Park in Bronkhorstspruit, for the "Revitalization of Ekandustria Industrial Park". The Industrial Park, which is being revitalized by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), is set to contribute to the economic growth of the township of Ekangala, which is located on the border of Mpumalanga. The revitalization of Ekandustria is also part of the DTI's Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) which is aimed at promoting industrialization in the country and boosting manufacturing capacity to increase the production of exportable goods…

guest: Donald

The Sudanese army is expected to make an important statement this morning. This as thousands of protesters gathered outside the military headquarters in Khartoum demanding the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir. The country has been paralyzed by months of protests against the 30-year rule of its autocratic president, Omar al-Bashir.

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