Leading Zimbabwean scholar and activist Professor Brian Raftopoulos will this morning deliver the annual Archie Mafeje Memorial lecture titled, State and Politics in Zimbabwe: Lessons for Post-Settler Colonial Politics in Southern Africa. The event taking place at the University of South Africa is hosted by the Africa Institute of South Africa in the Human Sciences Research Council in collaboration with the Archie Mafeje Research Institute for Applied Social Policy .The lecture commemorates the academic and intellectual contribution of the late Professor Archibald Monwabisi Mafeje, one of the most gifted social science researchers and scholars to emerge in Africa in the last century.

GUEST: Professor Brian Raftopoulos, who is a research fellow at the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Durban International Convention Centre, where the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, is hosting the Inaugural Radical Economic Transformation Summit. The Summit will be attended by over 1000 delegates from Government Institutions, Members of the media, Social Formation (Amadela Ngokubona) and Academics. The aim of the Summit is to develop a clear approach and targets for the implementation of Radical Economic Transformation.

GUEST: Sihle Zikalala, MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Durban International Convention Centre, where the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, is hosting the Inaugural Radical Economic Transformation Summit. The Summit will be attended by over 1000 delegates from Government Institutions, Members of the media, Social Formation (Amadela Ngokubona) and Academics. The aim of the Summit is to develop a clear approach and targets for the implementation of Radical Economic Transformation.
Guest: Khanyisani Shandu- Chairperson enterprise İlembe and Board member of the Trade and İnvestment KZN

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Durban International Convention Centre, where the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, is hosting the Inaugural Radical Economic Transformation Summit. The Summit will be attended by over 1000 delegates from Government Institutions, Members of the media, Social Formation (Amadela Ngokubona) and Academics. The aim of the Summit is to develop a clear approach and targets for the implementation of Radical Economic Transformation.

GUEST: Malusi Zondi, the president of Federation for Radical Economic Transformation

The Minerals Council has taken the Mining Charter to court. The Council says certain clauses in the third charter prompted their decision to take the matter on judicial review. Richard Spoor who is an Activist and human rights attorney, says he is shocked by this decision.

GUEST: Richard Spoor - Activist and human rights attorney

As many of you know by now, charges against KwaZulu-Natal mayor Mluleki Ndobe in connection with the murder of former ANC Youth Leader Sindiso Magaqa's were provisionally withdrawn. Ndobe appeared in the UMzimkhulu Magistrate's Court last week Tuesday in connection with the murder. The Harry Gwala District Municipality mayor and Kwazulu-Natal ANC heavyweight was in police custody along with four other accused after they were arrested last week.

GUEST: Mluleki Ndobe, Harry Gwala District mayor

The South Africa Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) has strongly condemned all incidences of intimidation and alleged “construction mafia” activity related to projects and construction sites that have plagued the sector with alarming increase as of lately. This follows the South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors’ issuing of a letter to the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, and other government departments pleading for the government to take action.

Guest: Mr Isaac Nkosi – President of the South Africa Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP)

The International Monetary Fund recently released a paper titled ‘Struggling to Make the Grade: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Weak Outcomes of South Africa’s Education System’. The paper, which reflects their views and not those of the IMF, aims to provide a data-driven, evidence-based approach to inform the national debate as to what works and what doesn’t when it comes to improving education.

GUEST: Montfort Mlachila, IMF Senior Resident Representative in South Africa. I am an economist by training.

Why did a Flight distant for Germany ended up in Scotland? A British Airways flight from London City Airport was supposed to head to Dusseldorf in Germany but ended up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Just imagine being a passenger stunned to learn that the plane you are travelling on had not only landed in the wrong city, but also in the wrong country. So what led to the incorrect flight plan?

GUEST: Karl Jensen, Aviation Enthusiast and former SAA Captain, with 56 years of flying experience.

What is at the core of the Western Sahara-Morocco conflict? We look at the decades-old conflict in Western Sahara, this as South Africa hosts the SADC Solidarity Conference with the People of Saharawi, while in the same breath, Morocco hosts the African Ministerial Conference. South Africa and SADC have been at the forefront of calling on Morocco to allow Western Sahara to achieve self-determination.

guest: Mr Koffi Kouakou, Africa Analyst