This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector

Guest: Sarah

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector.

Guest: Stephen Wetheral from Lucapa Diamond Company based in Australia

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector

Guest: Mxolisi Matshamba, project executive director at Musina Makhado Special Economic Zones

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector.

Guest: Minister for Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe

In 2018, different presidential elections took place around Africa, and for many, it was the continuation of the status quo. Elections in Cameroon and Egypt resulted in re-elections. As 2019 kicks off, many consequential and important elections are set to hold on the African continent. There will be more than 10 general elections around the continent in 2019, Senegal will be holding its 11th presidential election after its independence from France in 1960, while Tunisia will hold its Parliamentary and Presidential elections in October and December respectively in Tunisia, and already, political tension is high in the North African country. This morning, we ask, with much tension expected to rise from these elections, what is going right in Africa and its politics?

Guest: Koffi Kouakou – Professor at the School of governance at WITS (TBC)

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector.

Guest: Elias Daudi National Director for Geology and Miners in Mozambique

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector.

Guest: Elias Daudi National Director for Geology and Miners in Mozambique

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector.

Guest: Dr Geoffrey

This morning the Talking Point is coming to you live from the Mother City, Cape Town. We are here for the 25th Annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, which will take place from today until - Thursday, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, under the theme Invest in SA Mining. Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is expected to officially open the annual Investing Mining Indaba. The event, which is celebrating 25 years of progress in African mining, will see approximately 7 000 delegates from across the globe. The Mining Indaba is a forum aimed at building and maintaining cross-continental business relationships in the mining sector. For more on this we are now joined by Ross Harvey, a Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs – SAIIA, to speak to us about what to expect at this year’s Mining Indaba, the challenges facing the industry and also the relations between government and the mining industry.

GUEST: Mr Ross Harvey, A Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs - SAIIA:

Are "Workplace foods a source of unhealthy calories?" Foods eaten in workplaces - whether purchased in cafeterias, or available to employees for free - are usually unhealthy, this according to a recent study in the United States. A survey of what working adults ate over the course of a week found that one in four people got food at work one or more times, and that it was generally high in empty calories, salt, fat and sugar. On the Talking Point this morning we are asking you: Are workplace foods leading to unhealthy eating

GUEST: Mbali Mapholi –A dietitian, her Interests Are in Gut Health, Heart Diseases and Weight Loss.