Last Week Tuesday, the National Assembly voted on and adopted the Property Practitioners Bill. The Bill was met with no objections from any political party. According to Minister of Human Settlements, NomaIndia Mfeketo, seeks to address the injustices of the apartheid era. This morning, we unpack exactly how this property Practitioners bill aims to just that.

GUEST: Nocawe Mafu, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), have vowed to continue to fight against the introduction of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the country. The two unions believe the introduction of IPPs is aimed at paving the way for the privatization of Eskom and the distribution of electricity.

GUEST: Numsa's acting spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola

Rand Water has called on consumers to use water sparingly following an electrical fault at one of the utility's water purification plant, leading to a decrease in water levels. The problem will affect residents of Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg metro municipalities.

GUEST: Rand Water spokesperson, Justice Mohale

Government pensions were the hardest hit by the Steinhoff scandal. Members of the Government Employees Pension Fund lost billions in investments. In the same breath the largest public sector union Nehawu says pension funds should be safeguarded against the hijacking of the Public Investment Corporation to rescue looted state-owned enterprises. On the Talking Point we will discuss whether the government can be trusted with workers' money. We will also look at the checks and balances on the administration of public sector pension funds

GUESTS: Mr Terry Bell - Who is a Labour Analyst and inside Labour Columnist for Fin24

When you think of the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa, most people think of late former president, Nelson Mandela. But while Mandela undoubtedly played a central role in the liberation struggle, there was a plethora of people who contributed to the country's freedom. People like Steve Biko, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo are some of the lesser known anti-apartheid activists. But why was Mandela the main symbol of the struggle? Does Mandela represent the entire liberation struggle? Why do we fail to celebrate other unsung heroes who left their mark on the liberation struggle, why were their names not elevated, like that of Mandela?

GUESTS: Ben Turok, who is director of the Institute for African Alternatives &
Mac Maharaj, who served as the first Democratic Transport Minister in the cabinet of late former president, Nelson Mandela:

Just 6 are a proudly Southern African group of young men who hail from East London, Pretoria, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. They were drawn together in 2011 and made the choice to combine their unique individual talents to create one solidified entity they now proudly call Just 6 Blessed with good looks, the gift of singing, composing and arranging and the ability to create all kinds of interesting musical and percussive sounds with their voices, they’re the band without instruments who’ve given birth to a fresh new sound they call “Afro Vocal Play”

GUEST: Just 6 – the group

What are terms and Conditions of appropriate courtship? Equality in a relationship, does it extend to finances? Is dating, and courtship today, is it done properly? Who pays when a couple goes on a date? How does this relate, to the issues of provision, as set out by culture? Should men be expected to give women money? Or what is called a girlfriend allowance?

GUEST: Linda Yende, Speaker, Author, Lifestyle Entrepreneur

It’s 20 years since the submission of the report of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which was a court-like restorative justice body that sought to reveal human rights abuses under apartheid. Alex Boraine, the man who proposed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and went on to be its vice chairperson alongside Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, passed away at age 87 this past Wednesday. Many criticisms have been leveled to the TRC, saying it failed in its mission. This morning e ask: How then do we effectively deal with wounds of the past?

Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is research chair in studies in historical trauma and transformation at Stellenbosch University

One hundred activists recently undertook a trek from Marikana, in the North West province, to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, demanding compensation for the widows of the 34 mineworkers who were killed when police opened fire on striking miners in 2012 in the mining town. A group of protesters, demanding the reinstatement of outsourced municipal workers who lost their jobs in 2010 and 2011, met the Marikana marchers. The two groups decided to consolidate their marches in solidarity with each other's causes.

GUEST: Thapelo Amad – Aljamah ah Chief Whip and City of Johannesburg Councilor

-A North West high school pupil was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 7-year-old Grade 1 pupil to death in Makapanstad,

-Prominent Cape Town lawyer Pete Mihalik gunned down outside Reddam House while dropping off his children at school,

-The bodies of seven people – three women and four children – were discovered buried under piles of sand in bedrooms in Vlakfontein

- Manhunt continues for Welkom hijackers after man shot dead in cold blood in mall parking lot.

Are we a nation that does not value human life anymore?

GUEST: Psychologist, Dr Saths Cooper