AVIATION UPDATE with Phuthego Mojapelo

Eskom says South Africans should brace
themselves for escalating power cuts this week. Stage
6 blackouts equates to at least six hours without power
per day, possibly in two-hour cycles. The last time
South Africans endured stage six power cuts was two
years ago. We now speak to Tshepo Kgadima,
Independent Economic & Energy Analyst and we’ll also
speak to a resident who claims to have never had
loadshedding because he lives in an area where
government ministers reside.

FASHIONABLE FRIDAY [STUDIO]: 22-year-old Ponahalo
Mojapelo is a supermodel who has walked the runways
in Paris and London and has graced the pages of Vogue
Magazine. She joins us in studio.

ARTS: Black women, young people, and people living with
disabilities continue to be excluded from meaningful
ownership in the South African film and television
industry. This is according to a report titled The state of
transformation in the South African Film and Television
industry commissioned by the National Film and Video
Foundation (NFVF). We now speak to Onke Dumeko, NFVF
Head of Operations.

Gospel musician Pulane Maphari has been
stripped of her Best Contemporary Faith Album award
which she won at the South African Music Awards last

month. RiSA CEO Nhlanhla Sibisi has since suspended the
Sama project team and instituted internal disciplinary
processes following the incident. We’re now joined on the
line by Pulane Maphari.

BE DRIVEN: Nene Mahlangu who is the designer of two R2

coins, has launched a finance course for artists,
titled Introduction to Pricing Your Artwork. She joins us on
the line.

Bus company Putco has resumed its

operations after almost two weeks of disruptions from an
illegal strike by workers. We now speak to Phakamile
Hlubi-Majola, NUMSA spokesperson.