Reality Check with Dr. Stavros Nicoleau: ‘Building an accessible, equity, resilient & sustainable Healthcare System - through the lens of the Pharmaceutical Industry’. Examining Disease trends, profiles & epidemiologies in SA - quadruple burden of disease - how do we manage this & bring it under control.

Guest: Dr. Stavros Nicoleau - Group Senior Executive, Aspen Pharma Group

The African Transformation Movement has now approached the Constitutional Court, seeking an urgent direct appeal after the Western Cape High Court temporarily halted Parliament's impeachment inquiry pending the outcome of the President's review application.

Guest: Vuyo Zungula - Leader of the African Transformation Movement

Former PRASA CEO Tshepo Montana's luxury properties have been frozen as the Special Investigating Unit intensifies its efforts to recover public funds allegedly linked to the controversial R5.6 billion PRASA security tender. The preservation order prevents the sale or transfer of the properties while civil recovery proceedings continue, marking another significant step in one of South Africa's biggest state corruption investigations. 

Guest: Selby Makgotho - Spokesperson of Special Investigating Unit

1. Mali – Bamako
Mali ex-intelligence chief sentenced to prison for plotting coup
A court sentenced Mali's former head of domestic intelligence to 15 years in prison for "conspiracy against the government", following a ten-day trial in which he openly accused the ruling junta of corruption.
Colonel Kassoum Goita, the country's ex-head of internal security, was charged on suspicion of attempting a coup and destabilising state institutions.

2.     South Afrika- Pan Afrikan Parliament
President Ramaphosa to address First Session of the Seventh Pan-African Parliament today at its headquarters in Midrand, Gauteng.
The session, convened by the Pan-African Parliament from 27 to 31 July 2026, will be held under the African Union’s 2026 Theme: Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063.

3. South Africa – Ethekweni
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the SADC Business Council, will host the 9th Annual SADC Industrialisation Week (SIW) from today 27–31 July 2026 at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC).
Held under the theme, “Resilient, Sustainable and Inclusive Industrialisation through Infrastructure Development, Agricultural and Critical Minerals Transformation in Pursuit of a Just World”, the event will serve as a high-level precursor to the 46th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government.

4. In our historical archives, it was on this day 27 July 1927 when Veronica Zondeni Sobukwe (née Mathe) was born on July 27, 1927, in Hlobane, KwaZulu-Natal.
In her youth, she participated in and led protest marches against racist conditions imposed on trainee Black nurses at Victoria Hospital in Alice. 
Her leadership of this protest march resulted in her later meeting with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, the then Students’ Representative Council (SRC) President at the University of Fort Hare

Market Brief with Ntaoleng Lechela - Business Reporter

1. Oil pulls back from $100 as US-Iran tensions ease
2. China’s industrial profit growth slows for second straight month
3. Market update

The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration yesterday announced that it will be scaling down operations at the repatriation centre in Musina. They will be downsizing operations from  20 000 capacity to 1 500 after analysis of data trends for the past three weeks showed a reduction in numbers of those processed.

Guest: William Baloyi - Deputy Government Spokesperson

The Global Briefing: Yemen's Houthi movement says it has launched a fresh strike against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for recent attacks, raising fears that the conflict is spreading beyond Iran and Yemen and drawing more countries into an already volatile region.

Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court is facing one of the biggest crises in its history. Member states have voted to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct, a move that raises fresh questions about the credibility and future direction of the world's highest war crimes court.

A major political victory for India's youth movement. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after weeks of nationwide protests over exam paper leaks and demands for greater accountability, marking a rare concession by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Guest: Mbasa Mvenene - Political analyst and Politics lecturer at iYunivesithi Walter Sisulu (it is no longer known as WSU) 

All eyes will be on the Western Cape High Court this Friday as it delivers a crucial ruling on President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to halt Parliament's Section 89 impeachment inquiry into the Phala Phala scandal. The judgment could determine whether the President must personally testify and face cross-examination before the impeachment committee, or whether the inquiry is put on hold.

Guest:  Elton Hart - legal analyst from University of Johannesburg Law clinic

South Africa's political landscape could shift significantly today as the Western Cape High Court rules on President Cyril Ramaphosa's urgent bid to stop Parliament's Section 89 impeachment inquiry into the Phala Phala saga. If the court dismisses his application, the President could be compelled to testify before the impeachment committee. If it grants the interdict, the inquiry could be delayed while further legal processes unfold.

Guest: Professor Siphamandla Zondi, Professor of Politics at the University of Johannesburg

With the race for the South African Football Association presidency heating up ahead of elections on 12 September, businessman and AmaZulu FC owner Sandile Zungu has officially thrown his hat into the ring, challenging long-serving SAFA president Danny Jordaan. 

Guest: Sandile Zungu - SAFA presidential candidate, owner of Amazulu FC and Businessman