Built in Mzansi: How Busisiwe Mbanda started a business after the 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods, transforming waste into a sustainable fuel while creating economic opportunities. She manufactures eco-friendly charcoal briquettes utilising recycled materials. She is also part of the Fempreneurs Sheshisa Directory, a regional network and accelerator that empowers and upskills female founders in Durban.

Guest: Busisiwe Mbanda - founder of Volcanic Explosion

SAfm 90th birthday celebration: The Early Years, Memorable Interviews & Broadcasts, 

Guest: Tim Modise - co-host

Reality Check with Mavuso Msimang: The history of migrations into RSA as presently constituted since 1652, the onset of the colonial era, and indicate that this is the background to today’s burning issue.

Guest: Mavuso Msimang - retired civil servant and former freedom fighter

The future of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption remains under the spotlight following the resignation of its head, Advocate Andrea Johnson, the suspension of three senior investigators, and damaging testimony before the Madlanga Commission by senior prosecutor Advocate Shamila Ramsamy. The developments have raised serious questions about IDAC's leadership, governance, prosecutorial independence and whether the unit is adequately structured to tackle high-level corruption.

Guest: Dr Suhayfa Bhamjee - Discipline Head of Public Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a leading Criminal Justice scholar, and a recognised voice on prosecutorial accountability, criminal justice reform, and social justice in South Africa.

 

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The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption remains under intense scrutiny following the resignation of its head, Advocate Andrea Johnson, the suspension of three senior investigators, and explosive testimony before the Madlanga Commission by senior prosecutor Advocate Shamila Ramsamy. As questions mount over the unit's leadership, independence and effectiveness, calls are growing for a comprehensive review of IDAC's structure and operations.

Guest: Sipho Ngwema - former NPA and Scorpions NPA spokesperson

This August marks 70 years since the historic 1956 Women's March to the Union Buildings, when more than 20,000 women stood united against injustice. This year's national theme, "Empowered Women, Empower the Nation," challenges South Africa to move beyond celebrating women's resilience and towards expanding women's economic power.

Guest: Sindisiwe Chikunga - Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

 

According to recent reports, more than 170 people have been murdered in just two weeks, with communities in areas such as Nyanga, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain continuing to bear the brunt of gang violence, extortion and organised crime. The latest killings have reignited calls for stronger interventions, including renewed debate around whether existing policing and SANDF deployments are sufficient. So, what will it take to stop the bloodshed?

Guest: Mike Bolhuis - Specialist Investigator Into Serious Violent, Economic, And Cyber Crimes

 

1. Ethiopia- Tigray

Authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accused the federal government of launching a military offensive on Saturday, reigniting fears of a return to war.

In a statement, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said federal forces used heavy artillery against their positions in Western Tigray, near the border with Sudan.

After months of using blockades, sieges, drone strikes and proxy forces against Tigray, the TPLF said, the government had now launched “open war.”

2.    Zambia – Lusaka 

ECZ completes ballot delivery as final consignment arrives in Lusaka

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has received the final consignment of ballot papers for the August 13 general election. This completes a key stage of election preparations.

The last shipment, comprising 185 pallets of ballot papers, arrived at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. It came aboard an ER-BAS Boeing 747 chartered aircraft from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

 

3.    Senegal- United Nations Secretary General 

Former Senegalese leader Macky Sall’s bid to succeed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres could be in trouble after the Security Council’s first informal straw poll.

The former President of Senegal received just six votes in favour, with seven against and two abstentions.

The poll isn’t binding, and several other rounds will take place before the final ballot in the autumn.

4. In our historical archives, it was on this day, 3 August 1986, when former resident of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda called for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions.

 In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. 

It was Thatcher's opinion that economic sanctions would not achieve the goal of ending the apartheid regime and would lead to the greater suffering of South Africa's black population. Along with other Commonwealth leaders, she felt that South Africa's government must be forced to change its policy through economic isolation.

 

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