South African entrepreneur and Mechanical Engineering Technologist known for her leadership in the engineering, automotive, and water sectors. Founded in May 2021, her business focuses on solving complex business problems by returning to fundamental engineering concepts.

Guest: Tsakane Zwane - Engineering Technologist and CEO of First Principles Engineering 

 

 

Guest: Prof Mathole Motshekga – Founder of the Kara Institute and African Heritage Group

 

Estimates suggest that as many as 85 to 95 percent of offenders return to crime and serious questions are being raised about whether that goal is being achieved. Is the Department of Correctional Services truly reforming offenders?

Guest: Thabiso Matshaba - Professor on the Department of Corrections Management, School of Criminal Justice in the College of Law: UNISA  

Guest: Golden Miles Bhudu. National spokesperson of South African Prisoners Organization for Human Rights (SAPOHR)  

Guest: Singabakho Nxumalo - Correctional Services Spokesperson  

 

 

 

Guest:  Dr Llewellyn MacMaster: Chairperson of the Cape Crime Crisis Coalition 

Despite the ongoing deployment of soldiers in crime-stricken communities under Operation Prosper, the killings haven’t stopped. A triple murder in Gugulethu, Cape Town this week has reignited debate about whether the military can realistically curb violent crime

 

 

Guest: Prof Mpho Matlala, Unisa college of law, law enforcement and crime expert 

Despite the ongoing deployment of soldiers, three people have been gunned down in Gugulethu, on the Cape Flats this week. Is deploying the military to deal with crime a good idea?  

 

Guest: Bond Nyoka - an Attorney and Legal Analyst 

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is expected to be sentenced in the East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape this Wednesday morning. He was convicted last year on multiple charges, including unlawful possession and discharging a firearm in a public area.

 

Guest: Rev. Thulasizwe Buthelezi - Traditional Prime Minister of the Zulu Nation 

As King Misuzulu kaZwelithini pushes for major changes to the governance of the Ingonyama Trust, a high-level royal delegation led by Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi is now lobbying political parties in Parliament to support relocating the Trust’s operations back to KwaZulu-Natal. 

 

 

Guest: Allison Tilley - Coordinator at Judges Matter

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommended Gauteng Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba for the position of Gauteng Judge President.

 

15 April 2026

1.    Benin- Porto Novo

Wadagni claims landslide victory in Benin presidential vote

Romuald Wadagni has secured a decisive win in Benin’s presidential election, taking 94 per cent of the vote according to provisional results released by the electoral commission.

Wadagni’s main challenger, Paul Hounkpe, conceded defeat even before the final count was complete, offering his “republican congratulations” and calling for unity beyond political divides.

 

2.    Sudan – Khartoum 

Three years of war: Sudan's children caught in the world's worst humanitarian crisis

As Sudan's war enters its fourth year, thousands of children continue to be displaced amid worsening hunger, collapsing services and limited global attention

It was April 2023 in Sudan, and fighting had erupted in nearby Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). 

3.    South Afrika – Zimbabwe 

The South African government, through Iziko Museum in Cape Town, has returned   looted human remains and sacred carving to Zimbabwe

South Africa on Tuesday (14 April) handed back to Zimbabwe ancestral human remains and a centuries-old stone carving of its sacred national emblem, the Zimbabwe bird.

The items were taken more than 100 years ago during the colonial era.

The restitution was part of a worldwide push to repatriate artefacts looted from African countries during the colonial era.

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day, 15 April 1958, when the First Congress of Independent African States (at that time, only Ghana, Sudan, Morocco, Ethiopia, Liberia, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia were independent) convened in Accra, Ghana, by Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana

15th of April 1958 was declared "Afrikan Freedom Day" to mark each year the onward progress of the liberation movement and to symbolise the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation.

Guest: Roland Henwood - Political Scientist and Commentator at the University of Pretoria

South Africa’s relations with the United States of America are back in the spotlight as President Cyril Ramaphosa moves to appoint Roelof Meyer as ambassador to Washington.