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- Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, plans to launch video and audio calls as owner Elon Musk races to build an "everything app" to stay ahead of competition from Meta Platforms-owned (META.O) Threads.
Guest: Siphumelele Zondi - Senior Producer, Anchor and Lecturer at the Durban University of Technology.
5 min - There are now reports that Cape Town taxi operators face extortion from gangs, with demands as high as R20 000 per month.
Guest: Nceba Enge - Deputy President: Western Cape SANTACO
3 min - In Israel, one hundred and seventy people have been hurt in violent clashes between Eritreans who oppose the regime of the current Eritrean government - and Eritreans who oppose it.
Guest: Naéem Jeenah – Senior Researcher: Mapungubwe Institute
6 min - Social justice organisations launch Right to Read campaign to prioritise early-grade literacy
Guest: Cameron McConnachie - co-lead for the education programme at the Legal Resources Centre, and an attorney based in Makhanda.
7 min - President Cyril Ramaphosa is going to Zimbabwe for the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. what message is Ramaphosa sending to the people of Zimbabwe by attending this?
Guest: Sophie Mokeona - SABC News International Editor
8 min - Africa Update Report with Adv. Sipho Mantula from TM Afrikan School of Public and International Affairs
Afrika Update Report: 4 September 2023; 1. Zimbabwe- Harare, Incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be inaugurated today at the National Sports Stadium in Harare for his second term after Nelson Chamisa failed to file presidential election dispute; 2. Gabon- Libreville, General Brice Oligui Nguema will sworn in as president of the transition today as opposition laments and claims a coup was family affair; 3. Niger-ECOWAS-EU, ECOWAS delegation counting and engaging the European Union for support in addressing the Niger coup ; 4. Kenya-Nairobi, African and International leaders will attend the African Climate summit from September 4-6 in Nairobi with aim to decolonise Africa’s energy; 5. In our historical archives , it was on this day 4 September 2002 when Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was heckled by activists on the closing of the World Summit on Sustainable development in Gauteng, South Africa.
6 min - The KwaZulu-Natal government has committed to ramping up efforts to actively address the issue of hijacked buildings.
Guest: Sipho 'KK' Nkosi - KZN Public Works and Human Settlements MEC
7 min - The DA in Tshwane laid criminal charges against EFF Councillors today. This follows the assault of DA Councillors during the August 31st Council Meeting.
Guest: Kwena Moloto, DA Tshwane Caucus Spokesperson
5 min - South Africans have been forking out large sums of money on food in recent months, and prices continued to climb in August.
Guest: Mervyn Abrahams – Programme Coordinator: Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group
9 min - The City of Johannesburg Community Safety MMC, Mgcini Tshwaku, says several locked gates inside the building prevented people from escaping.
Guest: Dr Mgcini Tshwaku – City of Johannesburg Community Safety MMC
11 min
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