Mr. Kutlwano Chaba, SALGA Chief Digital Officer

Mthobeli Kolisa SALGA Chief Office:  Municipal Sustainability Infrastructure Delivery, Spatial Transformation Services

Earlier today, the ANC and the SACP had a bilateral engagement at the Chief Albert Luthuli House as part of what the ANC described as ongoing efforts to consolidate unity of purpose in advancing the National Democratic Revolution. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Mbulelo Mandlana, SACP National Spokesperson

We unpack the 7th AU-EU Summit that is currently underway in Luanda, Angola. The theme of the Summit is “Promoting Peace and Prosperity through Effective Multilateralism”. The significance of this summit is informed by the fact that Europe is Africa’s main trading partner. However, our guest is of the view that the partnership between these two influential unions is unbalanced as hunger, misery, infant malnutrition, child labour and even slavery continue to haunt the African supply chains that feed European consumption.

GUEST (Geneva): Fernando Morales-del la Cruz, Journalist & Human Rights activist

Earlier on, I spoke to Mbulelo Mandlana, SACP National Spokesperson, about the ANC and SACP bilateral meeting that took place in Johannesburg today. With the 2026 Local Government Elections set to happen in a couple of months, how will today’s meeting affect the SACP’s position to stand for the elections and where does this put the ANC and the tripartite alliance? To shed light on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotze, Political Analyst from the University of South Africa

Dr Vedhna Dayanand Lalla has welcomed the government’s decision to declare gender-based violence as a national disaster. However, she is of the view that social workers, community workers and GBVF practitioners stand between survivors and further harm, yet they face violence that often mirrors the very crises they intervene in - and according to her, this is a missing part of this significant story that government needs to pay attention to.

GUEST: Dr Vedhna Dayanand Lalla, Social work Lecturer at the North West University School of Psychosocial Health in Johannesburg

Earlier today, the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, announced that the body of one of three victims swept away by floodwaters has been recovered following prolonged rainfall in the uMshwathi Local Municipality in KZN. The discovery was made by a roving team that has been working since Saturday night in response to the flooding in the Shiyabazali area of New Hanover. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Nonhlakanipho Magwaza, SABC News Reporter in Kwa-Zulu Natal

Two suspects, a police official attached to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation and a Tembisa Hospital Official appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court this morning on charges of corruption. This is in connection with the ongoing investigation linked to the hospital, and it is alleged that the pair tried to bribe an investigator tasked with investigating the R2bn scandal. For more on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Brigadier Thandi Mbambo, Hawks spokesperson

South Africa has officially handed over the G20 Presidency to the United States of America in a low- key ceremony in Pretoria. While the US boycotted SA’s G20 Summit, diplomats who attended the event hailed the gathering as one of the most successful events in recent years. So what can we expect going forward between these two countries who haven’t been seeing eye to eye on several matters. For more on this, we are joined by…

GUEST: Dr John Stremlau, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Wits

The GoodMen Foundation, together with its Chief Patron; His Majesty King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, will lead thousands of South Africans in the Men Unite Against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide March this Thursday at the Elka Stadium in Soweto. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Smangaye Xaba, Founder and CEO of The Good Men Foundation