July 18 the country collectively honours and observes the birthday of the late stateman Nelson Mandela by giving back to the community. We speak to one organisation that has launched the ‘hands-on-heroes’ campaign for the day…

GUEST: Danny Diliberto - CEO and founder Ladles of Love 

Public Interest SA has lodged a criminal complaint with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) against a senior SAPS Officer, alleging possible contraventions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). The complaint centres on the controversial R360 million SAPS Medicare24 Tshwane contract. For more on this, I am joined on the line by

GUEST: Tebogo Khaas, Public Interest SA chairperson

South Africa’s municipalities are confronting the growing and uncomfortable reality that the number of households requiring state support is rising sharply, while the financial capacity of local government to meet that need is increasingly constrained. However some experts have raised concerns with this system…

GUEST: Nicholas Maweni - Munsoft CEO

Chairpersons of Parliament’s governance cluster oversight committees this morning addressed the media and stakeholders as part of the 7th Parliament’s Committee Cluster Media Engagement programme. We speak this afternoon to…

GUEST: Jan De Villiers - Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration

On today’s edition we look at Public Trust and Community Safety – Why confidence has eroded.Public perceptions of safety, community policing, vigilantism and the rise of private security.

GUEST: Frans Kgasago - Limpopo CPF Provincial Chairperson 

The Kingdom of Eswatini has confirmed the arrival of 11 more third-country nationals deported from the United States, marking the fourth group of migrants transferred to the southern African kingdom under a controversial bilateral agreement that continues to attract sharp criticism from international human rights organisations.

GUEST: Wandile Dludlu, The People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) Deputy President 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the Madlanga Commission’s deadline to 16 November 2026. This is to allow the commission to hear all evidence related to its terms of reference. The Commission initially had until 31 August 2026 to submit its report. Let’s get an understanding of this extension as well as what 

GUEST: Sibahle Motha, SABC News Reporter

A teenager’s alleged Telegram manifesto revealed chilling new details about a failed bomb attack at Ballito Junction Regional Mall, where an improvised explosive device emitted smoke instead of detonating. The 15-year-old Zimbali resident, who cannot be identified as he is a minor, allegedly placed the device in the mall’s crowded food court on Sunday, March 29. The potentially deadly attack was averted only because the improvised device failed to explode, apparently due to a construction fault. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Jacqueline Herbst, The North Coast Courier Journalist

Built in Mzansi: How Original Grain Company has partnered with Implats and the Mcambalala Maize Project to build a project that transforms the lives of 70 rural farmers who are responsible for white maize production across 50 hectares of communal land in the Eastern Cape.

Guest: Ryan New – Managing Director at the Original Grain Company 

Guest: Ogalaletseng Gaarekwe - Deputy-Director General: Intergovernmental Relations for National Treasury RSA

Guest: Dumisani Magagula – General Secretary of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union 

Guest: Thabiso Ndebele - Managing Director of Ntiyiso's Revenue Consulting division