About a few hours ago, the Public Protector, Adv. Busisiwe Mkhwebane released a number of investigation reports and she joins us now to discuss the findings of some of the reports
Guest: Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, The Public Protector

Equal Education and the school governing bodies of two Limpopo schools have launched an urgent court application against the Department of Basic Education and the provincial education department. The application challenges the Department's failure to roll-out the National Schools Nutrition Programme to all learners
Guest: Roné McFarlane, who is the Co-Head of Research at Equal Education

Civil rights Organisation, AfriForum, last week Friday filed a complaint at the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues. They are requesting the UN to investigate the manner in which, they say government is abusing the COVID-19 pandemic to enforce racial ideology on society
Guest: Ernst Roets, Head of Policy and Action at AfriForum

World News today: Who is Ali Kushayb, a Sudanese war crimes suspect? Kushayb, a former commander of the Janjaweed, a militia that worked alongside the Sudanese armed forces in their campaign against the Fur, Massalit, and Zarghawa people in Darfur, Sudan, in the early 2000s — is charged with 50 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity arising out that campaign. But will his arrest bring closure to the victims of those atrocities in Darfur?
Guest: Ebrahim Dean, Researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre

Brandon Pillay explains why parents in the Bayhaven area, in Chatsworth are refusing to send their kids to school. According to him the school governing bodies strongly believe that their schools should remain closed until the virus has reached a peak
Guest: Brendon Pillay, Spokesperson for the Combined School Governing Bodies, Bayhaven

Today on Beyond Innovation we learn about Phytomedicine and Cosmeceuticals. We speak to Prof Namrita Lall’s - she is one of the founders for the development of a new specialized field, called “Medicinal Plant Sciences” at postgraduate level in January 2007 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa which is one of its kind in South Africa. She argues that Africa has tremendous plant diversity that is largely untapped in terms of its potential for medicinal and cosmeceutical purposes.

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has petitioned the national government to reinstate the ban on the sale of alcohol. Premier Mabuyane today met with liquor trader associations to discuss how they can fight against alcohol abuse in the province
Guest: Lucky Ntimane, National Convener of the Liquor Traders' Association of South Africa

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union, NEHAWU's national leadership is at the Livingstone hospital in Port Elizabeth to assess whether the hospital is complying with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and if their members are not recklessly exposed to the virus. Staff at the hospital has raised concerns over a lack of PPE and a shortage of staff at the facility. Livingstone hospital is one of the facilities earmarked to deal with Covid-19 related cases in the province
Guest: Zola Saphetha, General-Secretary, of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union, NEHAWU

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has fired three senior executives for wrongdoing during the State Capture years. The move has been seen as efforts by CEO Portia Derby, in cleaning up the SOE...
Guest: Political Analyst, Writer and Activist, Dr Dale McKinley

In conversation with Thuli Zikalala who has just become the first person in the country to do a sign language podcast. As one of only eleven (11) interpreters in South Africa who are accredited with the South African Translation Institute (SATI), Thuli is passionate about finding creative ways of making the language and skill accessible to a wider audience
Guest: Thuli Zikalala, Sign language interpreter