We speak now to the KZN Department of Arts and Culture about their recent Translation Colloquium. Why the need for such colloquium and what were they hoping to achieve by it?

Guest: Hlengiwe Mavimbela – KZN MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation

Police in KwaZulu-Natal are appealing to stokvel members to be vigilant after a 62-year-old man was shot dead while three others were seriously wounded during a stokvel meeting at a house in uMbumbulu south of Durban. It is believed that they were about to divide the stokvel money that they had paid over the year, when a group of armed men stormed the house. For more on the story, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Brigadier Jay Naicker, KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson

Guest: Martin Kingston

Businessman Adam Catzavelos has pleaded guilty to a charge of crimen injuria in the Randburg Magistrate's Court. This follows two unsuccessful bids to have the charge withdrawn. Earlier this year Catzavelos submitted representations to the National Director of Public Prosecutions to have the charges against him dropped after the Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions denied his representations in which he requested that the charges against him be withdrawn. This case follows a self-recorded video of Catzavelos in which he utters the K-word while on holiday in Greece in August last year. How should we interpret such incidents where the person uses derogatory language against us as black people and says sorry afterwards?

Guest: Ngila Muendane – Social Activist

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor, UDM's Mongameli Bobani has been ousted in a motion of no confidence during a council meeting in Port Elizabeth. The DA tabled the motion in which the majority of councillors removed Bobani. This was the fourth attempt to remove him from office during his term. Our reporter in the Eastern Cape has been watching the developments.

Guest: Mcebisi Ngqina – SABC journalist in the Eastern Cape

As we continue to observe 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children campaign. We are joined by Professor Rachel Jewkes to discuss what needs to be done to strengthen the cooperation between governmental, non-governmental and private sector actors to prevent violence against women and children.

Guest: Professor Rachel Jewkes, Executive scientist for research strategy at the South African Medical Research Council

We hear from Hermann Pretorius on why the Institute of Race Relations has decided to launch a legal challenge over the Draft Bill that is aimed at amending Section 25 of the Constitution.

Guest: Hermann Pretorius, Campaigns Coordinator at the IRR

On World News today, we tell you more about Donald Trump’s pending impeachment. Yesterday, the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to approve a report that found evidence of President Donald Trump's misconduct. The report will form the backbone of the impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

Guest: Prof John Stremlau, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Wits

The United Democratic Movement's Mongameli Bobani has been ousted as the executive mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay after a majority of councillors voted for his removal. The Nelson Mandela Bay council has been at a standstill for weeks in trying to remove Bobani from power. But why was he removed?

Guest: Professor Somadoda Fikeni, Political analyst based at Unisa

A fundraising drive for people living with Albinism is under way in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. The intention is to raise 200-thousand-rand. Nathi Zuma, a founding member of the Nathi Youth Organisation, is walking from the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg to Ixopo in the provinces midlands. Zuma says funds raised will be used to buy necessities such as sun screen and eye glasses for people with albinism in the Harry Gwala District Municipality …

Guest: Nathi Zuma, a founding member of the Nathi Youth Organisation