Earlier today, the Gauteng department of health said the City of Ekurhuleni's fire department was attending to “what looks like another fire incident” at the Tembisa Hospital. This was after the hospital's accident and emergency unit was hit by flames at the weekend. To get an update on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Lerato Makola, SABC News Reporter in Tembisa

The International Monetary Fund has slashed South Africa’s 2025 growth expectations by 0.5 percentage points to 1.0%, citing the negative impact the US tariffs will have on the country’s economic growth. So how should South Africa deal with this dilemma? For more on this, we are joined by….

GUEST: Dawie Roodt, Director and Chief Economist of the Efficient Group

As the country prepares for the local government elections that are due to take place next year. Earlier today, the Electoral Commission briefed the media on the developments within the commission as well as preparations for the upcoming municipal elections. During the briefing, the commission revealed among other things that it will persist with civic democracy drives targeting young learners and students across the country. This as they want to see more young people exercising their democratic right to vote. For more on this, we are now joined by……

GUEST: Masego Shiburi, Electoral Commission’s Deputy CEO

Activists and Citizens Forum released a statement reacting to the attempted assassination of Deputy President, Paul Matshatile. According to the forum, the story of an attempted assassination on the Deputy President, Paul Matshatile, sounds like a cooked up story from within the ANC factions. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Dennis Bloem, Spokesperson: Activists and Citizens Forum

South Africans in the United Kingdom will this coming weekend join Operation Watershed’s protest against gender-based violence, which will take place in Trafalgar Square, London, in solidarity with the justice for CweCwe movement. According to Operation Watershed, the planned demonstration aims to amplify the voices of the countless survivors across South Africa and the diaspora. For more on this, we are joined by one of the organisers of the protest …….

GUEST (UK): Elias Mtshweni, Operation Watershed’s event organiser

Tomorrow, the South African Democratic Teachers Union will march to the offices of the National Treasury, Department of Basic Education and Department of Higher Education and Training against austerity measures in public education. The union is warning that the erosion of public education funding paves way for increased privatisation of the sector.

GUEST: Mugwena Maluleke

Earlier on, we played a leaked voice recording posted by the Daily News, Durban and KZN’s leading afternoon newspaper. The leaked recoding revealed how former President Jacob Zuma and current leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) recently rejected overtures to join the Government of National Unity and the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU) in KwaZulu-Natal. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotze, Political Analyst from UNISA

The ANC in the Nortehrn Cape’s 10th provincial conference is underway in Kimberley. Outgoing chair, Zamani Saul made opening remarks to officially get the conference on the way. Also happening in the Northern Cape today, the EFF in the province marched to the Premier’s office asking for the abolishment of Orania. For more on these two events, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Ulrich Hendriks, SABC News Reporter in the Northern Cape And Karabo Siyoko, SABC News Reporter in the Northern Cape

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis’s funeral will be held this Saturday. According to a short statement, the funeral liturgy in St Peter’s square will be presided by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Sophie Mokoena, SABC News International Editor

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expected to visit South Africa on Thursday. Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, Wandile Sihlobo says South Africa and Ukraine should look at how best they can improve agricultural relations as both countries are net exporters of agricultural products. Sihlobo joins us now to elaborate further on this…..

GUEST: Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa