The fight to preserve the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) continues, this as agrarian rights campaigners, property developers and the City of Cape Town locked horns in the Western Cape high court this week over the proposed development of a critically important piece of agricultural land in the heart of the Cape Flats. The Philippi horticultural area has been home to small-scale farmers for decades and we are told that even before that, it was a grazing area for Khoi groups at the time of Jan van Riebeeck.

Guest: Suzana Coleman

Dr Mark Lutter, who is the founder and executive director of the Charter Cities Institute joins us to discuss the objectives of the upcoming inaugural Charter Cities Conference which is due to take place in Johannesburg early next year. The Charter Cities Institute has already embarked on a journey to develop partnerships with governments around the world to making Charter Cities a reality. Charter Cities Institute’s goal is to help alleviate global poverty by playing a critical role in the establishment of dozens of charter cities, new cities with special jurisdiction that allows them to adopt more competitive business practices worldwide.

Guest: Dr. Mark Lutter is Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute, a non-profit organisation creating the ecosystem for charter cities

Dr Mark Lutter, who is the founder and executive director of the Charter Cities Institute joins us to discuss the objectives of the upcoming inaugural Charter Cities Conference which is due to take place in Johannesburg early next year. The Charter Cities Institute has already embarked on a journey to develop partnerships with governments around the world to making Charter Cities a reality. Charter Cities Institute’s goal is to help alleviate global poverty by playing a critical role in the establishment of dozens of charter cities, new cities with special jurisdiction that allows them to adopt more competitive business practices worldwide.

Guest: Dr. Mark Lutter is Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute, a non-profit organisation creating the ecosystem for charter cities

About two hours ago, British Prime Minister Borris Johnson announced that Britain and the European Union have struck a new withdrawal deal after days of intense back-and-forth negotiations between London and Brussels. Reacting to the news – Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said it is sticking to its position that it cannot support Boris Johnson's Brexit plan, in spite of a deal being struck between the UK and the EU. So what does this all mean?

Guest: Professor John Keiger, Director of Research at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) @ University of Cambridge

We begin the programme by examining Tito Mboweni’s economic strategy document that he unveiled in August this year. When addressing the South African Reserve Bank colloquium this morning, Mboweni explained that the finalised version of the paper would be presented to Parliament as part of his medium-term budget policy statement later this month.

Guest: Professor Patrick Bond, Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at Wits

Today convicted child rapist Nicholas Ninow testified during the pre-sentencing procedures. He told the North Gauteng High Court that he was 13 when he started using drugs and that he was on anti-depression medication his whole life. Ninow was found guilty of raping a seven-year old girl in the toilet cubicle at a Dros Restaurant in Pretoria in September 2018.

Guest: Liela Magnus - SABC Reporter

Yesterday we spoke briefly to the deputy minister of Social Development, Minister Hendrietta Bogapane-Zulu regarding some of the challenges faced by Sassa grant recipients. This after the deputy minister called into the show to comment on the story we did in our Both Sides of the Story feature. The story was about nurses who feel overworked at special schools in Gauteng. We also spoke about issues pertaining to Sassa and we thought we should invite the minister back to address these.

Guest: Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu- Deputy Minister of Social Development

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in recent decades, we have dramatically changed our diets, lifestyle and eating habits as result globalization, urbanization, income growth etc. The FAO further highlighted that we have moved from seasonal, mainly plant – based and fibre -rich dishes to diets that are high in refined starches, sugar, fat, salt, processed food, meat and other animal source products.

Guest: Dhesigen Naidoo - CEO for the Water Research Commission

The African Transformation Movement in Johannesburg will be opening a case against the City of Joburg Mayor, Herman Mashaba for contravening Section 34 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act (PRECCA). On Sunday, City Press reported that Mashaba penned a letter to the DA leadership - accusing Tony Leon of trying to score a R300 million contract for a client of his business, Resolve Communications.

Guest: Thabang Makhele, spokesperson of the African Transformation Movement in Johannesburg

Eskom announced this morning that their electricity system has been severely constrained this week - as a result of the loss of additional generation, delays in the return to service of units that are on planned maintenance and limited diesel supply. The power utility said it was implementing "stage 2" rotational load shedding from 9am to 11pm - which involves suppressing 2 000MW of demand to avoid tripping the national power grid - citing a shortage of capacity. But what is Eskom doing to fix its problems?

Guest: Ted Blom – Energy Expert