The urgent application brought by President Cyril Ramaphosa against public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is being heard in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today. The application is to suspend remedial action by Mkhwebane against the president in an effort to compel him to discipline Pravin Gordhan for approving former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay's early retirement, with full pension benefits.

Guest: Advocate Paul Hoffman, Executive Director at Accountability Now

Today, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) released trade statistics for June 2019 recording a trade surplus of R4.42 billion. These statistics include trade data with Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN). We are now joined by…

Guest: Dr Tshisikhawe Munyama Executive: Trade & Industry, SARS

The Automobile Association (AA) has strongly criticised e-tolls in a statement discussing its recently-released Road Funding Report, and has urged the Ministerial Task Team to acknowledge that the model has failed, and will continue to fail if it is not shut down.

Guest: Layton Beard – Spokesperson for the Automobile Association

MTN SA is worried about an increasing number of thefts of batteries from cellphone towers in Gauteng. According to them, 733 batteries were stolen from its sites across the country since April this year.

Guest: Ernest Paul, in charge of network operations at MTN SA

What’s behind Mozambique’s peace deal? Reports coming from Mozambique are suggesting that the country’s main opposition party and former rebel movement Renamo began disarming members of its armed wing yesterday, this as part of a prospective peace deal that will see the fighters re-integrated into the country's armed forces.

Guest: Helio Guiliche, political analyst based in Mozambique

Guest: ISAAC MAHAMBA

Nomarashiya Caluza- Sadtu Provincial Secretary in KwaZulu-Natal explains why they are in support of the picket staged by Grade R Practitioners in the province. Apparently they support them simply because for a long time the department education which is the employer has dismally failed to improve their conditions of work.

Guest: Nomarashiya Caluza - Sadtu Provincial Secretary in KwaZulu-Natal

Yesterday, president Cyril Ramaphosa said that African economies were unable to absorb a significant proportion of young people because the education system was not aligned to needs of the economies. He was speaking at the opening of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) annual policy dialogue. How accurate is the president’s observations?

Guest: Professor Mary Metcalfe- Education Specialist
Mugwena Maluleke - General Secretary, Sadtu

Municipal Worker's strike enter the second day over salary dispute. SAMWU demands eighteen percent salary increase backdated to 2017. Union members are expected to gather outside the Tshwane house. The City of Tshwane was last night granted a court interdict against the strike

Guest: Phumzile Mlangeni – SABC Reporter

The African National Congress (ANC), today briefed media on the outcomes of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. This follows a four-day gathering in Irene near Pretoria. We are now joined by….

Guest: Pule Mabe – ANC spokesperson