Sudanese opposition activists are calling for an independent investigation into the June massacre of protesters outside military headquarters in the capital Khartoum after dismissing an investigation into the killings by the attorney general as a whitewash of events.

Guest: Naeem Jeena – Executive Director of the Afro-Middle East Centre

Earlier on today, Statistics South Africa announced that the country’s unemployment rate has increased to 29 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from 27.6 percent in the first three months of the year. Apparently, the increase was a result of the number of people who were unemployed rising by 455,000 and the increase in the number of people who were employed rising by 21,000. But how should we deal with this problem?

Guest: Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Business Science at Wits

Traffic was disrupted today in Tshwane due to a strike by the municipal bus driver. For an update on the traffic in the city we are joined by…

Guest: Isaac Mahamba - Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) spokesperson

On Friday, Fitch announced that it was changing its outlook for South Africa from stable to negative and also kept South Africa's long-term foreign and local currency debt on BB plus. T

Guest: Sifiso Skenjana, founder and financial economist at Afra Consultants

The presidential expert advisory panel on land and agrarian reform has recommended that the Ingonyama Trust Act must be reviewed or repealed. The Ingonyama Trust was established in 1994 to be the custodian of land that was previously administered by the KwaZulu-Natal government. It comprises 29.67% of the land in the province. To explain what this recommendation means, we are joined by…..

Guest: Lawson Naidoo- Executive Secretary, Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution

Last week Monday, Ethiopian government announced that soldiers and federal police will take over security in a restless southern region following days of violence that has left at least 18 people dead. The unrest we are told - stems from efforts by the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in the southern region, to establish a new semi-autonomous state - a project that has put them on a collision course with the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Guest: Professor Mammo Muchie, Research Chair, Department of Science and Technology& National Research Foundation at Tshwane University of Technology

On the 21st of June 2019, the International Labour Conference (ILO) in Geneva, adopted a new Convention and Recommendation titled the “Convention Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work” (the Convention) which seeks to combat and eradicate workplace violence and sexual harassment alongside other workplace issues. How serious is the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace in South Africa and what does this adopted convention mean for the country?

Guest: Tamsanqa Mila - Associate in the Employment practice at CDH

Today Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance Obed Bapela, as well as Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi made their submission at the South African Human Rights Commission, Alexandra Inquiry

Guest: Buang Jones- The South African Human Rights Commission's (SAHRC's) Gauteng provincial Head

The City of Johannesburg Mayor, Herman Mashaba, has alleged that a syndicate is behind the illegal land occupations in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. According to the mayor, land occupations are orchestrated by a local councillor and the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO). Yesterday we spoke to SANCO’s 1st Deputy President, Packet Seaketso about these allegations and today we will hear from the mayor regarding this matter…

Guest: Herman Mashaba- Mayor of the City of Johannesburg

EFF leader Julius Malema revealed outside the high court yesterday that the EFF had worked with the SA Communist Party’s Solly Mapaila and Hanekom to remove Zuma.

Guest: Pule Mabe, ANC spokesperson