What should the public make of the opposing views that we are seeing within the ruling party on the matter of the South African Reserve Bank? What does this say about the message of unity which the ANC is always preaching? Political Analyst, Dr Somadoda Fikeni joins us now on the line

Guest: Dr Somadoda Fikeni- Political Analyst

Last night a female doctor at Pelenomi Hospital in Bloemfontein bit off a man’s tongue as he attempted to rape her while she was sleeping in one of the overnight staff quarters on.

Guest: Mondli Mvambi, Spokesperson: Free State Health

The National Youth Development Agency has called for a single tertiary education system that will see more black youth gaining access at any tertiary institution in the country. NYDA officially launched Youth Month at the Hector Peterson Memorial Square in Soweto yesterday. Joining us now on the line is the CEO of the NYDA, Waseem Carrim.

Guest: Waseem Carrim- CEO of the National Youth Development Agency

The department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced a fuel price increase with diesel going up by 33 cents a litre. The inland petrol price is R16.48, while coastal price is R16.03. The newly introduced carbon tax is the main reason for the latest fuel price hikes.

Guest: Robert Maake - Director of fuel pricing in the Department of Mineral Resources and energy

Following the death of a learner at Forest Hill High School in Turffontein and the fatal stabbing of other two learners allegedly at the hands of another learner at the same school. The Department of Social Development says it is deeply concerned about the recent increase of serious violence, particularly learner-on-learner violence in schools across South Africa.

Guest: Siza Makgagwe, Chief Director for families and social crime prevention at the Department of Social Development

Dozens of bodies have been recovered from the River Nile in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests and many protesters caught in the violence are still unaccounted for.

Guest (studio): Izak Khomo, Presenter and Producer of Spotlight Africa on Channel Africa

The ANC has declared unemployment a national crisis that needs urgent attention. Addressing the media at Luthuli House yesterday post the executive committee meeting, the party’s secretary general Ace Magashule said the ANC has also resolved to decrease unemployment from 27.6% to 14% in the next five years.

Guest: Loane Sharpe, Director at Prophet Analytics

The anthology sought to engage diverse topics ranging from ecological concerns surrounding climate change and migration to the implications of such human movement for modern-day trafficking and slavery, and the roles of women and youth.

Guest: (Alain Tschudin, Craig Moffat, Stephen Buchanan-Clarke, Susan Russell & Lloyd Coutts) [One of the editors will take the interview]

Today on Both Sides of the Story we look at the State of our SOE’s and the credentials of black professionals, asking – are we doing enough to support black executives in this country and how should we hold them accountable without racialising matters? This follows BMF’s call for black executives not to apply for top jobs at state-owned companies, lamenting that SOE’s have become a slaughterhouse for skilled black leaders and executives whose reputations get tarnished because of factors that are beyond their control.

Guests: Tasneem Fredericks, Deputy President of the Black Management Forum

Guest: Benedict Xolani Dube, Researcher and political analyst from the XUBERA Institute for Research and Development

The Public Servants Association is calling on the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) to stop investing in the debt of Eskom as it exposes pensioners to excessive risk and they also want the PIC to avoid investing in other struggling state-owned companies such as SAA.

Guest: Tahir Maepa, Deputy General Manager at the Public Servants Association