The Nelson Mandela Foundation has reacted to Ayanda Mabulu’s latest controversial painting that was unveiled at the Joburg Art Fair which ran from September 7 to the 9th. In the artwork, a smiling Mandela on a Nazi flag and his hand is raised in a Nazi salute with the words "Unmasked Piece of Sh*t"… The Foundation said painting is deeply offensive and is the kind of art that goes beyond reasonable limit.

Prof. Pitika Ntuli - sculptor, poet, writer and an academic

A new innovative electronic hailing application is threatening to disrupt the meter taxi industry, but this time with the traditional meter taxis as partners. Emergency Taxi is an application that was designed by IT entrepreneur, Prince Pirikisi, who investigated the problems plaguing the meter taxi industry, including violence and loss of life.

Prince Pirikisi
Founder: Emergency Tax App

The City of Ethekwini is to spend R2million on a trip to Brazil and Colombia planned to learn about their transport industry and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. The municipality recently announced that it would send 54 delegates, comprising mostly taxi and bus operators and their representatives, on a fact-finding mission.

Mlungisi Wosiyana,
Deputy Head for EThekwini Transport Authority

South African students who study medicine abroad will have to go back to university on their return home after graduating. Since July 1, a new policy by the National Department of Health compels all foreign-trained doctors to complete a one-year bridging course at a local university.
Guest: Gavin Steel- Chief Director: Human Resources for Health at the National Department of Health

IFP said government should at the very least open the matter of capital punishment up to the national discourse for discussion by our citizens in a process akin to the recent Constitutional Review Committee process on expropriation of Land
Does death penalty has what it takes to reduce crime?

Soraya Solomon
CEO of the South African National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO)

IFP said government should at the very least open the matter of capital punishment up to the national discourse for discussion by our citizens in a process akin to the recent Constitutional Review Committee process on expropriation of Land
Guest: Mr Narend Singh MP
IFP Chief Whip in Parliament

The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) says the government should consider regulating where private sector doctors and specialists work, in order to distribute their services more evenly across the country
Guest: Dr. Katlego Mothudi
Managing Director – BHF

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste was in Parliament today before the joint committee on finance and Scopa to answer questions on what really happened. The fall of Steinhoff.
Guest: James-Brent Styan
Author of the book, Steinhoff - Inside SA's Biggest Ever Corporate Crash

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has said that the government’s push for expropriation without compensation (EWC) is making South Africans poorer. According to the IRR, the economic growth numbers released today by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), reflect a number of factors including investor fears that the South African government wishes to persist with plans to seize property and not pay for it.

To speak to us
Marius Roodt
Campaign Manager – Institute for Race Relations

South Africa has entered a technical recession. This is according Stats SA today. This is a 0.7% contraction in the second quarter of the year.
What does this mean for the country and what would it take for the country to bounce back?

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Siya Biniza
Economist at Political Economy Southern Africa