Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is back in the country, ending years of his self-imposed exile. Interestingly Kabila is at loggerheads with the Congolese government and is no longer immune to prosecution. He was once a strong ally of incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi but is now being accused of supporting the M23 rebels. For more analysis on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Nixon Katembo, African Affairs commentator and also works for our sister station Channel Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will not be told by any foreign leader on how to deal with its own domestic affairs. Ramaphosa was responding to the reporters after Trump called for Malema’s arrest last week for continuously using ‘Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer’ chant. Take a listen to what he had to say……..

GUEST: Professor Andre Duvenhage, Political analyst based at North West University

We unpack the findings of the 2024 Stats SA’s General Household Survey. The report reveals that last year about 42.4% of households were headed by females with the highest prevalence in rural areas (47.1%), particularly in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. To explain what informs these dynamics is……

GUEST: Solly Molayi, Acting DDG responsible for Population and Social Statistics @Stats SA

With South Africa’s youth unemployment rate currently sitting at 46.1%. We outline the objectives of the Future of Jobs Summit that is happening here in Johannesburg. The summit will among other things, focus on youth employment and digital skills, and we are also told that it’s a high-impact platform for action and not another policy workshop. For more on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Dr Nik Eberl, founder of the Future Leader Forum

There are reports coming out of the Eastern Cape that violence broke out between locals and foreign nationals in a place called Addo. At the time of reports, at least 4 people were reported dead and 10 hospitalised. SABC News Reporter in the Eastern Cape, Lerato Fekisi, has been covering this story and joins us on the line…

GUEST: Lerato Fekisi, SABC News Reporter in the Eastern Cape

A devastating shack fire during the early hours today has claimed the lives of six family members in Kwa-Thema Marikana Ext 3, leaving a seven-year-old girl as the sole survivor in a heart-wrenching tragedy that has shaken the local community. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: William Ntladi, Ekurhuleni EMS Spokesperson

Post the Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Annual Lecture. We speak to Sophie Mokoena who had a one-on-one interview with our former president Dr Thabo Mbeki. During her conversation with him a lot of topical issues came up, including the issue of the controversial ‘Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer’ song and our former head of state defended the struggle song, saying it doesn’t mean white farmers must killed.

GUEST: Sophie Mokoena, SABC News International Editor

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal that will annul a colonial era treaty, which will allow Mauritius to retain control of the Chagos Islands. Over 50 years ago, the UK and US forcibly displaced the entire Chagossian Indigenous people to set up a US military base on the Island of Diego Garcia and prevented their return to live in their homeland, which according to Human Rights Watch was a crime against humanity. To explain the significance of this agreement is…..

GUEST: Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz, Deputy Director for Africa @Human Rights Watch

Following the government gazette that was recently released by the minister of communications, Solly Malatsi, which proposes amendments to the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment policies. SAFTU says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting with Trump was a calculated ploy to sell out South Africa’s economic sovereignty to foreign billionaire interests. For more on this, we are joined by…….

GUEST: Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU)

Today we are joined by another revered South African scholar who has contributed extensively to the country’s higher education sector and that is Professor Tinyiko Maluleke. He currently serves as the Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Tshwane University of Technology. Some of you know may know him as an academic and researcher specialising in religion and politics, as well as Black and African theologies but I can tell you this, his capabilities go beyond that.

GUEST: Proffessor Tinyiko Maluleke, Vice Chancellor & Principal of the Tshwane University of Technology