The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has welcomed a five-year sentence for a woman who attempted to defraud the organisation more than R650,000. According to RAF, the woman submitted the same claim twice.

GUEST: McIntosh Polela: Spokesperson, Road Accident Fund (RAF)

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, released a statement earlier today setting the record straight on the issues raised by the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni Diko. The Minister joins me on the line to set the record straight…

GUEST: Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Civil rights group AfriForum is calling for a public apology from police minister Senzo Mchunu. In a statement released today, the group accused the minister of making false allegations and failing to correct inform the public regarding the investigation into the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl at Bergview College in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. For more on this, I am joined on the line by...

GUEST: Barry Bateman, Spokesperson for the Afriforum Private Prosecution Unit

The EFF has filed papers in the Western Cape High Court to intervene in the Democratic Alliance’s bid to challenge the 2025 Budget. Just like the DA, the party also wants to interdict the implementation of the Budget.

GUEST: Gumani Tshimomola, EFF Senior Researcher

China has warned of severe consequences as the trade war continues between Beijing and Washington - after US President Donald Trump imposed an astounding 104% in tariffs across all Chinese imports.

GUEST: Professor David Monyae, Director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni Diko, has expressed serious concern at what appear to be attempts by Minister Solly Malatsi to erode state capacity and thwart South Africa’s transformation laws. The chairperson joins me on the line to share more on this…

GUEST: Khusela Diko, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies

A forensic investigation into the 2024 George building collapse uncovered unqualified personnel who lacked formal qualifications in engineering, irregularities in registration, gaps in the competency of key personnel, and breaches of occupational health and safety standards. Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane released the report earlier today. The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has called for quicker consequence management against officials found to be at the centre of regulatory lapses at the National Home Builders Registration Council. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Nocks Seabi, Chairperson of the portfolio committee on Human Settlements

Our guest, Stafford Masie helps us understand the business model behind Bitcoin as most of you are probably aware that the market for financial products and services associated to crypto assets has expanded rapidly.

GUEST: Stafford Masie, Technology Angel Investor & board member

The Nkomazi Magistrates Court has ordered a former Mpumalanga teacher who sexually assaulted a learner to pay R38, 000 in maintenance over the next two years. The case began in 2022, and we understand that initially, the educator denied paternity and at some point during the learner’s first pregnancy, he pressured her into terminating the pregnancy by ingesting rat poison, something that I find incredibly disturbing. SECTION27 successfully represented the learner that we are talking about and they join us now to elaborate further on this……..

GUEST: Zeenat Sujee, Head of Education @SECTION27

DA Leader, John Steenhuisen spoke to SABC News at the back of the ANC press briefing. In his reaction to what the ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula had to say about the GNU, John Steenhuisen had this to say…

GUEST: Professor Dirk Kotze, Political Analyst from UNISA