The official opposition, the MK Party, marched in Pretoria earlier today to the National Treasury and SARS offices opposing recent suggestions of a VAT increase. Leaders and supporters of the party said increasing taxes will result in a high cost of living. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Dr. Thanti Mthanti, MK Party member

The Deeds Office in Johannesburg has come to a halt with more than 5 000 property transfer files unattended as staff protest over unsafe working conditions in the Marble Towers building in the CBD. For the past eight days, no work has been done in a standoff over the office building’s conditions. Katherine Gascoigne, an executive of the Joburg Attorneys Association joins me on the line to share her thoughts on this issue…

GUEST: Katherine Gascoigne, an executive of the Joburg Attorneys Association

A shooting incident has occurred in Amaoti, KwaZulu-Natal. Reports indicate that angry community members are shutting down certain areas, demanding urgent action from authorities to address crime.

GUEST: Nonjabulo Mntungwa Makamu, SABC News Reporter

In conversation with SA Ambassador to South Sudan about the country’s fragile security situation. We understand that fighting in recent days has threatened an already fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kirr and Vice-President Riek Machar that was signed in 2018. Worried about the ongoing situation, the UN Human Rights Commission for South Sudan has warned of an alarming regression that threatens to undo years of progress towards peace.

GUEST (South Sudan): Advocate Mahlodi Muofhe, South Africa’s Ambassador to South Sudan

With rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence, we examine the role of South Africa’s insurance sector in empowering professionals with necessary skills to ensure the industry remains globally competitive and aligned with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Next week, the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority will host its first ever Insurance Skills Indaba that will discuss progressive policies and ideas that are aimed at advancing the sector. For more on this, we are joined by…….

GUEST: Gugu Mkhize, CEO of the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA)

Given the ongoing Budget impasse, Neil Coleman from the Institute for Economic Justice is calling on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to resign for misleading the country. This as he argues that the SRD grant should not be used to justify a 2% VAT increase. 

GUEST: Neil Coleman, Senior Policy Specialist at the Institute for Economic Justice

Today we are joined by someone who is passionate about football and who will always be remembered as someone who transformed female football in this country, Fran Hilton-Smith. She will tell us more about her journey, both as a coach and football administrator, as we salute her for her tremendous contribution to the beautiful game of football.

GUEST: Fran Hilton-Smith, former Banyana Banyana head coach

Yesterday I had a conversation with OUTA CEO, Wayne Duvenage about some of the suggestions the organisation had for government to deal with the budget shortfall besides implementing a 2% VAT. One of the things OUTA suggests is taxing the taxi industry. This is what Wayne Duvenage said about taxis paying tax…

GUEST: Bafana Magagula – Chief strategic manager at SANTACO

As tomorrow marks International Women’s Day. We tell you more about this wonderful initiative driven by Wikimedia, titled “Knowledge is Human, Knowledge is Her” campaign that is aimed at enhancing gender equity on Wikipedia and beyond. This campaign celebrates contributors from Africa and beyond who have helped write, edit and source articles about notable women on Wikipedia. To tell us more about this noble initiative is….

GUEST (UK): Nazneen Nawaz, Senior Director of External Communications at the Wikimedia Foundation

As peace efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war continue. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed that Ukrainian and American teams have resumed work in preparation for the US-Ukraine talks that are scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia next week. Interestingly Zelenskyy will also visit South Africa next month. Some of you may recall that in 2023 South Africa led a delegation of seven African presidents on a peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, and to be quiet frank we haven’t heard much about that peace mission since then. For more analysis on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative