The transition of becoming a teacher often comes with many challenges that extend beyond the delivery of the curriculum and newly qualified teachers require guidance on how best to navigate those challenges so that they can prioritise the outcomes of their learners. Sarah Koopman, Head of Partnerships & Advocacy at Jakes Gerwel Fellowship joins me on the line to talk about ways teachers can be supported to fully develop into incredible teachers…

GUEST: Sarah Koopman, Head of Partnerships & Advocacy at Jakes Gerwel Fellowship

Government departments led by the Department of Trade Industry and Competition are engaging Arcelormittal to try and avert the closure of the company's Newcastle and Gauteng facilities. Today, was the first meeting with the Labour and Employment minister, Nomakhosazana Meth, to try and come up with interventions to save jobs. Thobeka Magcai, Ministry of Employment and Labour Spokesperson joins me on the line to fill us in on what happened this morning…

GUEST: Thobeka Magcai, Ministry of Employment and Labour Spokesperson

A 20-second video clip of a man making a fish drink beer went viral this week. Another disturbing video of the same man also popped up, and showed the man holding two fish and makes them kiss while he smiles and laughs. Some social media users were not pleased by this and now the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is investigating the case. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Jacques Peacock, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals spokesperson

The SA Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority announced yesterday that it has applied for the provisional liquidation of Ithala, following revelations by the Repayment Administrator that Ithala is technically and legally insolvent. However, the KZN Economic Development and Tourism Portfolio Committee is against this decision and they are of the view that it undermines the ongoing efforts to rescue Ithala and the broader developmental role that Ithala plays in the province. For more on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Mafika Mndebele, Chairperson of the KZN Legislature for Economic Development and Tourism Portfolio Committee

We examine Joe Biden’s legacy, analysing his successes and failures, with a particular focus on his administration’s foreign policy. The big question that we are asking today is - Did he steer his country in the right direction? What about his decision to support Ukraine - his hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 - his administration’s failure to provide sound leadership in relation to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and lastly what about Africa, how should our continent remember him? 

GUEST(UK): Professor Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at Clinton Institute, University College Dublin

The issue of non-South Africans accessing healthcare in our country has once again reared its ugly head, sparking widespread debate and outrage after a video of the incident went viral on social media. The footage shows how the entire altercation ensued after the patient demanded a transfer letter to another doctor after repeatedly not receiving adequate assistance. To react to this is…..

GUEST: Lerato Mthunzi, General Secretary of the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union

The South African government held a World Economic Forum breakfast in Johannesburg this morning. Ministers and business leaders met to discuss the message Team South Africa will convey at the annual meeting in Da Vos next week. SABC News Economics Reporter, Katlego Legodi was at the breakfast in Sandton and he joins me on the line to tell us what was discussed there..

GUEST: Katlego Legodi, SABC News Economics Reporter

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in Stilfontein in the North West as rescue operations wind down. A total of 216 survivors, some of them emaciated and disorientated, have been brought to the surface and immediately arrested for illegal mining and immigration. … joins me on the line to share a roundup of the rescue operations and overall impressions of what happened in Stilfontein…

GUEST: Sabelo Mnguni, MACUA’s National Administrator.

With today being day 2 of the 2025 academic year, a number of parents in Gauteng still don’t know which schools their kids will go to this year. There’s also reports that many parents are still dissatisfied with the schools their children have been placed in.

GUEST: Steve Mabona, Gauteng Department of Education Spokesperson

Cape Town has been named 2025’s Best City in the World by Time Out, climbing to the top of the global list from second place last year. The Mayor of the Best City in the World, Geordin Hill-Lewis joins me on the line to talk about this achievement…

GUEST: Geordin Hill-Lewis, City of Cape Town Mayor