GUEST: Qondile Khedama, General Manager for Communications at Mangaung Metro Municipality

As final preparations are underway for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Authorities from the country’s nine provinces have assured South Africans that security precautions will be in place to ensure the safety of all those who will be attending various events across the country. Let’s now hear from various provinces in terms of their state of readiness. Let’s start with…

GUEST: JP Smith, City of Cape Town’s MMC for Safety and Security

Today we tell you more about Mpho Nkomo’s business journey and how he started his own venture in the food market after he was retrenched in 2019.

GUEST: Mpho Nkomo, Something Smoked Roadhouse BBQ

Sticking with the same issue, there were reports that two DA members in the Western Cape were set to lay charges of crimen injuria against the woman who allegedly hurled racial slurs against the Coloured community, while on a FlySafair flight from Durban to Cape Town. To give us more details on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Tertuis Simmers, Western Cape DA Leader

Motorists traveling on the N17 near Soweto and the N1 Highway between the N12 and Mariasburg off-ramp are being urged to exercise extreme caution following a series of incidents involving rocks being deliberately placed on the roads. Local security companies and JMPD units have deployed resources to patrol the affected areas. To tell us more about this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Altaf Khan, member of JML Hi-care security and N12 assist based in Lenasia

A number of videos have been circulating on social media platform X showing what seems to be SANDF vehicles being moved via rail. The users posting these videos are passing them off as recent videos claiming that the SANDF is moving these vehicles to neighbouring Mozambique to help the country deal with the violent protests that we’ve seen erupt since elections in that country. Darren Olivier, Director of African Defence Review, has been a busy man on X, pointing out that these videos are old. Darren Olivier joins me on the line to tell us more

GUEST: Darren Olivier, Director of African Defence Review

The Congress of SA Trade Unions has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent proclamation of certain provisions in the Companies Amendment Acts. The trade union sees this as a step in the right direction of fighting corruption and labour inequality within the country. Matthew Parks, COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator, joins me on the line to share the unions views on these proclamations…

GUEST:- Matthew Parks, COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator

The Verulam Water Crisis Committee is calling on Deputy President Paul Mashatile to intervene and address the ongoing water crisis in Verulam. We understand that residents in the area have now endured a full week without access to water. For more on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Roshan Lil-Ruthan, Spokesperson of the Verulam Water Crisis Committee

The department of mineral and petroleum resources has announced that petrol and diesel prices are set to increase from Wednesday this week due to factors including global oil prices and the rand exchange rate. Our guest Visvin Reddy joins us to highlight areas of possible reform the government can approach to keep fuel prices low in the country.

GUEST: Visvin Reddy, MK Party MP & National Convenor of a lobby group called People Against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases (Pappi)

Dr John Stremlau unpacks the legacy of former U.S President Jimmy Carter who sadly passed away yesterday. Some will remember Carter, who lived longer than any other U.S president as someone who redefined what a post presidency could be through humanitarian work which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. Also some of his successes included promoting human rights and the Camp David Accords, which forged a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.

GUEST: Dr John Stremlau, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Wits University