We assess Thabazimbi’s state of readiness ahead of next week’s by-elections. 12 wards will be contested by 21 political parties and 5 independent candidates. What makes these by-elections more interesting is that they take place after the dissolution of the entire municipality that was witnessed in August last year due to infighting and lack of service delivery. So a year later - can things function better this time around? For more on this, we are joined by…….

GUEST: Nkaro Mateta, IEC’s Provincial Electoral Officer in Limpopo

Head of European Rohingya Council, Dr Ambia Perveen reacts to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing. The ICC is of the view that there are grounds to believe that Hlaing was responsible for crimes against humanity after he led a deadly campaign against the Rohingya community in 2017.

GUEST (Germany): Dr Ambia Perveen, Head of European Rohingya Council

As the MK Party prepares to host its first anniversary since it was formally launched in December last year. We speak to Dr Khanyisile Tshabala about how the party hopes to restore the “dignity of Afrikan people” as boldly pronounced by its constitution. According to her, among other things, the party aims to address the issue of intergenerational trauma at both the individual and national levels. 

GUEST: Dr Khanyisile Litchfield Tshabalala, MK Party member and former South African navy admiral

Today we salute Rene Naylor who after 16 years of service has officially retired from the rugby national team. Naylor who is fondly known as “Player 24” due to her contribution to the success of the Springboks, joined the national team’s medical staff in 2008 and has contributed immensely to its success as she helped our rugby players in terms of maximising their performance while minimising their risk of injuries.

GUEST: Rene Naylor, former Springboks Physiotherapist

The ANC National Working Committee has summoned the entire PEC of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal to a meeting to be held on Saturday in Boksburg, Gauteng. What could this meeting possibly be about? To share some light on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Samkele Maseko, Senior Political Reporter at the SABC

As South Africa marks the start of 16 Days of Activism, an organization called ‘Father A Nation’ believes a fresh and urgent narrative is emerging, one that goes beyond simply creating awareness and highlights the need to heal men, the primary perpetrators of gender-based violence, as the key to breaking the cycle of abuse. To tell us more about this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Craig Wilkinson, Founder and CEO at Father A Nation

City of Joburg’s City Manager, Floyd Brink spoke to the media and said water issues in Westbury will be sorted by the end of the week and water tanks will be dispatched in the meantime. Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick, Ferrial Haffajee has extensively covered water issues in the City of Joburg so I thought we should have her on the show to talk about the impact such issues would generally have on communities.

GUEST: Ferrial Haffajee, Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick

Residents of Westbury were protesting earlier this morning over ongoing water challenges in the area. The residents wanted to address Joburg’s executive Mayor, Dada Morero regarding this on-going issue. Jon Garicke, standing in for Sakina, played a clip from the protest and I felt we needed to hear it again before talking to SABC News Reporter, Sashin Naidoo who was at the protest. Listen to this…

Clip: Melissa Davids - Westbury Community Activist

GUEST: Sashin Naidoo, SABC News Reporter

Let’s move to Namibia now - where voters are currently casting their ballots for a new president and parliament in what could be a tough election to win for the ruling SWAPO party. Sophie Mokoena is currently in Namibia and she joins us now to give us the latest…….

QUEST (Namibia): Sophie Mokoena, SABC News International Editor