As some greater Johannesburg areas are affected by water outages. Today, Johannesburg water met with various stakeholder forums to strengthen the existing working relationship between the entity and its stakeholders but most importantly to brief them about the current water situation in the province. Joining us to discuss the outcomes of the meeting is…..

GUEST: Dr Ferial Adam, WaterCAN Executive Manager

SA authorities must closely monitor the terror financing activities of Islamic State within the country’s borders, according to the terror financing national risk assessment. The update, released on Tuesday, states that, unlike the 2022 risk assessment, which identified a moderate terror financing risk, the country now faces a significant level of risk in terms of terror financing.

GUEST: William Els, from the Institute for Security Studies

In a scathing letter to DA leader John Steenhuisen - President Cyril Ramaphosa has accused the Democratic Alliance of jeopardizing the foundation of setting up the Government of National Unity (GNU) negotiations. This is as negotiations between the DA and the ANC are believed to have reached a stalemate over the Department of Trade and Industry portfolio. To give us an up update on this is…..

GUEST: Sibahle Motha, SABC News reporter

Earlier we spoke to former eThekwini Municipality Speaker and deputy mayor, Logie Naidoo about the absence of equal representation in the newly constituted KwaZulu-Natal provincial government. His concerns are that coloured people and Indians are not well represented in the provincial legislature. To help us look into this is….

GUEST: Dr Fikile Vilakazi, Political analyst based at the University of the Western Cape 

What is happening in Kenya a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew the contentious Finance Bill 2024. Kenya has seen protests in the past, but activists and others warned the stakes were now more dangerous. About 2 hours ago there were reports that protesters were at some point chanting “Ruto must go” at soldiers patrolling Nairobi’s central business district.

GUEST: Miss Ray DJ, Kenyan protester from Nairobi

Foundations, in the name of eminent South Africans, have expressed concern over what they term “perilous state” the country finds itself in. The Foundations, who are amongst others, concerned about the uncertainty confronting the country, held a press conference in Johannesburg on Thursday, to call on the nation to take part in the National Dialogue aimed at paving a new way forward.

GUEST: Nkosinathi Biko, Chief Executive Officer of the Steve Biko Foundation.

Community activists who were gathered in Rosebank have just concluded their meeting which focused on matters pertaining to mine waste and tailings dams. Their discussions also highlighted the legal situation and the effects on mining affected communities.

GUEST: Hassan Logart, Convenor of the South African civil society tailings working group

We hear from the newly appointed MEC for Transport and Human Settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, Siboniso Duma, who is also the provincial chairperson of the ANC in the province. He joins us to talk about his new portfolio and also to share his views on the provincial government of unity, which is a mix of leaders from the IFP, ANC, DA and NFP.

GUEST: Siboniso Duma, MEC for Transport and Human Settlements in KwaZulu-Natal & Chairperson of the ANC in the province

The Global Watch: As the country waits in anticipation of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet announcement. News24 is reporting that the Democratic Alliance is not happy about the fact that President Ramaphosa is no longer prepared to give them what he initially promised them, as to what that promise entails – the rest of us don’t know. Joining us to discuss the latest developments in terms of the ongoing GNU talks is…..

GUEST: Mzwai Mbeje, SABC News Political Editor

Former Deputy Mayor of eThekwini Municipality, Logie Naidoo has questioned the lack of Indian and coloured people representation in the newly constituted KwaZulu-Natal provincial government. Naidoo has also criticised his own political party, the African National Congress, accusing it of deviating from its non-racialism position, also arguing that it is wrong that the party has no Indian people in the legislature.

GUEST: Logie Naidoo, former Deputy Mayor of eThekwini