The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has provided a positive update on the containment of Foot and Mouth Disease since the first outbreak in 2021. Parts of Kwa-Zulu Natal and Free State still have unresolved outbreaks where quarantined parameters remain in place for animals. Seven provinces have been declared Foot and Mouth Disease free by the World Organization for Animal Health. To help us unpack this further and what this new development means for farmers, we are joined by... 

Guest: Dipepenene Serage - DDG for Biosecurity Management at the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 

The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the repurchase rate at its current level of 8.25%. To explain what this means is…. 

GUEST: Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist @Econometrix

The Independent Electoral Commission has released the list of candidates who will stand for National and Provincial elections.  Parties and independent candidates intending to contest the elections had until yesterday at 17h00 to revise their lists and inform the Commission if they had nominated candidates who also appeared on the list of another party or who were nominated as independent candidates. The IEC has disclosed that 42 candidates have appeared on more than one party list. To tell us more on this development, we are joined by....

Guest: Michael Atkins - Independent Election Analyst

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has rejected the 4,7% public wage increase that was announced by the Department of Public Service and Administration. The union has called the hike an insult to workers and does not account for the rising cost of living. The union is threatening to organize a march to Pretoria with their list of demands. To tell us more about their grievances, we joined by...

Guest: Richard Mamabolo - National Spokesperson of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union

We hear from two fathers who are planning to take part in a diving challenge as part of raising awareness against child abuse. This is a noble initiative as it is public knowledge that thousands of children are often abused but are unable to report it. Through this initiative, the fathers are hoping to raise R30,000, which will benefit close to 100 children reporting sexual abuse within the Western Cape area. We joined by....

GUEST: Werner van Geer -  Quicksilver Swimming Club Durbanville

GUEST: Jacques Kannemeyer -  Quicksilver Swimming Club Durbanville

Earlier today, the Department of Higher Education and Training held a press conference to address the cancellation of Educor's registration. Educor is registered private higher education which houses four private institutions: City Varsity, Damelin, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum College. Thousands of students and staff have complained about the poor quality of teaching and learning, allegations of corruption, lack of response for requests for refunds on student accounts and the non-payment of staff salaries. Educor also failed to submit audited financial statements for 2021 and 2022, as part of their regulatory requirements with the DHET. Educor has announced that it will launch an appeal on this matter. To share the impact this de-registration has on private institutions of higher learning and what students who have been affected can do next, we are joined...

Guest: Ari Katz, CEO at Boston City Campus

A motion of no confidence tabled against the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been approved. The motion was tabled by the Democratic Alliance under rule 28 of the National Assembly rules last week. Acting Speaker, Lechesa Tsenoli will consult the African National Congress Chief Whip, Pemmy Majodina. To tell us more about the upcoming motion, we are joined by...

Guest: Siviwe Gwarube - Member of Parliament and the Chief Whip for the Democratic Alliance

The Umkhonto We Sizwe party has welcomed the Electoral Court’s decision to uphold its registration by the Independent Electoral Commission. While on the other hand, the ANC says it has noted the court’s decision, stating that all South Africans have rights to certain fundamental freedoms, among which is the right to join or establish a political party of once’s choice.

GUEST: Nhlamulo Ndhlela, MK Party spokesperson

Earlier today, Statistics South Africa released its Quarterly Employment Statistics report. According to the latest report, between September and December last year, total employment in the country decreased by 1,8% and this was largely due to several industries witnessing declines in full-time employment. Joining us to elaborate further on this, is…..

GUEST: Risenga Maluleke, Statistician-General of South Africa and head of Statistics South Africa.

Congratulatory messages have started pouring in for Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye after winning the country’s hotly contested presidential election. Though the final results are yet to be announced, preliminary results show that Faye enjoys an unassailable lead against the ruling party's candidate Amadou Ba. It is also important to mention that Ba has already recognised Faye's election win and offered his congratulations. So what can we expect from the country’s president-elect?

GUEST: Koffi Kouakou, Africa analyst and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg