The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Independent Candidates Association's application to declare the Electoral Amendment Act unconstitutional. The apex court found that the organization failed to make a case for constitutional invalidity. The matter was brought before the court after the association lamented the fairness of the Act. To hear reaction to the court ruling from the main applicant, we are joined by...

Guest: Michael Loius - Chairperson of the Independent Candidate Association (ICA)  

Dr Bridgette Gasa-Toboti, Portfolio Director for the TNPA KZN Logistics Hub Programme.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has welcomed the landmark judgement declaring loadshedding a breach in basic human rights and ordering the Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to restore electricity supply to critical public goods such as hospitals, schools, police stations and others. The union also called for the government to facilitate a proper consultation process with all social partners on the energy mix of the nation. We are joined by...

Guest: Phakamile Hlubi-Majola - Spokesperson of NUMSA

Guest: Clyde Mallinson - Independent Energy Analyst.

Former chairperson of the First Rand Group, Roger Jardine has made himself available for political office with the possible links to the Democratic Alliance. A meeting between Jardine and the political party was held to discuss the possibility of becoming the face of the Multi-Party Charter. To discuss the implications of this marriage and how other political stakeholders may respond to this, we are joined by....  

Guest: Prof. Susan Booysen - political analyst and emeritus professor at the Wits University 

Money pledges grabbed the spotlight at COP28 in Dubai today as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in the need for climate finance. UAE, the host of this year's conference, pledged $270 billion in green finance by 2030 through its banks. 

Guest: Sophie Mokweona - SABC News International Editor

Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi announced that the Department of Home Affairs has granted exemption permits for 178 000 Zimbabwean nationals and 54 653 Lesotho nationals for another 2 years. This is in light of upcoming deadlines for the exemption permits and the court decision to dismiss the Ministry's appeal to challenge the June 2023 ruling surrounding the termination of the ZEP programme made by the Helen Suzman Foundation. To tell us more about the legal implication of this extension, we are joined by...

Guest: Advocate Simba Chitando - Counsel for the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Holders Association

This week, the third global Identity Fraud Report was released. The research unpacks the leading causes of identity fraud across 28 industries and collates data from 2 million cases from the past 12 months. Cases of Identity Fraud has multiplied 10-fold in the past year. The top five types of identity fraud include AI-powered fraud, money mulling networks, fake IDs, account takeovers and forced verification. 

Closer to home, the report highlights that there has been a surge (1200% increase) in deepfake fraud cases in South Africa. There have been recent cases of Deepfake fraud affecting news anchors Francis Herd and Bongiwe Zwane from SABC. Earlier this year, a similar incident occurred with Member of Parliament, Glynnis Breytenbach. To unpack these findings and what the public needs to know, we are joined by... 

Guest: Jarryd Jensen - Business Development Manager (Africa) at Sumsub

Final year students from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Consumer and Food Sciences have turned research into practice by creating dishes that preserve food waste and turn into nutritious food products.

Guest: Thando Dlamini  - Final year student at University of Pretoria who’s doing Bachelor of Consumer Sciences (BConSci) Food Retail Management

Transport Minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga is currently in the UK, leading a campaign for the re-election of South Africa into the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council for the 2023-2024 biennium. The IMO plays a pivotal role in shaping global standards for safe, secure, environmentally responsible, efficient and sustainable shipping.

GUEST: Sindisiwe Chikunga, Minister of Transport

With the United Nations Cop28 currently underway in Dubai. African leaders are calling for climate finance to support adaptation for sustainable livestock systems on the continent. This as they argue that millions of livestock died on the continent last year due to climate change shocks. Joining us to talk about the effects of climate change on Africa’s livestock systems is….

GUEST: Dr Linde Du Toit, from the Department of animal science at the University of Pretoria