Defense counsel Zandile Mshololo has begun her cross examination of investigating officer Sergeant Vusimuzi Mogane in the Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial in the high court in Pretoria. However, the state has objected to her line of questioning. Mshololo has asked Mogane to read parts of a document which police officers need to complete when interviewing a suspect - whether they are arrested or not. The defence is challenging the admissibility of pointing out and confession statements allegedly made by accused 1 and 2. SABC News reporter, Pearl Magubane

The SA Law Reform Commission has recommended the introduction of a maternity support grant that will seek to assist pregnant women and new mothers. This move is set to cost R3 billion per year. Last week, the National Treasury announced the extension of social welfare programmes for another year during the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. There have been discussions around policy reforms and the funding model of the Child Support Grant to include vulnerable mothers beyond 2025.  Do we have the capacity to extend our social policy framework? To help understand this further, we are joined by...

Guest: Isobel Frye - Executive Director of Social Policy Initiative

It's been a rainy Spring season. While everyone is asking when the severe weather conditions will subside, farmers may be able to profit from higher the normal rainfall well into the summer crop season in March 2024. This is according to the South African Weather Service's Season Climate Report. Our next guest believes that the El Nino conditions may set up the local agricultural sector for a bumper 2023/24 season promises to produce a high crop yield. To help us understand this better, we are joined by...

Guest: Wandile Sihlobo - Chief Economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of SA and author of A Country of Two Agricultures

The Department of Home Affairs has issued a statement to announce that Cabinet has approved the White Paper on the Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection which seeks to address the existing framework of residency and citizenship policy for foreign nationals. To tell us more on this matter, we are joined by...

Possible Guest: Dr. Aaron Motswaledi - Minister at the Department of Home Affairs

10X Investments is once again rewarding all new investors with six months of zero fees if they sign up for a living annuity, retirement annuity or preservation fund during the month of November. This limited-time offer is designed to alleviate financial burdens and make retirement planning more accessible to all. Many retirement investors underestimate the fees on their investments and the impact these fees will have on the longevity of their savings. To give us more details in terms of what this investment plan is about, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Michael Rossouw, Senior Investment Consultant

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) are concerned about the comments made in an editorial written by the MEC of Transport in the Western Cape that call for the privatization of City of Cape Town's Port that is under the custodianship of Transnet. It is calling for the provincial government to stop interfering in the operations of Transnet. The Department of Transport in the province say that the management of Port is stifling the economic targets set for 2023. To hear their concerns and if this is one of the contributing factors to the impending strike action, we are joined by...

Guest: Amanda Tshemese - Member of SATAWU (Speaking on behalf of SATAWU GS) 

Nurses in Zimbabwe say the country’s authorities are frustrating their efforts to migrate by failing to provide a crucial document confirming their professional status without which they cannot take up overseas jobs. They are also accusing some ministry officials of exploiting the situation by demanding hefty bribes to expedite documents. For more clarity on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Simbarashe Tafirenyika, president of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Nurses Workers Union

Earlier on today, the High Court in Bloemfontein dismissed Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s bail appeal application. Let’s now chat to SABC News reporter, Aphumelele Mdlalane who was covering the story.

GUEST: Aphumelele Mdlalane, SABC News reporter

Francesca de Gasparis from the South African Faith Communities Environmental Institute reacts to the news that the Western Cape will soon receive mini nuclear reactors. According to her, South Africa does not need new speculative and expensive technology which has already cost the country billions. Mini nuclear reactor technology has been in development for multiple decades and is currently being researched and planned for rollout by several companies in the US.

GUEST: Francesca de Gasparis, Executive Director at the South African Faith Communities Environmental Institute (SAFCEI)

Libya has begun the deportation process of 600 undocumented Egyptians who entered the country illegally. Egypt shares a more than 1,000-kilometer-long border with Libya. Egyptian authorities have stepped up since 2016 to deal with irregular migration, setting a legislative framework to combat the smuggling of migrants. For mor explanation on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Ebrahim Deen, Independent Commentator &  Researcher