Tributes continue to pour in for Pick 'n Pay founder Raymond Ackerman, who has died at the age of 92. Ackerman will always be remembered as an icon in the retail industry and a visionary entrepreneur. Let’s now speak to his former competitor……

GUEST: Christo Wiese, South African Businessman

Gabon’s former president, Ali Bongo, has been released from house arrest and is now free to leave the country. Bongo has been under house arrest since the August 30 military coup in the country. To explain what this latest development means is……

GUEST: Izak Khomo, African affairs commentator

Earlier today, the City of Johannesburg held a vote on salary increases for councilors that would see them make an extra R20 000 per month. The ANC and DA voted for the increases while ActionSA and EFF voted against the increase. ActionSA deemed it unjustified considering the recent infrastructure failures in the last few months (gas explosions and fire in CBD). We are joined by...

Guest (Confirmed): Zark Lebatlang - Chief Whip of ActionSA caucus in the City of Johannesburg

The South African Communist Party has reiterated its position on the recall of the US Ambassador, Dr. Reuben Brigety back to Washington DC. This is after a panel investigation launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa found no weapons were loaded on the Russian ship: Lady R. To unpack this, we are joined by...

Guest: Dr Alex Mashilo - National Spokesperson of the SA Communist Party

African Bank is currently hosting a two-day summit in Maponya Mall, where small business owners will be equipped on how to grow their businesses and create job opportunities for young people. However, the most significant part of this event is that it will also be used to honour the late Dr Richard Maponya for his contribution to township economy. For more on how they intend to continue with Dr Maponya’s legacy of growing the township economy, we are joined by……

GUEST: Edna Montse, African Bank’s Group Executive for Transformation & Sustainability

Over the last 24 hours, thousands of grant beneficiaries have been unable to access their funds due to a technical glitch on the part of Postbank. This meant beneficiaries were unable to access funds from bank ATMs, retailers, and Post Office branches across the country. Earlier today, Postbank announced that their technical teams had fixed the issue. To provide more clarity on this, we are joined by...

Guest: Dr. Bongani Diako - National Spokesperson of PostBank

We unpack the department of social development’s 9-9-9 campaign against Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD). This as South Africa has been identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to have the highest reported prevalence of FASD in the World. Deputy Minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu has used this campaign to call for the law to start looking at charging women who drink while pregnant.

GUEST: Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu, Deputy Minister of Social Development

Earlier today, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on political killings in KZN briefed the media on the latest developments of the police task team investigations. Over the past 10 months, 17 councillors have been killed in the province. In the past month, two councillors have been killed in attacks in Nongoma and Pietermaritzburg, with two additional attempts on the lives of councillors in separate incidents. To unpack how provincial police have supported the task teams assigned to this investigation, we are joined by...

Guest: Colonel Robert Netshiunda - KwaZulu-Natal Police Spokesperson

We examine the executive summary of the report into the controversial docking of a Russian vessel in Simon's Town last year. It is public knowledge now that the panel appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa found no evidence to substantiate claims that some equipment or arms were loaded on Lady R. To help us unpack this is…..

GUEST: Helmoed Heitman, Defence analyst

The United Kingdom government has announced that it intends to declare Russia’s Wagner mercenary group a terrorist organization, accusing it of  threatening democracy and freedom around the world. Joining us to explain what this means for the group’s presence and activities in Africa moving forward is…..

GUEST ON THE LINE (UK): Dr Olayinka Ajala, Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations @ Leeds Beckett University in the UK