Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has announced a public-private partnership for the redesign and modernisation of the country’s six busiest land border posts. According to him, this modernisation project is aimed at enhancing regional economic integration, improving revenue collection and to halt illegal migration among other things.

GUEST: Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Home Affairs

According to reports on social media, a fire broke out in Braamfontein at the corner of De Korte and Bertha streets. Unconfirmed reports stated the blaze was caused by a “gas explosion”. Radebe said this could not be confirmed. She said the cause of the blaze would be investigated. Now were joined by Nana Radebe-Kgiba Johannesburg EMS spokesperson

Former Steinhoff Chief Executive Officer, Markus Jooste has failed to appear in court to challenge his R20 million administrative penalty for insider trading. Jooste was found guilty of sending information to his friend to dump Steinhoff's stock ahead of the 2017 accounting scandal. This penalty was a 90% reduction from the initial penalty set by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority ruling of R162 million set in October 2020. To unpack the implications, we are joined by...

Guest: Khaya Sithole - Chartered Accountant & Independent Analyst

Earlier today, the Minister of Electricity held a media briefing on the performance of the energy grid following the announcement of stage six load-shedding. During the briefing, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa explained that the higher stages of load-shedding being experienced was due to planned maintenance and the loss of two additional generation units on Monday. According to the Minister, the department is ramping up maintenance efforts for long-term sustainability. Eskom's Group of Executive for Generation, Bheki Nxumalo, has assured the public that load-shedding stages should lower in the coming days.

Guest: Tshepo Kgadima -  Independent Economic & Energy Analyst

There is a sense of optimism, following today’s announcement by Stats SA that our country’s economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter of this year. The manufacturing and financial sectors contributed most to the increase while the rise in investments included products related to renewable energy.

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

Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education in Gauteng, Steve Mabona gives us an update about online applications and learner placement process which commenced yesterday. So far, over 200 000 parents have received placement offers.

Guest: Steve Mabona, Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education

The United States has revealed that Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader, is planning to travel to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin. It is widely reported that the two leaders are likely to discuss the possibility of supplying Russia with more weapons for its war in Ukraine and other military cooperation. For more analysis on this, we are joined by….

GUEST (Scotland): Musa Mdunge, Political analyst & PhD candidate based at the University of Dundee

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed the ANC’s bid to challenge a ruling that compels it to hand over its cadre deployment records to the Democratic Alliance. According to the DA, today’s ruling means that the ANC has five working days to hand over all of the records requested by the party. For more reaction on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Dr Leon Shreiber, DA MP

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has officially appointed a commission of inquiry that will investigate the unfortunate Marshalltown fire incident that left more than 70 people dead. The Commission will be chaired by Justice Sisi Khampepe and it will among other things investigate the prevalence of hijacked buildings in Johannesburg.

GUEST: Panyaza Lesufi, Premier of Gauteng Province

We look at South Africa’s first black female owned employer’s organization called ‘Global Employers Organisation South Africa’ (GeoSA) that was formed with the sole objective of representing the interests of the employer within the workplace.

GUEST: Leonora Paulsen, Co-founder and CEO of Global Employers Organisation South Africa (GeoSA)