The Road Freight Association has called on the government to secure roads and ports against organised crime. This was one of the primary findings of the association's report on the industry, which provided an overview of the previous year as well as a forecast for what 2023 holds. Joining us for a conversation to discuss the report findings and the industry's challenges is... 

GUEST: Gavin Kelly – CEO of the Road Freight Association 

The Cape Winelands District Municipality's fire services have been battling a fire that has emerged in the mountains above Waverly Hills on the R46 between Ceres and Wolseley, rendering the peaks inaccessible. We find out more from the spokesperson on the progress of containing the fire and the challenges met by the team... 

GUEST: Jo – Anne Otto – Deputy Director of Communications at Cape Winelands Municipality 

We are pausing this question following Eskom’s announcement that Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented starting from 16:00pm this afternoon until further notice. According to the power utility, this is due to the breakdown of two generating units and the delay in returning to service three generating units from planned maintenance.  

GUEST: Dr Chuma Mangisa, Leadership expert

Still on loadshedding. Let’s now hear from the Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde on how he intends to end loadshedding in the Western Cape. This as the province is trying to move away from relying solely on Eskom’s unreliable electricity supply. 

GUEST: Alan Winde, Premier of the Western Cape  

For the first time in nearly a century, the United States House of Representatives has failed to elect a speaker in the first rounds of voting. This as Kevin McCarthy failed to overcome opposition within his caucus in the three rounds of voting yesterday. For more on this and also to explain what it means for McCarthy’s political career, we are joined by…. 

GUEST: Dr John Stremlau, Honorary Professor of International Relations @ Wits 

Over the past two years, we’ve witnessed an acceleration of technology adoption across society, propelled by the COVID -19 pandemic. As normality returns some technology adoption is likely to slow down, there are some technological developments that will probably evolve and change our everyday reality, this is according to Wesley Diphoko – the editor-in-chief of Fast Company. He takes us through the list… 

GUEST: Wesley Diphoko – the Editor-in-chief of Fast Company 

The Department of Health says it was worried about the high number of teen pregnancies in South Africa. Of the total mothers who gave birth on both Christmas and New Year’s Day, over 100 of them were underage, with the youngest being only 13-years-old. So is South Africa capable of reducing teen pregnancies?

GUEST: Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, Deputy Minister of Health  

The City of Mangaung (Bloemfontein) in the Free State says it has fixed all the issues at Dr Molemela stadium and the venue is now suitable and ready to host the ANC’s 111th birthday celebration on Sunday. The doubt over the suitability of the stadium surfaced around Dec 21, when a letter addressed to the ANC to consider using an alternative venue made the rounds. We find out more about the city’s readiness to host the celebrations from… 

GUEST: Qondile Khedama - Spokesperson for the City of Mangaung 

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to shake up his cabinet this year as he needs to replace certain ministers who can no longer fulfill their responsibilities as cabinet ministers. The National Freedom Party says President Ramaphosa needs to be bolder when reshuffling his cabinet. The party is of the view that Ramaphosa must remove all the pensioners, and replace them with the youth.

GUEST: Canaan Mdletshe, Secretary General of the National Freedom Party  

Malawi is currently experiencing one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years and this has led to the country suspending primary and secondary schools opening in two major cities. The cholera outbreak began in March last year but has become acute lately. To give us an update in terms of what’s going on in Malawi is…. 

Guest on the line (Malawi): Gospel Kazako, Malawi's Minister of Information and government spokesperson