The Judicial Service commission concluded interviews with candidates to fill in vacant positions on the constitutional court. Judge Mahube Molemela is one of the candidates who interviewed for the position. During the interview she made a suggestion for unemployed youth. She says young people should take job opportunities in any industry, regardless of what their qualifications are. But does this not open people up for exploitation in a country where the income gap is so big? We are now joined by….

GUEST – ISOBEL FRYE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE SOCIAL POLICY INITIATIVE

A Burkinabe court has sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara. The long-awaited verdict brought to close a six-month trial about the murder of Sankara, who was assassinated during a coup led by his friend and comrade-in-arms Compaoré on October 15, 1987.

Guest: Dr Moorosi Leshoele, Lecturer at the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies at the University of the Free State

Today, EFF is picketing at two separate farms that South African businessman Johann Rupert owns in Stellenbosch and in Leopard Creek in Malalane, Mpumalanga. They are arguing that Rupert is a beneficiary of land dispossession that occurred on this day in 1652.

Guest: Sinawo Tambo, EFF National Spokesperson

Rwanda has launched the Centre of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), making it the first African country to do so. The country has long placed technology and innovation at the heart of efforts to boost the country's economic development. So what can other African countries learn from this exciting innovation?

Guest on the line (Zim): Lenin Ndebele, head of News24 Afrika Desk

About three hours ago, Reverend June Dolley-Major handed over a memorandum to the Office of the Presidency at Tuynhuys in Cape Town, as part of her One Woman’s Campaign that is asking President Cyril Ramaphosa to establish a committee that will investigate allegations of historical sexual child abuse in churches. She joins us now to give us an update….

Guest: Rev June Dolley-Major, leader of One Woman’s Campaign  

Epidemiologists are warning South Africa might get hit by a fifth wave of Covid-19 as the country heads towards winter. South Africans have been warned to continue wearing masks, sanitising, washing their hands and social distancing as the new wave is expected as early as May. Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the termination of the National State of Disaster with immediate effect after two years of lockdown. For more on that we are now joined.

Guest: Dr Joe Barnes, EPIDEMIOLOGIST

The termination of the National State of Disaster with immediate effect has left many with questions. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday that a few measures will remain in place and certain transitional measures will also remain in place for a period of 30 days. This announcement means the pandemic will be managed through the National Health act going forward. The president has invited citizens to make suggestions on how the pandemic should be managed. But how exactly will enforcement happen if people still need to make contributions? We’re now joined by….

GUEST: Modidima Mannya, LEGAL EXPERT

South Africa’s petrol price is going up again. The price of 93 octane patrol will increase by 28 cents a litre, while 95 octane petrol goes up by 36 cents a litre. This means the price of most goods and products is about to go up as well, while salaries remain the same. But how does the taxi industry determine how much to increase its taxi fare by? We’re now joined

GUEST THEO MALELE, NATIONAL TAXI ALLIANCE SPOKESPERSON 

A 17-year-old teenage serial rapist has been jailed to an effective 30 years behind bars for raping three boys, aged between eight and 10 years, on three different occasions around Katlehong two years ago. The teenager is believed to be the youngest recorded serial rapist in the history of South Africa.

Guest: Themba Masango, Secretary General of NotInMyName

ActionSA has announced that it will pursue a high court review of the decision of the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interests to exonerate Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for his remarks encouraging illegal immigration. In January last year, Malema called for South Africa’s borders to be opened for the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Guest: Allistair Shaw