Western Cape Police have opened an inquiry into allegations of sexual assault against suspended provincial Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz. The ANC in the province says it wants to open a case against Albert Fritz

GUEST: ANC spokesperson in the Western Cape, Sifiso Mtsweni

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate, IPID has lodged a criminal charge against National Commissioner Khehla Sitole for failing to cooperate in an investigation into the murder of Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear. The detective was gunned down in Cape Town in 2020. A court has already found Sitole guilty of breaching his duties. In October last year President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his intention to suspend him. IPID has now referred Sithole's non-cooperation with the probe to Police Minister Bheki Cele. So why would a senior officer like Commissioner Khehla Sitole fail to co-operate with IPID?

GUEST: Dr Chris De Kock, an independent crime analyst

The South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights has welcomed the recent High Court ruling which grants prisoners permission to keep their laptops in their cells for study purposes. The ground-breaking judgment was sparked by three of the so-called Boeremag members, Dr Lets Pretorius and two of his sons, Dr Johan and Wilhelm Pretorius who argued that the department of justice and correctional services policy which didn’t allow the use of laptops in prison infringed on their rights to study .

Guest: Miles Bhudu, Spokesperson of the South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed a new cabinet – days after he fired all his ministers. Chakwera had campaigned on the promise to end endemic corruption in Malawi and usher in economic revival. However many people have been accusing him of not doing enough to turn things around, with many accusing his party of corruption, nepotism and leading the country toward economic disaster.

Guest: George Mhango, Channel Africa correspondent based in Malawi

We assess South Africa’s contradictory position when dealing with Middle East conflict. Recently, President Cyril Ramaphosa received backlash for accepting a letter of credence from an ambassador of Israel. Also you may recall that in 2018 South Africa withdrew its ambassador to Israel in response to the killings of more than 50 Palestinians in Gaza. Again late last year, the government withdrew its support for the Miss South Africa pageant after it failed to convince organisers to pull out of the Miss Universe pageant which was hosted by Israel.

Guest: Sophie Mokoena, SABC’s Foreign Editor

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, CCMA has ruled that the dismissal of an employee who refused to be vaccinated was fair. Theresa Mulderiji was dismissed from the Goldrush Group, who introduced mandatory vaccination to protect its employees. Mulderiji has argued that she was well within her rights to refuse the vaccine but the CCMA found that the company acted fairly in firing Mulderiji.

GUEST: Osbourne Molatudi, Employment and labour law specialist, at Mulatudi Attorneys

Western Cape schools continue to be targeted by criminals; the Western Cape Education has recorded 41 incidents of burglary and vandalism which so far have affected 34 schools in the province.

GUEST: Kerry Mauchline, Spokesperson to Western Cape Education Minister Debbie Schäfer

Onthatile Sebati and her cousins Tumelo and Kagiso Mokone who she allegedly paid to kill her family at their home have each been granted bail of 10-thousand-rand by the Brits Magistrate's Court in the North West. The investigating officer in the case says Onthatile Sebati allegedly committed the crime because she wanted her freedom.

Guest: Lumka Mahanjana, NPA Regional Spokesperson

Post the Sunday Times report about a top-secret piece of technology developed by Transnet that found its way to one of the big private security companies (Fidelity Security Services). We hear from the Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA) – as they are calling for the harshest punishment against this service provider including blacklisting them from doing any business with Transnet and its subsidiaries. 

Guest: Sindiswa Changiuon, Spokesperson of the Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAPSOSA)

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts, SCOPA has given ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa 10 days to submit a written response to explain his comments on the misuse of public funds in a leaked audio. SCOPA's decision came after the ANC in Parliament suspended its MP Mervyn Dirks from Scopa after he asked the Committee to investigate the matter. If memory serves you well, you'll recall a similar incident of former ANC MP Dr Makhosi Khoza who was also removed from her position, received death threats and backlash from her own party after speaking out against then president Jacob Zuma in 2017.

GUEST: Dr Makhosi Khoza, ActionSA Councillor and former ANC MP