Bongani Baloyi explains why the South African Local Government Association is gunning for municipalities who outsource municipal services. The organisation is concerned that some municipalities are increasingly using consultants for financial reporting purposes, even though they have chief financial officers who are hired to do the same job.

Guest: Bongani Baloyi, SALGA NEC Member

Earlier today, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that government is going to fast-track amendments to the Pension Fund Act, to allow workers who have fallen on hard times financially due to the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to access part of their pension funds. Labour federation, Cosatu has been calling for this since May last year and Matthew Parks joins us now to react to this latest development. 

Guest: Matthew Parks, Cosatu’s Parliamentary Coordinator

The Kenyan government has embarked on the process of issuing formal citizenship documents to members of the Zimbabwean Shona community. For many years, the Shonas have been living in Kenya without legal documents, something that denied them basic rights as well. To furnish us with more details on the story, we are joined by…..

Guest: Sarah Kimani, SABC East African Correspondent

Action SA KZN Chairperson, Dr. Makhosi Khoza says she was informed of the events leading to the violent unrest, vandalism and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, by members of the ANC, three weeks before the unrest began

GUEST: Action SA KZN Chairperson, Dr. Makhosi Khoza

The ANC says all salaries of staff members have been paid. This follows last month's nationwide picket by party staff members over the party's failure to pay salaries on time. ANC Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte confirmed a month ago that the party is facing financial problems.

GUEST: Pule Mabe, ANC National spokesperson

The Democratic Alliance, DA say the intelligence report(s) which State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo claimed she handed over to SAPS prior to the recent unrest, but which Police Minister Bheki Cele says he never received - must be made public. The DA today submitted an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) for Minister Dlodlo to publicly release the intelligence report(s)...

GUEST: John Steenhuisen, MP and Leader of the Democratic Alliance, DA

On Sunday, Tunisia's president dismissed the government and froze the parliament, prompting massive protests across the country.

Guest: Ebrahim Deen, Senior Researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it will launch an investigation after receiving a complaint that tenants of an upmarket estate in Midrand were threatened that unless they were vaccinated their lease would be terminated. The company responsible for the estate says the communique was not meant to force any of its tenants to vaccinate but was addressed to people, mostly security officers in communal living quarters who do not want to commute to their homes every day, while on duty. Earlier my colleague Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Buang Jones, Gauteng Manager of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)...

GUEST: Buang Jones, Gauteng Manager of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) speaking to Sakina Kamwendo today.

The Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals today hosted an Imbizo on the Township Economy under the theme "Rebuilding, Restoring and Revitalising the Township Economy". The Imbizo comes in the wake of the recent unrest, which saw several stores and malls in townships being looted during the Free Zuma protests.

GUEST: Langa Madonko, Deputy President of the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals

10 suspects are appearing in the Verulam magistrate's court, north of Durban today in connection with some of the killings that took place in Phoenix during the recent violent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. The accused in relation to the killings at Phoenix are to appear behind closed doors.

GUEST: National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson in KZN, Natasha Kara