The Constitutional Court has sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to jail for 15 months for defying the apex court's order to appear before the State Capture Commission. In handing down judgement, Acting Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe said Zuma's defiance of the constitutional court has the potential to plunge the constitutional order into crisis. She said Zuma has blatantly shown contempt of the court and the rule of law...
Guest: Dr. Llewellyn Curlewis, senior lecturer in criminal and procedural law at the University of Pretoria

Last month, the ANC National Youth Task Team booted out six members of their team due to them being over the age of 35 years. However we are told that in Limpopo some youth league members are over 35 years and they are refusing to vacate their positions. But why is there no consistency on this age limit saga? We find out from….
Guest: Dominic Nkwana, a youth league leader in Vhembe District

Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma has been jailed for 15 months for contempt of court after he failed to appear at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry earlier this year. In a scathing judgment, Justice Sisi Khampepe said that Zuma attempted to corrode the legitimacy of the Constitutional court by conducting a politically motivated smear campaign against it, the Zondo Commission and the judiciary in general. So what lessons were learned from today’s Concourt judgement?
Guest: Prof Thuli Madonsela, chair in social justice at Stellenbosch University’s faculty of law and South Africa’s former public protector

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says schools will reopen on the 19th of July this year. Briefing the media earlier on in Botshabelo, Free State, on the basic education sector's response on the impact of Covid19 to schools, Minister Motshekga said teaching will stop on Wednesday and teachers and managers will have an orderly closure of schools on Thursday and Friday. To elaborate further on what this entails for learners, we're joined on the line by Mr Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education...
GUEST: Elijah Mhlanga, Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education

In conversation with William Bird about the pernicious influence of Covid-19 fake news. You may recall that our government once warned that anyone that creates or spreads fake news about the coronavirus COVID-19 is liable for prosecution. But why are South Africans not listening? Yesterday, President Ramaphosa was at pains explaining that false stories are being spread on WhatsApp groups, on social media, and by word of mouth about the vaccine, claiming that the vaccine is not safe, that it can make you sick, or that it doesn't work - and he urged South Africans to think long and hard before they share such information.
Guest: William Bird, Director of Media Monitoring Africa

Following the NPA’s announcement that they are going to establish a specialist unit that will investigate and prosecute apartheid-era crimes. We hear from Yasmin Sooka who has been very consistent in saying that justice and closure remain elusive for victims of apartheid-era crimes.

Guest: Yasmin Sooka, Human Rights Lawyer and former TRC Commissioner

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Baghdad yesterday, marking the first visit by an Egyptian head of state to Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The visit is part of Al Sisi’s participation in a trilateral summit bringing him together with Jordanian King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi.
Guest: Na’eem Jeenah, Executive Director of the Afro-Middle East Centre

EFF protest organizers may face criminal charges for contravention of lockdown regulations during the party's march to the headquarters of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, SAHPRA in Pretoria. The party is demanding that the regulator speed up its approval of Covid-19 vaccines to curb the spread of the virus. Police will open a criminal case against the convenors after large crowds of protesters gathered in contravention of the lockdown regulations...

GUEST: National Police spokesperson, Colonel Brenda Muridili

Scores of EFF supporters have gathered at the headquarters of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, SAHPRA, in Pretoria. The party is demanding that the regulator speed up its approval of Covid-19 vaccines to curb the spread of the virus. The party says SAHPRA has seven days to adhere to their demands.
GUEST: Vuyani Pambo, EFF National Spokesperson

Today, Economic Freedom Fighters marched to the offices of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority in Pretoria. The party is demanding that SAHPRA approves the use of vaccines from Russia and China. On the other hand, SAHPRA says they are not going to be pressured into approving Covid-19 vaccines that do not meet the regulatory requirements.
Guest: Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela, CEO of the South African Health Products Regulator