There are some encouraging signs in the fight against crime in the country as murder rate decreases by 12.4%. However, there is still a lot of work to be done as the ministry of police acknowledges that the issue of violent crime remains a major problem. According to the police, some of the fourth quarter successes were achieved through targeted intelligence driven operations. So why can’t they cast their net wider in order to win the battle against crime? For more analysis on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Dr Chris de Kock, Independent crime & violence analyst

As we observe Africa Month, our guest Philani Mdingi explains why data sovereignty is Africa’s next liberation struggle. Mdingi is of the view that data sovereignty is not a luxury but a necessity for digital self-determination that African nations must invest in.

GUEST: Philani Mdingi, Executive Director of Tech for Good

Earlier on we played clips from the conversation President Cyril Ramaphosa had with US President Donald Trump last night. We also shared clips from some of the South African delegation, Golfer, Ernie Els, Businessman, Johann Rupert, Minister John Steenhuisen and COSATU’s Zingiswa Losi. The President says the meeting with Trump was a success. What do experts think? For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Dr. Chris Landsberg, Chair of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg

Today marks day two of the Women20 South Africa Inception Meeting that is currently underway in Cape Town. The event is hosted under theme “Women in Solidarity”. This year’s meeting marks a decade since the establishment of the W20 and offers a strategic moment for the African continent to shape the G20’s gender agenda under South Africa’s Presidency. To tell us more about the significance of this meeting is…..

GUEST: Professor Narnia Bohler-Muller, Head of Delegation and Chair of the W20SA. She is also a Divisional Executive in the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division of the HSRC

The families of the two babies who were abducted on Tuesday night from Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha are still looking for answers. The babies were stolen from the nursery, while still in incubators, with security guards present. They were returned late yesterday and reunited with their mothers. For more on this story, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Sisipho Ngcumbe, SABC News Reporter in the Eastern Cape

Post the City of Ekurhuleni’s two-day digital strategy validation session that recently took place in Thembisa. We hear from Yandisa Sokhanyile in terms of what this strategy is all about and how the City of Ekurhuleni intends to use it to reshape township economies.

GUEST: Yandisa Sokhanyile, CEO of Konecta and co-founder of WiTech Africa

During his meeting with the US President Donald Trump yesterday. President Cyril Ramaphosa strongly denied Trump’s claims of persecution and genocide against White South African farmers. However though, Donald Trump insisted and repeated claims that land is being taken away from White South Africans. So did our delegation succeed in pushing back against this narrative? For more on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and Head of Land Reform and Tenure Practice at Werksmans Attorneys

Did President Ramaphosa succeed in winning over the international community in terms of how he handled President Trump? We ask this question as most of you are probably aware that diplomatic tensions between South Africa and the US are mainly over claims of racial violence and that has somehow affected foreign aid and international relations between these two countries. Joining us for this conversation is……

GUEST: (UK): Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at Clinton Institute, University College Dublin

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, tabled the Fiscal Policy Framework for 2025 earlier today. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Steve Swart, ACDP MP

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, tabled the Fiscal Policy Framework for 2025 earlier today. For more on this, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Songezo zibi - Rise Mzansi leader