Afriforum has launched a court bid to have the land expropriation act declared unconstitutional. They are arguing that the Act in its current form contains legal contradictions and could lead to the abuse of state power. To elaborate further on this, we are joined by……

GUEST: Kalie Kriel, AfriForum’s CEO

This coming weekend, UJ students and staff members will take part in the annual fundraiser event that is aimed at helping the varsity’s educational community. Since 2015, the UJ Future Walks have provided financial assistance to students in need. This is a wonderful initiative considering the fact that the lack of financial support forces many students to drop out or remain unemployed. For more on this, we are joined by…..

GUEST: Nomsa Mahlangu, Senior Director of UJ Sport

Government will reduce the borrowing requirement over the 2025 MTEF period: it has also proposed budget reforms to improve the quality of spending and root out waste for the 2026 budget process. But what were some of the key take aways from this year’s budget? For more on this, we are joined by ……

GUEST: Dr Azar Jammine, Director & Chief Economist of Econometrix

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced a hike in general fuel levy for petrol and diesel. Joining us to react to this is……

GUEST: Visvin Reddy, MK Party MP & National Convener of a lobby group called People Against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases (Pappi)

Labour and community-based organisations under the banner 'People Against Budget Cuts' held a media briefing earlier today at St George's Cathedral Small Hall in Cape Town. The collective held this briefing to voice concerns about the prospect of deepening austerity measures in the latest budget. What do the collective make of the budget delivered a few hours ago? I am now joined on the line by…

GUEST: Aliya Chikte, Member of People Against Budget Cuts

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, tabled the Fiscal Policy Framework for 2025 earlier today. We’ll be getting reaction from the EFF as well as getting comment from the party on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the US, particularly on who has been reported to being in the US with the President. I am now joined on the line by…

GUEST: Chumani Matiwane, EFF MP

A lot has been said about what’s likely to be discussed by these two leaders, with the Presidency making it clear that the meeting is aimed at resetting and revitalising bilateral relations between South Africa and the United States of America. Given the frosty relations between these two countries, many, including ratings agencies are worried that this could spill over to trade. But can South Africa prevent that from happening? What’s on the menu for team South Africa? For more on this we are joined by……

GUEST: (Washington DC): Sherwin Bryce Peace, SABC News Correspondent based in the US

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it will still appeal against the judgement which found Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso, not guilty, saying his presence is not required. Attorney and Legal Analyst from Donda Attorneys, Melusi Xulu joins me on the line to give us a legal analysis and tell us how likely is the NPA to succeed?

GUEST: Melusi Xulu, Legal Analyst from Donda Attorneys

MK Party’s Member of Parliament, Sbonelo Nomvalo joins us to explain why his organisation wants Advocate Shamila Batohi to resign. The party is not happy about the NPA’s handling of certain high-profile cases. But is it fair to call for her head?

GUEST: Sbonelo Nomvalo, MK Party’s MP & Member of the Justice Portfolio Committee in Parliament

Tomorrow afternoon, the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will table what many South Africans call Budget 3.0. With the proposed VAT increase of 0.5 percentage points having been scrapped, most people are concerned about whether spending will be lowered or not or if Budget 3.0 will be able to allocate more funding. To help us understand certain aspects in relation to tomorrow’s Budget Speech is……

GUEST: Dr Iraj Aberdian, Chief Economist @Pan African Investment and Research Services