We go back to the Makana Municipality in the Eastern Cape’s Makhanda formerly known as Grahamstown. This time around the municipality is fighting issues of what they say is land invasions. Residents are protesting against what they say is the slow pace of housing developments, the municipality on the other hand feels that residents just want to build informal settlements on land they have invaded illegally. 

Guest:  Phumelelo Kate - Municipal Manager at the Makana Local Municipality

Guest: Siphosethu Ntshoko - One of the Grahamstown Residents behind illegal land invasions

For our Citizens Corner this morning, we talk part two about public calls being made for the death penalty to return in South Africa. Why is the call for the return of the death penalty question relevant now? Also as a country and the sort of past we come from, how should we approach the question of the death penalty? Two weeks ago, we did a panel discussion to look at this issue in an effort to balance the discussion. 

Guest: Edwin Cameron - Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services (2020 to present) and
a Retired Justice of the Constitutional Court

 As part of our Women’s Month coverage, the Electoral Commission is celebrating Women Championing Democracy: Paving the Way to the 2026 Local Government Elections. Earlier this week (Wednesday), the IEC hosted a special event to honour and reflect on the role of women in strengthening democracy. We will unpack various areas that impact women’s participation in electoral processes, both the challenges and successes, across different spheres, including representation in government, as we approach the 2026 local government elections.

The numbers tell a powerful story: women make up 55% of the 27.6 million registered voters, and in the 2024 general elections, 57% of those who turned out at the polls were women. Women also form the backbone of our electoral operations, constituting an impressive 73% of staff. Yet, despite this strong participation, women’s representation in Parliament stands at 43%, a slight decline from 46% after the 2019 elections. To share their insights with us, we are joined by…

Guest: Dr. Litlhare Rabele - Gender and governance expert of the Independent Electoral Commission

Guest: Ms Ntombifuthi Masinga - Provincial Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission in Kwa-Zulu Natal

Guest: Ms Sanusha Naidu - Foreign Policy Analyst and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Dialogue

Ncesh Nonxishi is a Johannesburg-based composer and singer-songwriter born and raised in Mdantsane and Ntabozuko in the Eastern Cape. Traversing themes of sex, friendship, power, history and the South African political landscape, her music is influenced by songs from her childhood, isiXhosa folk music, church hymns, pop, R&B and jazz.

Ncesh Nonxishi,’s debut album Apho Kungenje was released in October 2024 and is co-produced by Bokani Dyer. Featured on the album are Lindi Ngonelo, Gally Ngoveni, Siphiwe Shiburi, Lungile Kunene, Linda Tshabalala, Lebo Pangwa, Nneka Manzi and Mthunzikazi Mbungwana. To tell us more about her creative journey and her upcoming performance at the Joy of Jazz, we are joined by….

Guest: Ncebakazi Manzi - composer and singer-songwriter

We continue our series on the G20 with Lerato Tsebe, looking at how South Africa uses this opportunity of being at the helm for 2025.

Guest: Lerato Tsebe - Independent African Researcher

South Africa remains at the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic, with over 7.8 million people living with HIV/AIDS. While it boasts one of the largest public health response programmes in the world, access to critical care still remains a challenge in remote parts of South Africa. 

Our next guest speaks to the realities of HIV care in South Africa: the challenges, the opportunities, and the hope of ending HIV as a public health threat. She joins us as her organization celebrates reaching 2,5 million people globally. Over 1.3 million people across Africa have been services in 13 countries. This achievement reflects not only expanded access to life-saving HIV services but also renewed hope and transformed communities across the continent. We are joined by….

Guest (Telephone): Dr. Nombuso Madonsela - County Manager at the AHF

ACSA has invested R861 million in capital projects this year, reaffirming their commitment to modern & world-class airports. Our next guest will unpack the organization's infrastructure strategy to build airports of the future and the importance of financial responsibility. We are joined by….

Guest: Mr. Charles Shilowa - Group Executive for Capital Infrastructure & Asset Management at Airports Companies South Africa

We are joined now in studio by Bongekile Macupe who is deputy politics editor at News24. She recently presented her Reuters Institute fellowship project at the Frontline Club in London looking at what's it means to be a black African women in South Africa’s newsrooms. She spoke to 10 black African women journalists with years of experience in the newsroom who shared their stories with her and the horrible treatment from male colleagues. Let's allow her now to tell us more about what she uncovered…

Guest(Studio): Bongekile Macupe - Deputy Politics Editor News24

Today being the last Tuesday of the month, Bryan deals with all the questions of a similar nature that he received during the month. He then responds to them while also taking any new questions you may have as the segment progresses. He now joins us in studio

Guest(Studio): Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited (www.bhca.co.za)

Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever who is Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at Wits has called on South Africans to take action to end the high level of corruption and financial mismanagement in the country. He was speaking at a symposium setup by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation in memory of whistleblower and former senior Gauteng Health Department official Babita Deokaran who was assassinated for flagging a multimillion-rand tender at the Tembisa Hospital. This past Saturday marked four years since she was killed. So for this morning we are looking at how we as members of the public can get involved if fighting corruption wherever we come across as per the call made by Professor van den Heever. ActionSA on the other hand is proposing legislation to protect and incentivice whistle blowers. To lead us in this discussion, we are joined by…

Guest: Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever - Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at University of Witwatersrand

Guest: Alan Beesley - ActionSA Member of Parliament

Guest: Kaizer Kganyago - Spokesperson for the Special Investigating Unit (He will talk about how the public can approach them with information)