We are coming to you live from the Sandton Convention Centre where leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting for the 15th BRICS summit to discuss closer cooperation and sustainable growth. 

Guest: Busisiwe Mabuza - Chairperson of the BRICS Business Council

We continue our coverage of the 15th BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Centre where leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are meeting to discuss closer cooperation and sustainable growth. 

Guest: Lerato Mataboge - DDG of Trade and Investment at the Department of Trade and Industry

This coming Wednesday, the 23rd of August Zimbabweans will be going to the polls. Sadly though, commentators believe that there won’t be any surprises as Zanu-PF is likely to stay in power. Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change is expected to gain a lot of votes, but as history has shown, many Zimbabweans on social media feel that Zanu-PF is not going anywhere. 

Guest: Chris Maroleng – CEO of Good Governance Africa 

Guest: Hopewell Chinono – Zimbabwean journalist, documentary film director and anti-corruption activist

Guest: Nixon Kathembo - African Affairs analyst and Channel Africa Producer

As the strike by SAMWU at the City of Tshwane continues over a wage increase, residents are battling to deal with a lack of services like refuse collection and other services rendered by the municipality. So in light of this, we thought to find out what is the recourse for affected residents on the ground under such situations. We’ve invited the office of the City of Johannesburg Ombudsman to educate us as residents over some of the cases they deal with. For instance, can the municipality bill you for a period like this where services were not rendered due to a strike? Are you justified in refusing to pay for the affected month? Also what is it that the office of the Ombudsman does and what kind of cases do they deal with? To educate us on this 

Guest: Adv Sbu Gumede - Ombudsman for the City of Johannesburg

It was on this day (August 17th) in 1982 that academic and anti-apartheid activist Ruth First was assassinated by the apartheid regime through a parcel bomb while working at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. She has played a huge role in the fight against that brutal system and has been arrested a couple of times. As a journalist she exposed a lot of the atrocities committed by farmers on black labours, something the then regime would never allow to be published. Sadly, too many young people don’t know much about her today. So we though to invite her daughter and former fellow-comrade who was there when the explosion happened to share their memories of this great freedom fighters

Guest: Shawn Slovo – Daughter of Ruth First and Joe Slovo

Guest: Pallo Jordan – Former Minister of Arts and Culture in the Mbeki cabinet and also anti-apartheid activist

This week, the stage is set for another big meeting of political parties as the Democratic Alliance hosts the Moonshot Pact convention. Major players in the opposition benches of Parliament are set to attend the two-day gathering to discuss a pre-election Coalition agreement among the stakeholders and unseat the African National Congress in the next election.

Over the weekend, reports began to surface two key stakeholders attending the convention shared their concerns surrounding the DA's intentions regarding working with the ANC in next year's elections. This is after a document was circulated on at least 15 instances where senior officials of the Democratic Alliance has hinted at possibly working with the ANC. The parties have called for all parties to sign a declaration that it would not enter into any agreement with the governing party. In this hour, we discuss what are the implications of development on the eve of the convention and consider if the convention will end with no consensus. We are joined by...

Guest: Kgothatso Madisa - Political Reporter at the Sunday Times

Guest: Lulu White - Founder and CEO at the Elections Management Consulting Agency of Africa (EMCA)

Guest: Michael Beaumont - ActionSA National Chairperson

Our next guest has set her sights on addressing some of the challenges that small to medium business owners face in the Johannesburg region and support their voice in the business community. She also wants to use her appointment as an opportunity to create more conducive environment for trade by overcoming some of the service delivery challenges facing the region. We are joined by...

Guest: Constance Mashaba - President of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Since the start of the new semester, campuses around the country have been protesting against the new payment system implemented this year and the defunding of student beneficiaries. This week, NSFAS held a media briefing addressing the teething problems with the new payment system and the reasons behind why they have stood behind defunding students midway through the academic year. They have also held meetings with the institutions of higher learning given the protest action. In this hour, we speak to the fund to address the queries that have been made by students and parents alike. We also speak to student representative councils on the state of campuses in the last few weeks and how beneficiaries on ground have been left stranded by these decisions. We are joined by…

Guest : Keamogetswe Masike - SRC President at Tshwane University of Technology (He was suspended after the protests)

Guest : Phiwokuhle Qabaka - SRC President at University of Stellenbosch

Guest (TELEPHONE): Slumezi Skosana - Spokesperson of National Student Financial Aid Scheme

Our next guest has been in the music industry for the past 25 years and is a multi-award winning gospel visionary. This journey started at the tender age of 15 years old as a member of Joyous Celebration. Since going solo in 2011, she has amassed over 100 million YouTube views for her music. This morning, she joins us in-studio to talk about her latest album

Guest (IN-STUDIO): Ntokozo Mbambo - Artist, Voice Coach and

We are joined now by renowned South African guitarist, Billy Monama and legendary South African artists like Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse. You may wonder why? Well, they are bring us closer to our past to help us reimagine our future during Heritage Month. They and other acclaimed South African artist will host a one-night-only limited-ticket concert called Mayibuye iAfrika: The Freedom Songs. To tell us more on this and why they deem this important, the two gentlemen now join us in studio

Guest(Studio): Billy Monama – Renowned South African Guitarist

Guest(Studio): Sipho Mabuse – South African internationally acclaimed musician