Focus: Our next guest is the daughter of a legendary jazz legend and pioneer, Thandi Klaasen. She has blazed a trail of her own in the jazz industry, having performed in festivals across North America and the Carribean. She has won a JUNO Award and nominated for an Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Music Awards.

She returns to launch her new album, Ukubonga, with long-time collaborator: Mongering Ntaka. She also pays homage to her mother's legacy in a tour that starts in Newtown this weekend.

Guest: Lorraine Klaasen - Musician

Guest: Mongezi Ntaka- Musician

Next week, many excited young pwople will get their results and start planning their first big step in their futures. While some will go to university, others may have not qualified and are look for alternative post-education studies to shape what they do for work and how they earn a livelihood.

These days, people still doubt the power of vocational training and how it can be a driver of the economy. In this hour, we have brought together a panel who can speak to the value of the skills acquired, share what opportunities are available in their sector and explain what options young people have in not only becoming their own employer but employ others in the process by using their hands.

Guest: Sabelo Buthelezi - Chief Director: Artisinal at the Department of Higher Education and Training

Guest: Ncedisa Mpande - Acting Chief Executive Officer at merSETA

Guest: Rendani Tshivhula - PR & Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the Plumbing Industry Registration Board

Electricity will increase by 18.65 % for the year 2023 and 12.74% the following year. That will be over 30% increase in a period of two years. Eskom had asked for a 32% increase in 2023 and just over 9% the following year. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa announced its decision, saying it took into consideration public comments from different interested parties in the energy sector. There were over 2000 contributions. What is the mandate of Nersa in the energy sector, what is its role as an entity and how does it decide on tariffs and what process do they follow before making the decisions? 

guest: Energy Analyst, Hilton Trollip.

The death of former apartheid Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok marks an end of a brutal era in the country’s history. Vlok was Minister from 1986 till 1991, and it was under

his watch that many political activists were brutalised, tortured and killed. Yes he may have washed the feet of one of his victims in a sign of repentance, but what about justice for the victims? As a nation, how are we expected to move on simply because someone like him has died and taken some of the secrets with him? Even though he did appear before the TRC, victims and their families still feel cheated. To navigate this issue, we are joined by….

Guest(Zoom): Prof Pitika Ntuli – Cultural activist and former anti-apartheid activist

Guest(Zoom): Jackie Seroke – Currently finance secretary for the PAC and also a former detainee who was tortured for his part in liberating this country

Guest: Rev Dr Tshawane – Author of a book entitled: The Rainbow Nation: The vision of the beloved South African Community – It's a book based on Desmond Tutu’s legacy and principles

This year, President Cyril Ramaphosa and the South African government will assume the presidency of the multilateral group: BRICS. Pretoria will host the BRICS Summit in August 2023. This is taking place at a time where the group is undergoing several changes. Brazil has just inaugurated President Lula da Silva on New Year’s Day. As of December 2022, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi assumes the presidency of the G20 group. China has just sworn in their new Foreign Minister, Qin Gang who is currently on a seven-day tour of the African continent. China and Russia have been working together to solidify their bilateral agreements in light of the Ukrainian conflict.

Given the shifting sands, there are a number of countries who have expressed their interest in becoming new members of the group: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and Argentina. To unpack these developments and what they mean to the group in the coming year, we are joined by…

Guest: Prof. Patrick Bond - Political Economist and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg

Guest: Prof. Anthoni Nieuwkerk - Professor in International Relations and Security at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs (UNISA)

Focus: If you were following the news over the festive season, you would've seen reports around Christmas and New Year babies. As much as it was exciting to count babies, the concern was that the mothers are very young. This takes back to the scary problem of teenage pregnancy in the country.

Speculation has been that the young girls are impregnated by older men, but then the health MECs discovered in some cases that the fathers are equally young. What else can we do to deal with the problem of teenage pregnancy once and for all? Also where can we point the finger? To help us navigate this issue, we are joined by....

Guest: Dr Sibusiso Mkhwanazi - Department of Education in KwaZulu-Natal

Guest: Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile - Journalist and Gender Activist

Guest: Dr Nozipho Mvune - Demographer and Senior Researcher

With the new year underway, many people look at this first quarter as a time to create new health goals. Some people may spend their time to returning to the gym and becoming more physically active. Other people may spend their time changing their diets and count calories.

However, not a lot of people do not spend this month doing health check-up to reduce their cholesterol, blood pressure or risk of terminal illness (family history or not). In this session, we ask three experts to weigh in on how you can turn the goals into reality and what to look out for when you are pushing yourself to the limit.

Guest: Prof. Shingai Mutambirwa - Head of the Urology Department at The Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Guest: Eduan James - Exercise Specialist at Ignite Fitness

Guest: Terry Harris - Dietician (tb)

Yesterday (Monday) President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to a couple of senior journalist after his January 8th statement. The president touched on various issues and also answering questions posed to him by these journalists. And this morning we thought to speak to them to get their perspective. Let’s welcome now…

Guest: JJ Tabane – Media personality and TV host

Guest: Hajra Omarjee – Political journalist at Business Day

Focus: This morning Bryan is dealing with how to be organised in the event of your death. He now joins us in studio to educate us on the subject...

Guest(Studio): Bryan Hirsch - Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

Tomorrow (Wednesday) schools will be opening. The Department of Basic Education is adamant that all systems are in place. So far it was some parents in Gauteng who were complaining about the ineffectiveness of the online system. Other parents are worried about late admissions and whether they will be allowed. So we thought to invite the department to get a sense of the state of readiness as the school calendar is about to start. Let’s welcome now..

Guest: Matakanye Matakanye - General secretary of the National Association of School Governing Bodies