Barbara Friedman, Digital Content editor 

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Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana is expected to table his medium-term budget policy statement budget in the National Assembly at 2 pm. 

An Anti Austerity March will be taking place this morning with Alan Boeska , Zwelinzima Vavi amongst the speakers, some of the demands inculde the implementation of Basic Income Grant, rejection of Austerity measures , unemployement & an end to land dispossesion 

Organiser Abeeda Adams joins us on the line  

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Dr. Ebrahim Kader, a Partner at Morton & Partners, is a distinguished radiologist with an extensive background in Neuroradiology and Neuro- and General Interventional Radiology. He completed his undergraduate and post graduate training at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and has earned multiple prestigious awards. An MSc graduate from University of Paris, Dr Kader is the Past President of the Radiological Society of South Africa, vice president of the SA Society of Neuroradiology and a member of the National Angels Stroke Steering committee.  His interest in diagnosis and treatment of stroke has led him to be actively involved in establishing stroke treatment SA.

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Exploring the morality of using "love drugs"—medicines that might help people feel closer in romantic relationships—is moral or not. When compared to regular couple’s therapy, love drugs do not fully respect people's choices or honesty between partners. But if looking from Western or traditional lens, who holds the ‘standard’ on making a relationship strong?  Lead author Dr Brenda Kubheka-Chauke explains more on these love potions now.

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The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) has raised concerns over the Department of Home Affairs’ recent move to issue marriage certificates to Muslim couples that recognize their marriages as "Muslim marriages." Although Muslim couples have long been able to have marriages solemnised under the Marriage Act of 1961, these are registered as civil, not Muslim marriages. Historically, the Department trained Muslim clerics to register such marriages under the Act, yet these remain civil marriages in the eyes of the law, as the Act does not allow them to be recognized as Muslim marriages. WLC Attorney Khensani Motileni.

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Home affairs issues first Muslim marriage certificates in SA history 

Marriages of Muslims are officially recognised in South Africa after more than 350 years of Islam in the country 

The marriage certificates officially recognising the “type of marriage” as “Muslim” comes after changes were made to the department’s internal systems. Picture: iStock.

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UN Security Council discusses Sudan crisis as Rapid Support Forces kill dozens in an attack.

France's Emmanuel Macron heads for Morocco after effectively supporting its illegal occupation of Western Sahara.

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As the Government of National Unity (GNU) prepares to table its Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday 30 October, the Real Reform for ECD Movement calls on leaders to prioritise transformative investments in early childhood development (ECD). The time to invest in ECD is NOW!  

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What’s trending on socials? Barbara Friedman joins us in studio to give us the scoop.

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Yesterday Government ministers and the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) briefed the media on developments with regard to food safety following incidents of suspected food poisonings in parts of the country. 

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that a pesticide known as organophosphate caused the deaths of six children in Naledi, Soweto. 

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