Organ donation in South Africa

Guest: Stella De Kock - Managing Director at TELL  Approximately 4700 people are waiting for a life-saving organ or cornea transplant in South Africa, but only 0.2% of our population are registered organ donors. Organ and tissue donation is a simple choice that will cost you nothing but a few minu…

South Afrcia Water Crisis - How do we get it right?

Guest: Carin Bosman - Independent water governance advisor. Rand Water and Johannesburg Waterrecently made a call to consumers and citizens, cautioning them to use water sparingly due to an alarming deficit between supply and demand. In the begginning of this year, the country saw the community o…

#ToTheBallot -Labour Union Role in Politics

Guest: Mathew Parks - Spokesperson for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) Do labour movements still have significant influence over electoral politics outcomes? Also touching on the role we can expect them to play, as SA's political landscape moves towards being that of coalition…

Court Challenge to the “arbitrary” ID blocking practice by Home Affairs

Guest: Thandeka Chauke - Statelessness Project Manager at Lawyers for Human Rights The Minister of Home Affairs had previously revealed in Parliament in the year 2020 that his department was dealing with more than 800,000 blocked ID cases, involving alleged duplicates and what it claims are “fraud…

The National State Enterprises Bill

Guest: Sandile Swana - Political and Governance Analyst South Africa has released a draft law that is aimed at facilitating the creation of a holding company which will house struggling SOE Such as power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. But some experts have said that this newly published National …

The United Nations General Assembly

Guest:  Roland Henwood - Lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria While delivering the country statement to the United Nations General Assembly in New York., President Cyril Ramaphosa made a call to transform the global financial architecture. He also says urg…

The Night Talk - Role of Corectional Service

Guest: Dr Simon Howell - Senior Researcher, Center of Criminology at the University of Cape Town.  South Africa has opted for a human rights-based rather than a stringent law enforcement punitive approach to the management of the country's correctional facilities.

City of Tshwane's Plans to end reliance on Eskom

Guest: Prof Hatmunt Winkler - University of Johannesburg Physics professor with a research in interest in sunlight modeling. Guest:  Tshepo Kgadima - Energy Analyst  The Executive Mayor of Tshwane Metro, Cilliers Brink has announced that the City is  considering a private partnership to enhance t…

Nigerian Grid Collapse - Adekunie Owolabi

Guest: Adekunie Owolabi - Journalist and Researcher Digital Editor at the Diplomatic Watch now a US based Diplomatic Affairs news agency. Nigeria's electricity distribution companies reported "a total system collapse"on Thursday, causing widespread blackouts across Africa's economy. Power generati…

SASSA Grant paymenrs - Alexandra Abrahams

Guest: Alexandra Abrahams - Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Shadow Minister for Social Development  Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says those responsible for the delays in social grant payments will be held responsible. Thousands of social grants recipients …