The Knysna Municipality has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, from water shortages, breakdown of coalition, councilors using derogatory terms against each other and recently, the appointment of the Municipal Manager was ruled null and void by the Western Cape High Court.

The council must now restart the process of finding a new Municipal Manager to replace which Ombali Sebola. There has also been calls since last year to put the municipality under administration. 

Guest: Moyisi Magalela - ANC Regional Spokesperson in the Southern Cape

Guest: Rev Ralph Stander - Community Activist and chairperson of Knysna United 

Guest: Dr Dion George - DA Constituency Leader in Knysna

Guest: Eugene Botha - National Head for Legal for the Patriotic Alliance

The Knysna Municipality has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, from water shortages, breakdown of coalition, councilors using derogatory terms against each other and recently, the appointment of the Municipal Manager was ruled null and void by the Western Cape High Court.
The council must now restart the process of finding a new Municipal Manager to replace which Ombali Sebola. There has also been calls since last year to put the municipality under administration. 
Guest: Moyisi Magalela - ANC Regional Spokesperson in the Southern Cape 
Guest: Rev Ralph Stander - Community Activist and chairperson of Knysna United 
Guest: Dr Dion George - DA Constituency Leader in Knysna
Guest: Eugene Botha - National Head for Legal for the Patriotic Alliance

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The politics of Knysna Municipality and impact on service delivery

We use this segment now to speak to some of the political parties and journalists finding out what the situation is regarding coalition talks. Who is agreeing with who and what is being put on the table? To help us through this conversation, we are joined by...

Guest: Solly Malatsi - National Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance

Guest: Hajra Omarjee - Political Editor at Business Day

Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Senior Political Reporter 

We use this segment now to speak to some of the political parties and journalists finding out what the situation is regarding coalition talks. Who is agreeing with who and what is being put on the table? To help us through this conversation, we are joined by...
Guest: Solly Malatsi - National Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance
Guest: Hajra Omarjee - Political Editor at Business Day
Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Senior Political Reporter

Coalition Talks: Are we ready to sign on the dotted line?

We continue our series of discussions meeting the new faces and parties that will stand in Parliament for the first time. Today, we decided that it would be important for us to meet the new and young faces that will be entering Parliament for the first time among the established political parties.



We are also featuring new members of provincial legislatures as the lower houses open their doors for the seventh administration. To tell us more about what they want to achieve in the next five years and what it means to represent the views of young people in law-making processes, we are joined by…



Guest (Telephone): Liam Jacobs - Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance Student Organization and MP-elect

Guest (ZOOM): Sanele Zondo - Chairperson of IFP Youth Brigade and MP-elect

We continue our series of discussions meeting the new faces and parties that will stand in Parliament for the first time. Today, we decided that it would be important for us to meet the new and young faces that will be entering Parliament for the first time among the established political parties.
 
We are also featuring new members of provincial legislatures as the lower houses open their doors for the seventh administration. To tell us more about what they want to achieve in the next five years and what it means to represent the views of young people in law-making processes, we are joined by…
 
Guest (Telephone): Liam Jacobs - Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance Student Organization and MP-elect
Guest (ZOOM): Sanele Zondo - Chairperson of IFP Youth Brigade and MP-elect

A new administration of Young Parliamentarians

As political parties are still deciding on how to run the country under a possible government of national unity as proposed by the ANC, we continue discussions around what the possibilities are.Many have been likening this period to 1994 as we were starting a road to democracy under a government led by Nelson Mandela under a government of national unity with two deputy presidents.Well, we thought to bring in some of the people who were active in that period to talk about the dynamics that were at play then comparing them to today. What lessons can we learn in order to take the country forward? 

Guest: Professor Richard Calland -A visiting adjunct professor at the Wits School of Governance and Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Guest: Mbhazima Shilowa – Former Gauteng Premier, General Secretary of Cosatu and was also part of the ANC’s negotiating team at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa

Guest: Oupa Ngwenya - Founding secretary-general of the Forum of Black Journalists, freelance writer, columnist, corporate strategist, and currently Project’s Co-ordinaries of The 70s Group comprising of liberation activists of the 1970s

As political parties are still deciding on how to run the country under a possible government of national unity as proposed by the ANC, we continue discussions around what the possibilities are. Many have been likening this period to 1994 as we were starting a road to democracy under a government led by Nelson Mandela under a government of national unity with two deputy presidents. Well, we thought to bring in some of the people who were active in that period to talk about the dynamics that were at play then comparing them to today. What lessons can we learn in order to take the country forward? 
Guest: Professor Richard Calland - A visiting adjunct professor at the Wits School of Governance and Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Guest: Mbhazima Shilowa – Former Gauteng Premier, General Secretary of Cosatu and was also part of the ANC’s negotiating team at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa
Guest: Oupa Ngwenya - Founding secretary-general of the Forum of Black Journalists, freelance writer, columnist, corporate strategist, and currently Project’s Co-ordinaries of The 70s Group comprising of liberation activists of the 1970s

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