After 8 Is After 8: The Growth of Ozempic as a form of weight loss

The Growth of Ozempic as a form of weight loss: Has South Africa caught the bug?

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi

Today we talk to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, who has had a many allegations levelled against him. Premier Lesufi has been in office for over a 100 days and today he joins us in studio to clarify all those claims levelled against him.

After 8 Is After 8 - illegal Miners (Human rights education)

Human rights education is vital in order for all to enjoy their human rights. In the last week we saw the story of illegal miners who were seemingly stuck underground in Stilfontein, trend as many grappled with the question of whether they should be rescued using public resources considering the fact that they were engaging in an illegal activity.

Deputy Minister of Finance ( Ashor Sarupen )

The historic Durban Declaration of Crime Free Construction Sites has been signed by Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson, Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale, Deputy Minister of Finance Ashor Sarupen, and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) chair Khulile Nzo at the National Construction Summit on Crime-Free Construction in Durban. The agreement is set to decisively stop the criminal disruption of construction sites countrywide by the so-called construction mafia.

Timothy Walker (Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies)

The SA Navy has only one working warship partially patrolling South Africa’s territorial waters. All the navy’s submarines are out of service, its five outdated patrol vessels are broken and none of the four diving teams is operational. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga revealed all of this during a parliamentary question- and-answer- session. Motshekga says this is not as a result of mismanagement but due to financial constraints faced by the SA Navy.

KZN SAPS spokesperson ( Colonel Robert Netshiunda )

After 8 Is After 8: (The vast majority of men in South Africa believe that a woman should obey her husband)

The study found that a significant number of men - almost a quarter of them - believe that a woman cannot refuse to have sex with her husband. In addition to looking at the prevalence of GBV in the country, the study explored norms and attitudes and gender-power relations amongst women and men.

Adv Collen Weapond – (The commissioner responsible for POPIA at The Information Regulator)

Information Regulator ban’s publishing of matric results. According to the Information Regulator of South Africa (IR), an Infringement Notice and an Enforcement Notice were issued to the Department of Basic Education earlier this month stating that the department’s failure to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act last year means that the matric results of the class of 2024 will not be published in newspapers.

Ra’eesa Pather - (The lead investigator on the report for Open Secrets)

Open Secrets, a non-profit organisation which exposes and builds accountability for private sector economic crimes, has released an investigative report, unveiling how luxury property in South Africa has become a tool for laundering vast sums of money tied to corruption across the African continent.

After 8 Is After 8 - THE LEGAL TALK

Why South Africans Are NOT Running SPAZA SHOPS

KZN Premier (Thamsanqa Ntuli KwaZulu-Natal Premier)

We are joined by KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli to talk about how they will tackle the issue of poisoned Spaza Shop food following reports of a growing number of cases of children dying from eating food allegedly bought at spaza shops in the province.

After 8 After 8: We are talking all things love and astrology

We are joined In-Studio by our resident commentators as well a Dating Navigation Strategist & personal development coach with a key interest in astrology to look at planetary factors that can provide insight into our zodiac sign compatibility as well as which sign pairings are the most compatible, the most challenging, and the those that are just hit-or-miss.

Inclusion Of Traditional Healers (Dr Mpho Malatji - Chairperson of the Communications’ Committee of the Traditional Health Practitioners Council)

We are now joined by the Chairperson of the Communications’ Committee of the Traditional Health Practitioners Council, Dr Mpho Malatji about their calls for the inclusion of traditional healers in the broader healthcare system.

After 8 Is After 8 - Social Housing "RDP"

We look at South Africa’s social housing, RDP, sector which is facing systemic struggles. Rising construction costs, slow release of land, and insufficient grant funding. The challenges, among others, are compromising the sector’s ability to deliver new units at the pace and scale needed.

Climate Change

We are now talking about all things Climate change. We will kick off the conversation with the Presidential Climate Commission who joined the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, who is leading the South African delegation to COP29 Climate Summit, which is currently taking place in Baku, in the Republic of Azerbaijan, ending on November 22nd. For an update on the summit so far

Trapped IIIegal Miners

Thousands of trapped illegal miners at a closed North West mine have promised to hand themselves to the police. The group wants their dead colleagues, together with the sick and injured to be attended to first. They requested rope so bodies can be removed back to the surface. The group communicated through local community leaders, alleging to have given up on hiding underground, and were ready to exit the mine and face the law. Over 1 000 illegal miners from the shaft have already been arrested. The remaining group had their food supply cut off after police patrolled entrance and exit points.

After 8 Is After 8: We unpack the state of South African Graveyards

Graveyards and tombstones have different importance to different people within a cultural, religious or heritage context, several graveyards in South Africa have become crime hot spots. The vandalism or stealing of fencing and tombstones at gravesites around the country is widely reported. Overgrown grass and unfenced cemeteries are a common sight

Electricity Minister: (Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa Electricity Minister)

We speak to the Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa about measures taken to resolve the dispute of City Power’s billion rand debt owed to Eskom, which subsequently made the power utility to withdraw its threat to cut power supply to City of Joburg power entity City Power.

EPWP Nepotism Concerns: (Lennox Mabaso Head of Communications at Department of Public Works and Infrastructure)

We are joined by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure to talk about the varying concerns of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) with allegations of Jobs being sold for money and loyalty, and women being exploited under the programme.