AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: The Impact of Financial Trauma

The impact of financial trauma on our personal development includes various facets of an individual’s well-being, influencing their mental health, relationships and overall functioning, as a financially traumatised person navigate the fear of financial ruin. ROSE NKABINDE - FINANCIAL COACH & CEO OF FINANCIAL JOURNEY DR SEAN ZIMUNYA - CLINICAL THERAPIST AND SOCIAL WORKER

MUZI XABA: FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR ( NUZTEK )

Business Profile: NUZTEK specialises in IT consulting, software development, and training solutions for SMMEs. ThunaPoint, the company’s current SaaS product, is a comprehensive cemetery management system designed to streamline operations for memorial parks.

CHRISELDA LEWIS - SENIOR JOURNALIST AT SABC NEWS

Police have confirmed a case of conspiracy to commit murder has been registered and being investigated after three men were removed from the High Court in Pretoria during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Tuesday. The men were seated in the public gallery inside court. The trial adjourned until Wednesday to allow counsels to deal with the new developments.

SIBAHLE MOTHA - POLITICS JOURNALIST AT SABC NEWS

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who has been placed on special leave, has now taken to the stand at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria. Mchunu has testified that he has never faced any corruption allegations. “Through all the public positions I’ve had the privilege to occupy, I’ve never been accused of corruption. Not once.” Several witnesses have testified at the Commission that Mchunu did not consult stakeholders when he disbanded the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT).

AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: Unpacking Social Media Activism & Protesting

Unpacking social media activism & protesting - The effectiveness of the protests, the risks, and how it can affect social movements in the long run. With campaigns like G20 Women’s Shutdown, Fees Must Fall, Me Too & Black Lives Matter - Social media has undoubtedly given a voice to many across the globe and in the last decade we’ve seen several social movements and campaigns gain a lot of ground on social media, as users call for social, political and economic chage, amoungst other things. This evening we’re looking at social media protests and activism, what works, what doesn’t and what the future looks like for this form of making our voices heard.

SONGEZO ZIBI - RISE MZANSI LEADER & OF THE FOUNDERS OF UNITE FOR CHANGE

The Unite for Change party has launched it’s campaign for the local government elections and is calling for the closure of all the specialist companies which fall under the City of Johannesburg. The party is the merger of three political parties, namely Rise Mzansi, Good and Build One South Africa., and was announced two months ago. Unite for Change held a mass meeting in Kliptown, Soweto, this past weekend, where it sought to recruit people to stand as candidate councillors in next year’s local government elections.

NTHABALENG MOTSOMI-MOSHOESHOE - LOVE-LIFE CEO

In South Africa, adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years account for more than a third of all new HIV infections, while there were 2,103 births to mothers between the ages of 10 and 14 in South Africa, in 2024. This World Aids Day, much like last year, we continue to decry how young girls contnue to be disproportionately accepted by HIV, and with many of them also faced with the challenge being mothers while they are still children themselves.

AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: The Attack of Pitbulls

A Gqeberha mother barely had time to react before she saw her son on the ground, his face caught in the jaws of the family dog. The 30-year-old woman has now added her voice to the age-old debate around the safety of pit bulls. The 22-month-old boy, who was lucky to survive the attack, sustained several bite marks and a fractured skull due to the impact when he hit his head on the ground as the dog launched at him. Recalling the incident, the woman, who asked to not to be named to protect her son’s identity, said she did not think twice — risking her own life at the same time — to try to separate the boy and the male pit bull cross.

ANDY MASHAILE/ SECURITY ANALYST

Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams has laid criminal charges against KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and former Police Minister Bheki Cele. The MP wants them to be probed for fraud and corruption. Adams was previously mentioned in Mkhwanazi's testimony at the Madlanga Commission for being reckless with sensitive crime intelligence. Adams rubbished the allegations, saying information he allegedly used recklessly landed on his doorstep. His motive was to expose what was happening. He has shown interest in wanting to appear before the Commission and tell his side of the story. The National Coloured Congress leader has also previously opened a criminal case against National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola.

MICHAEL BOCIURKIW/ GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST

Tensions between South Africa and the United States reached an all time high on Wednesday night after US President Donald Trump announced that South Africa would be barred from attending the next G20 summit. Trump, speaking on his social media platform Truth Social, said he would block South Africa’s participation in the 2026 G20 summit – set to be hosted in Miami – and halt all financial support to the country. His remarks followed South Africa’s refusal to symbolically pass the G20 presidency to a senior US Embassy representative at the close of this year’s summit in Johannesburg. The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa because the South African government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific human rights abuses endured by Afrikaners and other descendants of Dutch, French and German settlers,” Trump posted.

AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: Who Own's South Africa?

GUEST 1: LUTHANDO VILAKAZI /LAWYER AT OPEN SECRETS GUEST 2: SANDILE SWANA/ POLITICAL ANALYST

Judge Phahlane granted R50,000 bail in church succession bribery case

Gauteng High Court Judge Portia Dipuo Phahlane was released on R50,000 bail on Wednesday afternoon on allegations she accepted a bribe worth millions of rand in a long-running church leadership dispute. Phahlane and three others, one of them being her son, were arrested on Tuesday night by the  Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks). The arrests form part of a major corruption and money-laundering investigation linked to the succession dispute within the International Pentecost Holiness Church (IPHC).

AD HOC COMMITTEE RECAP (BULELANI PHILLIP/ SABC NEWS PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER)

Vusimuzi Cat Matlala says he can’t answer every detail surrounding his multi-million-rand tender to supply medical services to the police and how this could work against him in any future criminal investigations.

After 8 Is After 8: The support artists need in order to change this narrative and how creatives and artists should be creating opportunities for themselves

We all consume art on a daily basis, spending countless hours watching TV shows, listening to music, admiring beautiful photographs and fashion designs. This is clearly an important contributor to our daily lives, yet till this day many artists and creatives struggle to make their careers lucrative and financially beneficial over the long term. This evening we’ll be looking at the support artists need in order to change this narrative and how creatives and artists should be creating opportunities for themselves and taking advantage of the growing media landscape.

Are South African courts processing cases quickly enough?

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya released the Annual Judiciary Report for 23/24 and 24/25 respectively. The 24/25 report showed that all Superior Courts collectively achieved 71% compliance with the delivery of reserved judgments within three months, against a set target of 70%. The courts fell just short of meeting their targets when it came to criminal matters, with various factors affecting the ability of the courts to process these types of cases timeously. As many in society voice their lack of trust in South Africa’s judicial system, how is it actually performing?

GBVF declared a National Disaster - What now?

Activists have warned the South African government not to ignore the root causes of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), which include unemployment, poverty, and financial inequality. This follows last week’s announcement by the government classifying GBVF as a national disaster. A meeting on Friday is expected to outline a detailed plan and define the roles of civil society and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The Women for Change organisation - which led the petition to have GBVF declared a national disaster - says they now want to see action that equates to the magnitude of the crisis.

AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: Normalised violence and aggression in media and society at large, and the impact it has on bullying amoungst children

Reseacrh has found that more than 3.2 million children in South Africa experience bullying every year, and experts are spotlighting normalised violence in media and within our communities as a factor that’s leading to more violent and agressive behaviour amoungts children. What role is the media & the rest of society playing in bullying amoungst children and how should parents be dealing with this?

How do you run a school on about R6 per learner per day?

That’s a question that FEDSAS - the national representative organisation for governing bodies of South African schools is asking as multiple provincial education departments fail to make much needed payments to schools which has harsh consequences on zero-fee paying schools. Meanwhile... Gauteng parents with children in quintile 5 - which are fee paying schools - may have to pay much more in fees next year with subsidy funding cuts from the province.

Patients at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital are relying on relatives to bring them food

Patients at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital are relying on relatives to bring them food. This after the hospital's food supplier was recently shut down after E.coli was found in its meals. According to reports, the hospital's kitchen can provide breakfast and supper, but is unable to supply plated food lunches for patients.

DOREEN MOKOENA - CEO OF CYBERSEC CLINIQUE & CYBERSECURITY EXPERT