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Speaker 1: Plenty going on that we're going to be covering a

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Speaker 1: little bit later. As I mentioned, we're going to be

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Speaker 1: talking about that legal challenge launched by Dignity SA this

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Speaker 1: in regard to their bid to end the current legal

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Speaker 1: band on assisted dying. Professor hillam Landmann, who's a co

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Speaker 1: founder of that organization, is my guest to talk about

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Speaker 1: that at twelve minutes past five. But I'm sure many

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Speaker 1: of you have wrestled with this idea, or maybe there

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Speaker 1: was no wrestling. Maybe your view on it is crystal clear,

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Speaker 1: but either way, we'd love to hear from you about that.

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Speaker 1: On seven to two seven two one seven two. Let's

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Speaker 1: turn to this now. Economic Freedom Fighters held a briefing today,

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Speaker 1: led obviously by that party's leader, Julius Malema. A lot

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Speaker 1: of issues coming up, lots of considerable interest. Alpha Ramushwana,

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Speaker 1: our EWN colleague was there and he joins us now, Alpha,

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Speaker 1: very good oftening too. Why agenda covered from what I

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Speaker 1: can gather from the reports, including yours, But I did

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Speaker 1: want to ask you this anything said in relation to

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Speaker 1: the EFF now holding an extremely prominent position in the

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Speaker 1: how ten Government FINANCEMEC. What was said about that? If indeed,

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Speaker 1: it came up.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, John. Of course you would remember that last

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Speaker 2: week the Economic Film Fighters officially joined the how ten government,

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Speaker 2: the multi party government which is led by the ANC

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Speaker 2: in this province, and the EFF provincial leader Anguna was

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Speaker 2: subsequently appointed as THEMEC for Finance in the province. And

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Speaker 2: so Julias Mali my life, why did react to the

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Speaker 2: party officially joining the multi party ANC led coalition, saying

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Speaker 2: that it's something that they had long desired for and

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Speaker 2: they believed that Dona, the FINANCEMEC, will perform well as

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Speaker 2: the Finance NEC for how thing. In fact, he says

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Speaker 2: that this type of a coalition should also be taken

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Speaker 2: to national government. He believes that the ANC should stop

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Speaker 2: governing with the Democratic Alliance and move closer with the

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Speaker 2: EFF and the MKA party. And really well, Malima is

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Speaker 2: welcoming the fact that the EFF is now part of government.

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Speaker 2: He believes that national government as well the EFF needs

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Speaker 2: to enter with the ANC and the MK party. So,

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Speaker 2: according to Julius Malima, they do have confidence in Coulullakotuna

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Speaker 2: that he will perform his duties as the finance boss

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Speaker 2: very well in the province of Kalding.

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Speaker 1: We're going al for shortly to chat to our colleague

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Speaker 1: Toby soil Goba about the Madlanga Commission. And at that commission,

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Speaker 1: Julius Malema's name has come up, and not in a

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Speaker 1: particularly favorable light. First of all, there have been questions

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Speaker 1: raised about any influence he might have tried to exert

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Speaker 1: over the issuing of security contracts Swane very much in

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Speaker 1: the spotlight at the moment. But also his relationship with

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Speaker 1: a number of business people. Well, what did he say

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Speaker 1: in response to that, because I'm assuming it must have come.

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Speaker 2: Up, yes, So for context, Julias Malie Mattamazango, commissioner of

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Speaker 2: the inquiry, was recently implicated with that commission hearing that

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Speaker 2: he has links to some controversial figures, including controversial businessmen

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Speaker 2: Zenguma Law and notorious taxi boss johnas sUAS in CD

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Speaker 2: and Julias Malimedes Pressa. Today really did not distance himself

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Speaker 2: from these two figures. In fact, he confirmed knowing them

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Speaker 2: and having some form of relationship with them, saying that

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Speaker 2: he has visited and had meetings with the taxi boss

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Speaker 2: quite a number of times and.

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Speaker 1: They knew each other very well.

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Speaker 2: Also with the controversial businessman zengum Look also saying that

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Speaker 2: he does know him. They also have had meetings. But

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Speaker 2: the fact that he knows them Malimaces does not mean

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Speaker 2: that he was in in whatever criminal activity, but that

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Speaker 2: may have been involved in We heard that that commission

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Speaker 2: joined that Zenumalo was very very or had some hand

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Speaker 2: an access to very private police documents implicated by sergeant

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Speaker 2: funding co seats and so Malima says that whether or

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Speaker 2: not Zo indeed had access to contra private police documents,

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Speaker 2: he had no hand in his dealings with the police service.

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Speaker 2: Says the taxi boss as well, Jonathan M. Sos in

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Speaker 2: the CD he doesn't know if he was involved in

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Speaker 2: any criminal activity, but wasn't involved in any of those

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Speaker 2: criminal activities, but he did not distance himself from them.

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Speaker 2: In fact, he confirmed that he knew them very very well.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much Alpha Ramaschwana updating us on that