Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Petro van Rhyn

Following the escape of an unknown number of Nile crocodiles from a private facility outside of Bonnievale last Wednesday, CapeNature says that to date a total of 50 can now be accounted for. 

Night patrols on the Bree River are ongoing with CapeNature partnering with a SAPS diving team, the facility owner and neighbouring land owners in recapturing the escaped reptiles.

We speak to Cape Nature spokesperson Petro van Rhyn for the latest.

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Guest: Sanusha Naidu | Senior Research Associate at Institute For Global

The ANC looks like it is facing a tough task reaching consensus on whether or not to support the impeachment of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

In a comment to the Sunday Times, ANC Secretary General, Ace Magashule, said what he described as ‘principled’ party members would not vote with the opposition on the motion.

The bid to remove her has been brought by the Democratic Alliance.

We speak to political analyst Sanusha Naidoo of the Institute for Global Dialogue.

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Guest: Prof Lukas Muntingh, Project Coordinator at the  Africa Criminal Justice Reform Centre at the University of the Western Cape

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Guest: Hayley Ivins Downes,  Head of Sales

There was much talk among experts last year expecting property prices across the country to crash by up to 15 per cent.

 

But new data from Lightstone shows that residential property prices defied the Covid-19 conventional wisdom, and house price inflation ended close to 3% at the end of the year.

It says debt relief and the cuts in interest rates made a significant difference to homeowners and potential home buyers. 

And it believes that sales will continue to hold their own.

We speak to Hayley Ivins-Downes, head of digital at Lightstone about their report.

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Guest: Pieter du Toit | Assistant Editor of In-depth News at News24

We speak to News24’s Pieter du Toit about his article in which he says that Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has the full support of the president, his minister, and the board in his fight with suspended chief procurement officer Solly Tshitangano, despite being accused of racism.

Tshitangano had written a scathing letter to Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan alleging de  Ruyter was hellbent on removing black suppliers without following proper procedures and being lenient on white-owned companies

De Ruyter is now been asked to account for his actions with parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts calling for an investigation into the allegations against him.

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Guest: Merle Mansfield

Almost all children in South Africa enrol at school, but the path to Matric is paved with obstacles for many of them and nearly 40% drop out before reaching Matric.

Leaving school early makes it difficult for young people to reach their full economic potential and reinforcing the cycle of poverty, and also has an impact on the country as a whole.

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Guest: Lyle Anthony

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Guest: Stephen Roche | Head of Shoulder and Elbow Unit at Groote Schuur

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Guest: Tim Tucker | clinical virologist and public health management consultant of SEAD Consultancy

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