Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: John Hammer Same goes for the cheap solar garden lights bad poor instructions 

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Guest: Kadri Nassiep | Executive director of energy at City of Cape Town

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Guest: Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj engage in the historical  political legacy of FW de Klerk. 

 "Mac" Maharaj is a retired South African politician affiliated with the African National Congress, academic and businessman of Indian origin. He was the official spokesperson of the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. 

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Guest: Stanlibs Chief Economist, Kevin Lings shed insight on the implications of The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement

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Guest: Mike Schussler | Chief Economist at Economists.Co.Za

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Guest: Professor Peter Ryan, the Director of The Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology to discuss the degree to which the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics that intensifies pressure on an already out-of-control global plastic waste problem. 

  Professor Ryan is passionate about his research in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology (focusing on resolving closely-related species complexes), marine debris, solid waste management, the biology of oceanic islands.

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Guest: Rebecca Davis | Journalist and Author at Daily Maverick

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Guest:   Mr. Dave Steward joins Mike Wills to commemorate the life of FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa during whose iconic tenure South Africa began the transition to a Constitutional Democracy. 

FW de Klerk was head of state between September 1989 and May 1994.

In 1990 he announced he was releasing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, leading to multi-party polls in 1994.

  Mr. Dave Steward was educated in Canada, the UK and South Africa. He was a diplomat (1966-1985) serving as Ambassador to the UN in 1981-1982.  He headed the SA Communication Service from 1985 until 1992 when he was appointed Director-General in President FW de Klerk’s Office where he was closely involved in South Africa’s constitutional negotiations. In 1998 he co-authored De Klerk’s autobiography “The Last Trek” and in 1999 established the FW de Klerk Foundation together with the former president.  He served as Executive Director until June 2016 and is now the Foundation’s Chairman.

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Guest: Dr Harlan Cloete | Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University

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Guest: Mike Schussler is the Chief Economist at Economics.co.za and he brings with him a true understanding of what the budget speech is due to announce and whether it can be expected to deliver.

  South Africa’s major economic event this week is the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday (11 November), which will provide an update of the projected fiscal policy direction over the next three fiscal years, say economists at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER).

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