Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Jonny Steinberg

Writing in Business Day last week on the need for a basic income grant and the issue of unemployment, columnist Jonny Steinberg, says it is impossible to employ everyone.

He says that it doesn't matter who is in power, whether there is a democracy or not, or if the economy is in a boom or recession, unemployment remains a perennial problem.

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Guest: Juliet McGuire

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Guest: Clinton Gahwiler | Head of Psychology  at Sports Science Institute of SA

English international cricket, Ben Stokes, is the latest high performance athlete to withdraw from his sport over mental health issues.

The last few months has seen several high profile athletes, including tennis player Naomi Osaka and Olympic gymnast, Simone Biles, take a step back to concentrate on their mental well-being.

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Guest: Prof Ruth Hall | Researcher at Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape.

The ANC says it will press ahead on its own in its attempt to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.

It needs either the Democratic Alliance or the EFF to vote with it to achieve the two-thirds majority required for it to pass in the National Assembly.

But neither of them appear willing to side with the ruling party, with the EFF insisting that  all land be put in the custodianship of the state in return for it supporting the amendment bid.

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Guest: Faith Morgan

We speak to author Faith Morgan, whose book "Rebel: The extraordinary story of a childhood in the 'Children of God' cult" tells the true story of her family, her childhood in the cult, and her escape from that world at the age of 19.

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Guest: Chris Yelland | Energy Analyst and MD at EE Business Intelligence  

The last of Eskom's Medupi Power Station generation units has finally come on line, six years after the first one attained commercial operation status.

 The  4,764 MW project, based in Lephalale in Limpopo province has been beset with problems, delays, and soaring costs since construction got underway in May 2007.

Eskom says the commercial operation of Unit 1 means the construction of Medupi, the largest dry-cooled power station in the world, is now complete.

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Guest: Elvis Blue

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Guest: Joan Armatrading

Legendary Kittitian-English singer and songwriter, and three-time Grammy Award nominee, Joan Armatrading, will be airing her first ever livestream concert tomorrow.

The 70-year-old released her 22nd studio album, Consequences, in June and within the first week it shot straight into the UK Top 10.

The special once-off concert will streamed at 21h00 South African time and will feature not only new material, but also some of the best known and loved songs from her 50+ year career.

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Guest: Ferial Haffajee | Associate Editor  at Daily Maverick

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