Guest: Prof Alex Welte | Centre of Excellence for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) at Stellenbosch University

 

Africa is joined by Prof Alex Welte, Centre of Excellence for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) at Stellenbosch University to talk about The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 letter to Health Minister Joe Phaahla, recommending that the quarantining of contacts be stopped as it is no longer viable in the current social and economic climate.

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Guest: Andrea Tucker | Director  at MortgageMe 

 

Africa is joined by Andrea Tucker, Director at MortgageMe to talk about the optimism for South Africa's residential market heading into 2022. According to Out of band authentication (OOBA), local financial institutions remain optimistic about the outlook for SAs residential property market, with the current lending environment remaining fiercely competitive – as evidenced by the softening of deposit requirements as well as lending rates.

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Guest: Liezel Van Der Westhuizen | Presenter at Talk Radio 702 / 567 CapeTalk 

 

Our resident fitness enthusiast Liezel van der Westhuizen is easing your festive season anxiety and workout planning, with great lifestyle and fitness tips to keep you less stressed, and more healthy and joyful. She joins Africa to talk about everything from Gut health to workout times, stress solutions, and what "too much" of a good thing is.

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Guest: Nicholas Ackerman, Director of the Duet Endowment Trust 

 

Africa is joined by Nicholas Ackerman, Director of the Duet Endowment Trust to talk about South Africas two world-class organizations currently The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and Cape Town Opera (CTO) who are standing up for the arts, both here and internationally, with the release of a new album: Cwaka. The Silence.  

The album features recordings of silent versions of some of their greatest works. It also includes an original 49-second title track, Cwaka. The Silence

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vHEQgw802KZXWunWktM6axImC5NR5mrz 

 

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Guest: Dr Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director at Institute For Security Studies

 

Africa is joined by Dr Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director at Institute For Security Studies to talk about the safety precautions should anything happen similar to the July unrests after the Gauteng High court ruled that former president Jacob Zuma medical parole, granted by former correctional services commissioner Arther Fraser was unlawful. The court said he must return to jail to serve the remainder of his 15-month contempt of court sentence. Police Minister Bheki Cele met with police leadership yesterday to discuss its response to any potential violence and said that they have learned lessons from the July unrest that followed former President Jacob Zuma's arrest in July.

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Guest: Naresh Maharaj | Motoring Journalist  at Bizcommunity

 

Africa is joined by Naresh Maharaj, Motoring Journalist at Bizcommunity to talk about holiday road travel tips that all motorists should know. 

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Guest: Jeremy Fredericks, cricket commentator

 

Africa is joined by Jeremy Fredericks, Cricket Commentator to reflect on Cricket South Africa (CSA) Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) report that was made public yesterday.  The report address racism, discrimination, and exclusion in the game and found that the appointments of Proteas men's head coach Mark Boucher and Director of Cricket Graeme Smith were both "flawed" procedurally. 

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Guest: Benedict Phiri | MD at IusPrudentia Special Counsel

 

Africa is joined by Benedict Phiri, Managing Director at IusPrudentia ( Pronounced YuusPrudentia) Specialist Counsel to talk about the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruling that former National Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser's decision to place former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole was unlawful and ordered that he should return to jail. 

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Guest: Thembeka  Khumalo | Client Relationship Manager at Satrix

 

Africa is joined by Thembeka Khumalo, Client Relationship Manager at Satrix to talk about the importance of teaching your kids how to invest from a young age.

1. The power of compound interest: This is pure magic, and the earlier a young person can capitalise on it, the better. Essentially, it means reinvesting the interest made on investment contributions back into an investment product. Interest then starts to earn interest, then that interest earns interests, and so on.

   

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Guest: Jacques Broodryk | Campaigns Manager at AfriForum

 

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed AfriForum's urgent bid to challenge the national curfew as part of government's lockdown regulations for Covid-19.  Africa is joined by Jacques Broodyk, Campaigns Manager at Afriforum to talk about the decision to take government to court.

In his ruling yesterday, Gauteng deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba said that there was no justification for the matter to be heard on an urgent basis and struck the matter off the roll.

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