First Take SA

A woman, who was retrenched for refusing to take the Covid 19 vaccine a year ago, has won her case against her employer. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration - CCMA- has ruled that her dismissal was substantively unfair and ordered the employer to compensate her a year's salary by July 25th. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Senior Commissioner at the CCMA Pieter Venter

AfriForum, the DA, and the Helen Suzman Foundation are challenging the decision by former Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser, to release Zuma on medical parole. AfriForum contends that Fraser was duty-bound to uphold the recommendations of the Medical Parole Advisory Board not to release Zuma on medical parole. The organization has accused the lawyers of former President Jacob Zuma and the Correctional Services Department, of incorrectly reading and interpreting the Correctional Services Act. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Afriforum's Head of Policy and Action, Ernst Roets

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, author of  "Africa Is Open For Business" and "Africa Bounces Back". Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo

Political analyst, Professor Sethulego Matebesi says the office of the Public Protector is becoming a political battleground. This is after Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane was suspended by President Cyril Ramaphosa in June. Professor Matebesi says the suspension of Advocate Mkhwebane underlines the need to depoliticize the Public Protector's Office...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya has dismissed reports of the President being personally liable for the Marikana tragedy as false and misleading. He was reacting to media reports that President Ramaphosa may be held liable for the 2012 Lonmin mine strike where police gunned down and killed striking workers. This after Judge Frits van Oosten on Friday found that Ramaphosa had taken part in, planned, and endorsed the cooperation between the Lonmin mine in Marikana and the police, which had culminated in the deaths, injuries, arrests, and detention of the striking miners. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Andries Nkome, Attorney for the injured and arrested mineworkers.

The government of eSwatini has declared Swaziland News and its editor Zweli Martin Dlamini terrorists. The government published a notice declaring Dlamini a threat to the Kingdom through his articles and online publication where he reportedly urged people to protest against King Mswati. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Zweli Martin Dlamini...Editor of Swaziland News

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says a total of 3 point 4 billion rands has been voluntarily returned to the Fund by employers who benefited from the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS). The UIF says that the over 14 billion rands that was disbursed through Covid-19 TERS has been audited during phase one of its "follow the money" project. This is after thousands of companies submitted fraudulent applications. The organization says as it anticipates more arrests and convictions, it expects that more employers will continue coming forward to pay back money to the Fund. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to UIF Director of Communication and Marketing, Makhosonke Buthelezi

Yesterday Equal Education marched to parliament to demand the scrapping of the proposed changes to education infrastructure laws. The civil organization says the proposed changes will see the removal of deadlines for the delivery of necessities like water, electricity, and classrooms in schools. To further discuss this Elvis Presslin spoke to the Head of Equal Education Western Cape, Ntsiki Dlulani.

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoesoana, author of  "Africa Is Open For Business" and "Africa Bounces Back". Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo

The South African National Blood Service is currently experiencing critically low blood stocks. The Blood Service is pleading with South Africans to donate blood amid the shortage. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Khensani Mahlangu, Spokesperson for the Blood Service