John Maytham speaks to Sibusiso Mboto, Advocacy Co ordinator at Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group (PMBEJD), about the December 2025 Household Affordability Index which found the average worker earning the minimum wage is having to sacrifice their families’ nutrition because electricity and transport costs chew up most of their pay cheque.

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John Maytham speaks to Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist of Econometrix about the impact on South Africa’s economy of the U.S attack on Venezuela and the arrest of their leader Nicolas Maduro.

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Fundraising events for schools can rally the community together nicely while generating much-needed money towards specific needs at the school. But what happens when the powers-that-be decide to use the funds to cover other operational expenses instead? John Maytham speaks to Errol Thompson about his personal experiences.

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John Maytham speaks to Dr Ron Whelan, CEO of Discovery Health, about their notification sent to some members over a system error which resulted in payments being made which would ordinarily not be covered, and would have been taken out of the medical savings account. A system has been put in place to recover the overfunded amounts.

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The medical scheme Discovery Health has issued a letter to some of its members explaining that an error in their system had resulted in erroneous coverage for some medical claims and that a process (clawback) of recovering the overfunding has been put in place. John Maytham speaks to Mark Hyman, founder and CEO of MediCheck, which provides assistance on medical aid claims, on why members should not respond to those letters, because they did nothing wrong and because the clawback system does not apply in many of the cases.

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John Maytham speaks to Hennie Strydom, Professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg

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A World View from London: America’s impact on Cuba What now for Cuba after Venezuela raid? France jails internet trolls; sackings at two big football clubs. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with John Maytham

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Why is it that parents are asked to supply toilet paper and such at the beginning of each school year, adding to their financial burden of kitting their child / children in new school uniform items and stationery? John Maytham speaks to Matakanye Matakanya, General Secretary of the National Association of School Governing Bodies.

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John Maytham speaks to Felipe Botero Escobar, Head of Andean Regional Office for Gitoc(Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime) about the allegations by the U.S that Nicolas Maduro is nothing more than a narco terrorist.

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John Maytham speaks to Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of World Wide Worx and editor-in-chief of gadget.co.za, out of Las Vegas where he is attending the BIG Consumer Electronic Show. Although the keynote presentations have yet to take place, Arthur shares some of the big announcements being expected, as well as his take on a new set of smart glasses which are being launched at the show.

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