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What role can retirement savings play in supporting economic development? Thakane Setsabi-Mushonga, Managing Executive of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants unpacks the major themes emerging from the 2026 Old Mutual Thought Leaders Forum, including retirement reform, workforce resilience and the connection between long-term savings and economic growth www.kaya959.co.za · Kaya FM

In this edition of Pivot Point, Gugu Mfuphi speaks with Jackie van Niekerk to unpack the defining moments of her career, leadership lessons from navigating a changing property market and her vision for the future of South Africa's listed property sector. www.kaya959.co.za

South Africans are spending more on convenience food despite ongoing financial pressure. Caroline Short, Research and Advisory Services Lead at Trade Intelligence unpacks the rapid growth of the quick-service restaurant market, shifting consumer behaviour, the rise of challenger brands and how delivery platforms are reshaping the country's food economy www.kaya959.co.za

South Africa's manufacturing sector remains central to the country's growth ambitions, but are policymakers and businesses doing enough to support local industry? Gugu Mfuphi speaks to Irshaad Kathrada, CEO of the LFS, about localisation, procurement leakage, job creation and why strengthening industrial value chains could unlock billions in economic activity and thousands of jobs. www.kaya959.co.za · Kaya FM

At times we find ourselves in the doghouse with our partners, friends, family, or colleagues and we honestly just don’t understand why they are mad. So with the Blind Spot we and the listeners help you see and understand some of the blind spots you might have missed in certain situations. Kaya FM

Fresh and Thato spoke to Chairman of Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board, Thokozani Jacob Masilela on why every neighborhood needs a Community Police Forum (CPF), how a CPF really works and how to go about starting one. Kaya 959

#KayaBiz host Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to Fresh and Thato on The National Opt-Out Registry allows South Africans to block unwanted direct marketing calls and texts. They also discussed South Africa’s paper manufacturing sector is experiencing intense market pressures, marked by a major trade investigation that concluded in October 2026. Kaya 959

Fresh and Thato spoke to former EFF MP and host of the African Renaissance Podcast, Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi on the Batho Pele Convention: Siyazenzela initiative calling for a permanent, non-partisan, membership-funded grassroots movement to help fix broken infrastructure and schools in communities. The first test is this Saturday at Regina Mundi Church in Soweto where graduates of Soweto’s public schools are invited to launch an Alumni League chapter covering about 200 schools. Each member contributes R3,000 a year to renovate school infrastructure. Kaya 959

Every Thursdays Kids help settle the debates. Kaya 959

Fresh and Thato spoke to Content Manager at IOL, Se-Anne Koopman on the story of a Durban man who was bitten by a highly venomous Green Mamba, only for people in the community Facebook group to inform that snake wasn't poisonous. Snake expert, Jason Arnold then spotted the post and realized it was actually a highly venomous green mamba and spent hours trying to track the bitten man down. Kaya 959