The key to reaching your long-term financial goals is to ensure that the occasional crisis does not derail your plans. If someone doesn’t have this emergency fund to draw on, they would either take on debt or dip into their retirement savings upon retrenchment, both of which are detrimental to one’s long-term finances. Today, we look at what tools can be used to ensure short-term and medium-term financial wellness.

As part of National Savings Month, the aim is to cultivate a culture of savings and making the public aware of the importance of financial health. This year’s focus is on bringing savings in your language.

Guest: Tony Buys – Financial Advisor

Guest on the line: Aida Coertse, Spiritual Master Coach

What is the solution to what is currently happening in South Africa today?

Guest on the line: Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa -The Founder of the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM)

Employers considering putting a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy in place need to take several factors into account, including appropriate steps if an employee refuses

​​Employers are currently faced with the difficult question whether to make vaccination mandatory for their employees. Obviously, employers want to create and maintain a safe and heal​thy working environment for their employees, including taking measures to protect them from contracting and/or spreading Covid-19.  An additional measure could be to ensure employees receive the Covid-19 vaccine, once they are eligible, as determined by the South African Government.

Guest on the line:  Professional Support Lawyer at Webber Wentzel

Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STDs), particularly amongst teenagers and young adults. It’s caused by bacteria and is spread by having unprotected sex — vaginal, anal, or oral — with someone who is infected, even though they may not have any symptoms.

Guest: Dr Anthony Smith –family physician and medical sexologist.

The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act contained in the OHS Bill 2020 has recently been released by Cabinet for comment. The proposed changes and new penalties have an impact on building owners and managing agents on how they can be compliant.

The proposed OHSA Amendment, which marks as the first modification since it was published in 1993, has a significant impact not only on employers but on how building owners and managing agents create a safer environment for people with mobility impairments.

Guest: Gavin Glass, CEO of Evac+Chair South Africa

A recently released report highlights how societies could move closer to a more gender equal distribution of care work in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

One of the key findings of the report is that – at the current rate of change – it will take another 92 years before unpaid care work is shared equally between men and women. Globally, women do three times as much of the unpaid care work as men do, and make up over 70% of the paid care workforce.

Guest: Wessel van den Berg is the research manager at Sonke Gender Justice and contributed to the State of the World’s Fathers report

Seeing blood in the semen can make a man anxious. Fortunately, it doesn't always signal a major medical problem. For men younger than 40 with no related symptoms and no risk factors for underlying medical conditions, blood in semen often disappears on its own.

Guest: Durban-based general practitioner -Dr Prithi Ramlachan

Having a clear understanding of your money journey and how you can change and shift your vibrations towards flow...

Guest: Billy Selekane - Africa’s #1 Professional Inspirational Speaker.

Labour markets around the world are undergoing significant changes – particularly in non-tech sectors. South Africa hasn’t been spared from this wave of change. The country has high unemployment rates by global standards, both at national level and among the youth.

According to some theories, higher education leads to better labour market outcomes and improves future income through better career paths. But these theories have been criticised in countries with high rates of unemployment, where even graduates often struggle to find employment. It seems higher education is no longer a guarantee of a job.

Guest :  Dr Ngk Precious Mncayi - Programme Leader Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of North West