NIGHT FALL

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete

Gross negligence is a form of misconduct that allows for summary dismissal if found guilty. But often employees are left speechless, unaware that what they had done or failed to do had amounted to gross negligence.

To attempt to avoid a claim for unfair dismissal, employers should ensure they have considered the merits in detail and that the conduct did not amount to poor performance.

Guest: Mrs Nicolene Schoeman - Louw -Founder | Managing Director at Schoeman Law Inc

Uber drivers are currently classified as independent contractors in South Africa, but there are plans to launch a class action to compel Uber SA to confer several key rights on its drivers, which, if successful, will affect the rights of platform workers.

Guest: Kirsten Eiser - Partner at Webber Wentzel

Guest: Tebogo Mathebeng Mfete

Allow me to introduce Cassie Jaganyi, Corporate Affairs & Citizenship Leader, P&G. She holds an influential position that allowed her to run the third #WeSeeEqual Summit, aimed to further the fifth United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG or Global Goal, for short) to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Guest: Cassie Jaganyi, Corporate Affairs & Citizenship Leader, P&G

This week, the National Assembly passed the Recognition of Customary Marriages Amendment Bill which will be sent to the President for approval. A significant development in terms of women’s rights and aptly timed as we mark International Women’s Day on Monday, 8 March.

Guest: David Thomson, Senior Legal Advisor at Sanlam Trust

Guest on the line: Tracy Ziman Jacobs - a qualified Social Worker and Intimacy Coach who is passionate about assisting couples and individuals wishing to transcend another level of intimacy within their relationships.

There are around two million traditional healers in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 200,000 live and work in South Africa.

Traditional healers are frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B and HIV. In particular, they are exposed through the widespread practice of traditional “injections” by incision.

Guest: Mosa Moshabela - Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation (Acting), University of KwaZulu-Natal

Give traditional medicine a fair chance, a fair investment so that it contributes to fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

This was the message from Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) practitioners during a virtual seminar hosted by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, on dispelling myths about vaccines and variants.

Guest: Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa - Chairperson of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Expert Advisory Committee on Traditional Medicines for Covid-19 and director of pharmacology at the University of the Free State

Abnormal uterine bleeding, also known as dysfunctional uterine bleeding, is common for women of reproductive age. Bleeding in between menstrual periods is abnormal uterine bleeding. Menorrhagia or heavy menstrual bleeding characterised by increased amount of blood lost during menstrual period.

Guest: DR NATALIA NOVIKOVA - Gynaecologist – General and Aesthetic, Endoscopic Surgeon