NIGHT FALL

NIGHT FALL

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  • Gauteng High court has handed the South African Revenue Services (SARS) the go ahead to install CCTV cameras in big tobacco warehouses

    Guest: Wayne Duvenage is CEO of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse

    The South African revenue services has been given the go ahead to install CCTV cameras in big tobacco warehouses.
    The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (FITA), took SARS to court with the aim of stopping the installation of the surveillance.
    FITA represents 80 percent of licensed cigarette manufacturers in Southern Africa. An estimated R8-billion is lost annually to the fiscus as a result of illicit trade of tobacco.

    24 min
  • Stokvels - How to Avoid Scams

    Guest: Nsika Masondo is the CFO of the National Stokvel Association of South Africa, as well as the NASASA Financial Co-Operative.

    In South Africa, a stokvel is an invitation-only club of twelve or more people serving as a rotating credit union or saving scheme.

    In a Stokvel scam, fraudsters advertise the club/scheme on social media platforms. They will entice others to join by having other people, who are part of the scam, show interest and praise the club. The invite to join the Stokvel club will be on social media platforms.

    18 min
  • DRC Election Results

    Guest: Dr William Mpofu- Researcher at the university of the Witwatersrand, political analyst and  Senior Research Associate at Good Governance Africa

    President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo's election, which has been condemned as a "sham" by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun. Tshisekedi won about 73% of the vote, with his nearest challenger, Moise Katumbi, on 18%. About two-thirds of polling stations opened late, while 30% of voting machines did not work on the first day of the vote, according to an observer group. Meanwhile opposition parties say the problems were part of a deliberate plan to allow the results to be rigged in favor of Mr Tshisekedi.

    25 min
  • Male Contraception

    Guest: Garron Gsell from The Men's Foundation

    At least 54 councillors and 103 municipal officials have been gunned down since 2011
    Following a commission that was established in 2016, In 2018, commissioners, advocate Marumo Moerane, advocate Vasu Gounden and Professor Cheryl Potgieter completed the task and submitted the report to the then premier.

    In part, the report identified serious weaknesses in the criminal justice system as kne of the reasons behind this. What then needs to be done to put an end on the political violence in the province? 

    25 min

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