Radio 2000 Mixes

ARTS: Entries have officially opened for the first annual South African Popular Music Awards. The awards celebrate black excellence in the arts and shine a light on the music that has been the soundtrack for South Africans over the past 10 years. Winners will be announced on July 31 at the Sun Arena in Pretoria. To speak to us more we have Mathawe Matsapola, Head of Communications for the awards.

INTERVIEW: Ride-hailing giant Uber is set to face a class action in South Africa, as drivers demand employee rights. To make this happen, South African law firm Mbuyisa Moleele attorneys is teaming up with UK-based firm Leigh Day, which has already won certain employee rights for 25 Uber drivers in the UK. We’re joined on the line from London by Richard Meeran who’s a partner at Leigh Day.

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Playlist:

1. Makhendlas_ Iminwe Phezulu (Minwana Phezulu)
2. Thebe_ Ungawa Kumi
3. Aba Shante_ Girls
4. Boom Shaka_ Thobela
5. Tkzee_ Shibobo
6. Mdu_ Mazolo
7. Mandoza_ Nkalakatha
8. Kabelo_ Pantsula For Life
9. Tkzee_ Dlala Mapantsula

Special Guest |Legendary Actor, Don Mlangeni Nawa , one of the stars of The Estate, a brand-new telenovela which will premiere on SABC 3 weekdays from April 2021.

He had a supporting role on S’Gudi S’Naysi as a loan shark henchman Laqhasha, starred in the classic South African mini-series Ubambo Lwami  and Hlala Kwabafileyo 
He became known for his portrayal Zebedee "Zeb" Matabane on the SABC 3 soap opera Isidingo, a role he played for 16 years dating back to the show's heydays. Since his departure from Isidingo Don Mlangeni Nawa has appeared on Rockville, Uzalo, The Throne, The River and Abomama.
The Estate is a game-changing gripping premium daily drama that probes the hot-button issues on every South African’s lips: Land and Identity, Corruption, Patronage, Money (old and new), Power, Class and Equality, all told through a colourful mix of South African families that fight for their space in these topical debates.

Don Mlangeni Nawa’s Song Selection
 
Brenda Fassie - Baxakekile 
Sibongile Khumalo- Sabela Uyabizwa,
Stimela-See the world through the eyes of a child
Kwesta- Vur Vai
 Black Diamond - Summer yo muthi

Sinppets from:

Hlala Kwabafileyo- Zakhe Mhlongo

Sgudi Snaysi- Laqhasha

The Estate

TECH TUESDAY: GirlCode is looking for unemployed young women with matric to train as software developers. GirlCode is a company that offers skills training programmes that focuses on the software development industry. We now speak to Tinyiko Simbine, co-founder at Girl Code.

INTERVIEW: The National Empowerment Fund has established an Economic Distress Fund for black owned businesses. To speak to us more we have Mzi Dayimani who is the NEF General Counsel.

Twitter: @Ezamzukwanamus1

Playlist:

1) Side by Side - Earth Wind & Fire
2) Loverboy - Billy Ocean
3) Upside Down - Dianna Ross
4) Never too much - Luther Vandross
5) Love × Love - George Benson
6) Celebration - Kool & the Gang
7) I will survive - Dianna Ross
8) Don't leave me this way - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
9) You're my first, my last, my everything - Barry White

TheTakeOff | A chat-based service called SMMEstart has been launched on
WhatsApp to provide SMMEs in South Africa with instantly actionable
information, guidance and resources to help business owners restart and
grow their businesses during the COVID-19 economic recovery period and
beyond.

The content and resources included have been developed based on the results of research that was conducted into the needs of micro, small and medium-sized business in South Africa - especially needs brought on by COVID-19
The service provides up-to-date, credible content and resources on Finance, Marketing, Legal, Business and Health, the latest News and Inspirational Stories, Free Business Resources and a Helpdesk. 
Among other insights, the needs assessment research confirmed that most businesses in the study experienced severe financial impact from COVID-19.
Most respondents indicated that COVID-19 illuminated a need for business skills, predominantly skills relating to implementing sustainable, online business opportunities and digital marketing.  
Designed around an easy-to-navigate menu, SMMEstart is a service that is activated by simply texting the word ‘hi’ in a WhatsApp message to +27 60 011 0110 to get started

Guest: Samantha Manclark, Team Lead Jozihub for SMMEStart

#FirstThingFirst| Yesterday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that the national NSC pass rate stands at 76.2% – a decline of 5.1% from the record pass of 81.3% achieved by the class of 2019.
Guest: Prof Nicky Roberts, Associate Professor in Department for Childhood Education. University of Johannesburg
Some Stats:
If progressed learners were excluded, the pass rate would have been 81.2%.
A total of 607,227 full-time and 117,800 part-time candidates sat for the exams.
36.4% of candidates achieved a bachelor’s pass, compared to 36.9% in 2019.
26% achieved a diploma pass
13.7% a higher certificate and 0.01% or 61 candidates a National Senior Certificate pass.
At least 76.7% of boys passed compared to 75.8% of girls, more girls achieved bachelor and diploma passes than boys