Business for SA (B4SA) called for an urgent reopening of SA's economy as it warned that as many as 4-million jobs could be lost due to the Covid-19 crisis, with economic activity taking three to five years before returning to pre-crisis levels. It estimates that between 1-million and 4-million could be lost, with economic activity only reaching pre-lockdown levels in three to five years' time. Even before the Covid-19 outbreak closed down most of the economy, SA was struggling with an unemployment rate of nearly 30%. We spoke to EFF Member of Parliament Dr. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, and Jordan Hill-Lewis, DA Shadow Minister of Finance

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says government does not want a fire sale of the assets of troubled national airline SAA nor for the carrier to be liquidated.

He told a parliamentary committee that the government was in talks with rescue specialists in charge of state-owned South African Airways (SAA) on how best to save the airline, which entered a form of bankruptcy protection in December. He says government will be meeting with the Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) in the next two days on the restructuring of the airline. LINK: Gordhan has lauded the role played by South African Airways (SAA) staff in efforts to rescue the airline.
Gordhan says in discussions with trade unions, they have agreed to take salary cuts of up to 40% to ensure SAA's survival. The Minister briefed the joint Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises and the Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communications during a virtual joint meeting yesterday evening. We spoke to Chartered accountant and Commentator, Khaya Sithole, SACCA President and Zazi Nsibanyoni-Mugambi

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What’s on the Agenda Nala? Nala selects 2-3 top news/current affairs stories that will set the tone for the day nationally or globally.
Interview:
Topic: Raising funds for online learning data
Guest: Theo Anaxagoras, Principal, Queenstown Girls High School

BE DRIVEN: We’ll speak to Port Elizabeth born Nomazibulo Theo Tshanga about Ziyana Business Consulting and Training. She started the business armed with only her personal savings and more than 13 years of work experience in human resources.

40 INTERVIEW: We’ll speak to a Cape Town father who used R70, 000 meant to buy his graduating daughter a car, to feed his community during the Covid-19 lockdown. Ebrahim Abrahams who’s a school teacher had saved the money to buy his daughter a car for her PhD graduation present.

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In this podcast Bussai talks to Mr George Nkosi, an HR from Eskom who shares some light on how much opportunities are the in workplaces for people living with disabilities.

INTERVIEW: We now get an update from the department of sport, arts and culture on the distribution of the relief funding that was made available to the department in March. The main aim of the fund was to assist artists, athletes and technical personnel. We speak to Masechaba Ndlovu, Department spokesperson.

INTERVIEW: We now get an update from the department of sport, arts and culture on the distribution of the relief funding that was made available to the department in March. The main aim of the fund was to assist artists, athletes and technical personnel. We speak to Masechaba Ndlovu, Department spokesperson