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#FamilyInterview| JHB Studio~ Award Winning Comedian, Khanyisa Bunu:The first woman to win the coveted Audience Choice Award at the 2015 Savanna Comics’ Choice Awards.

She has opened Bread and Butter Entertainment, a talent agency that will jump-start the careers of many hopefuls

She is the host of the ‘Hleka Mzansi’ Comedy Show which takes place this Friday in Centurion

The show features TUmi Morake, Lihle Msimang, Tumi Stopnonsons

The much-loved comic shot to widespread popularity during her stint on SABC’s So You Think You’re Funny in 2009 where she entered and came sixth in the competition.
 
She is also an accomplished writer and has written as a columnist for several community newspapers over the years. Her first Xhosa novel, Umbhodamo was published by Maskew Miller in 2013, to critical acclaim and is currently a setbook in the Eastern Cape for Grade 8 and 9.

Born in Whittlesea in the Eastern Cape, Khanyisa Bunu has always known she was funny. As a high school Geography and English teacher, a day wouldn’t go by when she didn’t get a kick out of making her students, or the teachers in the staffroom roar with laughter.

As a child, she was always the centre of attention, often regaling her family with stories of her mischievous comings and goings at boarding school.

She relocated to Johnnesburg in 2008 and in 2009, she decided to take a leap of faith and follow her talent, which saw her entering SABC 1’s reality TV show, “So You Think You Are Funny?”. Getting into the Top Six finals solidified her path, and she began to pursue a full-time career as a comedian, actress and entertainer.

INTERVIEW: 77% of medical-aid babies are now born via c-section which costs up to R42,000 a delivery. A new report by the Council for Medical Schemes found that the rate of c-sections was lower among members on comprehensive plans compared to hospital plans. We’re joined on the line by Mondi Govuzela who is the Senior Researcher at the Council for Medical
The study found that 25% of c-sections to medical scheme members now cost more than R42,400 – compared to the price of a vaginal birth of between R16,900 to R25,400:
The average hospital visit was 67% more expensive for a c-section than for a vaginal delivery - R16,290 versus R27,086, respectively. The cost of medical specialist consultations for a c-section birth was almost 90% as expensive (R9,400 compared to less than R4,900). And the specialist prices are rising by almost 9% a year.
The CMS study found that the rate of c-sections was lower among members on comprehensive plans compared to hospital plans.
Hospital plans are cheaper than comprehensive plans, whose members are older and may have a “higher socioeconomic status (and) higher income levels” and therefore have better information about a c-section delivery, the study found.
But the CMS says that there are likely high levels of “medically unnecessary” c-sections among medical schemes. This is due to many factors, including the high rate of malpractice litigation when things go wrong in natural births. According to one expert, 98% of all legal claims related to obstetrics in South Africa involve vaginal births.
But the CMS also blames the low rate of natural births in part on the “high reimbursement rate” (presumably for hospitals and specialist healthcare providers), who can charge more for c-sections.
The CMS now wants urgent steps to reduce the incidence of c-sections among medical scheme members.
It wants an investigation into alternative mechanisms to finance maternity care, so that “appropriate” incentives are provided to healthcare providers.

A private security in KwaZulu Natal, Reaction Unit South Africa says in the past ten days they found at least eight bodies in and around Verulam, north of Durban. Reaction Unit South Africa says yesterday an unidentified body of a man with multiple gunshot wounds was discovered at Ndwedwe, while the remains of a severely burnt body was found along the M25, near KwaMashu. The private security company says most of the victims were found with gunshot wounds, bound, gagged and burnt. We spoke to Prem Balram, spokesperson for Reaction Unit South Africa...

Statistics South Africa has just revealed that South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, following a revised 0.8% contraction in the third quarter. The impact of load shedding, which the power utility says is likely to remain for approximately the next year and a half is suspected to have severely impacted productivity in the already ailing economy among other issues. We spoke to Dr Azar Jammine- Economist at Econometrix

#FamilyChat| Telephonic As 151 South African citizens living in Wuhan, China are due to be brought back home, the South African government has assured the public that it is ready to tackle the threat of the coronavirus, with no positive cases reported in the country yet. What do we know , what don’t we know so far?

PS: We did make unsuccessful attempts to get a government official/Rep

Guest: Prof Wolfgang Preiser, Head of Stellenbosch University's medical faculty's division for medical virology

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So far, 121 people have been tested for the coronavirus in South Africa and all the results were negative

Two South Africans aboard the Princess Diamond cruise ship in Japan tested positive and were receiving support in Japan. They will be able to return home when they have been cleared of the virus.

Government has set up a hotline for citizens who have questions about the virus or suspect they may have symptoms. The number is 0800 029 999.

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MOTORING [STUDIO]: Car owners may soon be able to service their cars where they like if the Competition Commission gets its way. The Commission released draft guidelines on how the automotive aftermarket industry should work. We’re joined in studio by Pogiso Dibakoane, Motoring expert.
The rules also seek to make it easier to use generic spare parts. Where a specific part's warranty has expired, the document suggests, the owner should be able to fit a "non-original" spare "without losing out on the remainder of the vehicle's general warranty".
The Competition Commission also seems intent on ending the dominance of what industry insiders have described as "Taj-Mahal-style" dealerships: vast and opulent showrooms for new cars, the cost of which ultimately fall to consumers.
Any requirements manufacturers impose on their dealers "must be reasonable and have an economic rationale, particularly in relation to the size of land, show-rooms, furniture, fittings and finishes," the draft rules say.
Though it is only at the start of a likely long period of public input, the draft guidelines could "fundamentally change the current nature and structure" of motor retail and services in South Africa, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) said in a statement on Monday.
Naamsa stressed – twice – that it has no objection to "the substantive reforms" proposed by the Competition Commission, but accused it of acting in bad faith and implied the rules could imperil billions of rands of investment in SA due from its members.
The automotive industry was already moving in the direction the Competition Commission would like, Naamsa said, albeit slowly, "creating a fertile environment upon which these reforms can be implemented without harming the economy".
The draft guidelines are open to public comment until 16 March.

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INTERVIEW [STUDIO]: We now find out more about a Nigeria based business hub for African women called She Leads Africa. The organisation is bringing the Slay Festival to South Africa for the very first time on 7 March. We’re joined in studio by Anna-Marie Marks from She Leads Africa.

The World Health Organisation in Africa has called on communities to look out for information on how to deal with the outbreak of corona virus in their areas. It says they should be well informed on the virus in order to curb misinformation. The United Nations health agency says it has been assessing the continent's preparedness to deal with the virus and making public awareness its priority. Cases have been confirmed in Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria. Zandile Myeza compiled this report ...