The Aubrey Masango Show

Guest: Dr Hugo Templeman, Founder of the Ndlovu Youth Choir

Monica Thulisile Bhuda

PhD candidate of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) at the North West University

Michelle Baker, Clinical Psychologist & Member of the SA society

Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. Building a successful company is incredibly tough. The odds are ever against you. It’s likely that not everyone in your life supports your venture.

The long hours, the glaring risks, the massive sacrifice… 

But you have a purpose and a vision that’s bigger than the obstacles. 

It’s wonderful to see entrepreneurs succeed, particularly in this climate, because you know that companies that can grow in spite of difficult external circumstances will undoubtedly flourish when simpler times come around. 

Guest: Lynne Dominick, Business Solution Strategist, Transformational Coach and Holistic Beauty and Wellness Advocate.

Guest: Guest: Peter Der Manuelian - Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology Director, Harvard Semitic Museum

Many people think a simple, one-page document is all they need to transfer ownership of their worldly possessions to their heirs.

Some even go so far as to rely on the pre-printed will forms you can buy at your local stationery shop or download.

While there is a strong case to be made for keeping things simple and uncomplicated, it is possible to oversimplify and in so doing so, make life a whole lot more complicated for your heirs.

Guest: Mduduzi Luthuli - Investment Manager at Luthuli Capital

Growing numbers of South African parents are looking at international education opportunities for their children, but this does not come cheap.

While some parents are no strangers to putting aside money for schooling, with top private schools costing over R250 000 per year, the leap to an R800 000 annual price tag for tuition and living costs at the likes of Harvard is sizeable.

“While the cost of studying abroad is high, the return on investment is much higher. Just as top schools carry prestige and sway for employment in South Africa, so too do globally top-ranked universities. The average starting salary for a Harvard graduate is around R70 000 per month.

Guest: Rebecca Prestorius, Country Manager for Crimson Education

The last Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in 2016 found that 78% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa can't read for meaning in any language. 

South Africa was placed last out of the 50 countries assessed. 

This is a national crisis.  If children can't read, they can't learn.

Guest: Masennya Dikotla, CEO of the Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy

Joshua Louw | Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt South Africa

 Website is www.automechanikasa.co.za

On January 1 one of the key amendments of the Labour Relations Amendment Act of 2018 came into effect. This requires trade unions and employer organisations to amend their constitutions to make provision for secret ballotting before a trade union can call on its members to strike, or an employer organisation can lock out striking employees.

Guest: Senior Associate Attorney at Finger Phukubje Inc Attorneys (Boutique Labour and Employment Law Firm)