Stats SA’s latest report has revealed that KwaZulu-Natal remains the only province which delays in registering birth. According to South African law, all births must be registered within 30 days from the date birth. To find out how this is causing complications at Home Affairs and also how the problem can be solved

Guest: Thomas Sigama – Deputy Director General responsible for Civic Services at Department of Home Affairs

Guest: Mbonisi Nyathi - Legal Researcher at the Children’s Institute 

Trade union federation, Cosatu is calling for the introduction of new wealth taxes in the country. They were commenting at the back of Finance Minister Enoch Godogwana’s maiden Medium Term Budget Policy Statement last week. They would like the focus to be on people who earn over R1.5 million per year. To tell us about some of the reasons behind the call, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Matthew Parks - COSATU’s Parliamentary Coordinator

After dealing with the politics of this country, loadsheding and budget speech reaction, nothing can sooth our hearts and spirits like Wouter Kellerman’s music. He has a new offering and has been keeping very busy performing internationally. He now joins us via Skype to blow us into the weekend..

Guest: Wouter Kellerman – South African Grammy winner

Tributes continue to pour in for South Africa's last Apartheid president, FW De Klerk. He died this morning at his home in Fresnaye in Cape Town at the age of 85. De Klerk was diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer earlier this year and has died of complications, as a result. De Klerk spent the last few years of his life having to field questions from where ever he spoke about his role in apartheid atrocities. Let’s listen to him answering a question from a student at the Oxford Union titled where he was asked about the TCR process….

Guest: Father Michael Lapsley – Anti-apartheid activist 

The SA SMME Forum says that it is disappointed at what they term as “a backsliding, lacklustre” medium-term budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana yesterday. They go on to say that there’s very little to be excited about.  

Guest: Tebogo Khaas - President of the SA SMME Forum

The NYDA is one of those organisations that have been criticised over the years by young people. It was meant to help improve the lives of young people in terms of entrepreneurship and other challenges they are facing. Well, they have a new chairperson who is the first female to occupy the position. What new thing is she hoping to bring and how will she turn the organisation’s reputation around?

Guest: Asanda Luwaca – Newly appointed chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency

We speak now to Janet Jobson, acting CEO of the DG Murray Trust. They are of the view that our solution to equality is on investing more on early childhood development. The other sad reality they say is that many children in South Africa, who are deprived of a quality early childhood development opportunity, later falter in school and eventually drop out. What according to her is the most practical way to invest in this sector? 

Guest: Senzo Hlophe – Innovative Director of the “All Children On Track Portfolio” at the DG Murray Trust

The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to show how hard the economy has been hit. The SMME sector is trying very hard to make a comeback, but finances are still a problem for many. This has opened the market for alternative lending which can help those who may need funding not just to rebuild, but also to grow their businesses. But as an entrepreneur, what should one be looking out for when dealing with alternative lenders as there are so many offering these services? 

Guest: Ryan Cohen - Co-founder and Chief Relationship officer at Merchant Capital

NGO’s are keeping a keen eye on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana this afternoon as he delivers his maiden Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. Unions are calling on him to abandon government's current fiscal policy of severe budget cuts in social spending. On the other hand Government is proposing a family grant to replace the Covid Social Relief of Distress grant. Economists are asking where the money will come from and whether these grants are sustainable. For a perspective on this, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Nathan Tylor – Research Associate at the Institute for Economic Justice

Bladder infections can cause great discomfort to those who are infected. They are said to be the most common type of urinary tract infections and doctor emphasize that treatment should be sought speedily. For more on this we are joined on the line by…  

Guest: Dr. Kent Pluke – Specialist urologist from the University of Cape in private practise at Melomed Tokai