Last week we received a call from Tladi in Vanderbylpark complaining about unfair treatment by a debt councillor. Let’s take a listen to what he had to say…..

Guest: Timmy van der Grip – Legal Advisor in the Debt Counselling Department at the National Credit Regulator

As you may have heard in the beginning of the week that the Mpumalanga Education Department has suspended classes at Witbank Technical High School in Emalahlni. This follows a clash by parents and community members outside the school, demanding that the school be closed due to claims of racism and discrimination. It is believed that the protest was sparked by a fight between a white and black pupil. Motsibi wa-Monareng filed this report….

Guest: Roy Gluckman – Founder and MD of Cohesion Collective

We speak now to Kgaugelo Mogapi who is the Managing Director of KELE Engineering and Construction. She is praised to be one of the successful start-up stories. She is part of Anglo American Platinum's inclusive procurement programme where she maintains and repairs air-conditioning systems in mobile equipment across their site. Where did it all start for her and why this particular sector?
Guest: Kgaugelo Mogapi - Managing Director of KELE Engineering and Construction

The Gauteng High Court has ruled that South African arms companies that may have supplied weapons to countries in conflict which were used against civilians be made public. This is a major victory for Open Secrets and the Southern African Litigation Centre who took the matter to court.
Guest: Michael Marchant – Head of Investigations at Open Secrets

Guest: Hannah J. Dawson - Senior Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Guest: Ayanda Kota – Member of the Unemployed People’s Movement
Guest: Senzelwe Mthembu – Researcher at the Centre for Social Development in Africa
Guest: Marcia Ramodike – Author of ‘From an Empty Pride to a Full Price’ (A book on Black tax)
Guest: Morongwa Mothiba – CEO of Laude Vision, and IT company that 100% women owned (She is launching workshops to help graduates and skilled professionals who lost their jobs due to Covid-19)

• Boiketlo Shuping
• Yola Mafuna
• Nonjabulo Khoza
• Winnie George
• Onesimo Cengimbo
• Sabelo Nyathi
• Kganyo Mleteni
• Katlego Rabalao
• Bongani Dlamini
• Thlologelo Mehlape
• Aphelele Rana

As you heard last night from President Cyril Ramaphosa that the country is officially on alert level 3. The president said that hospital admissions are increasing daily as infections rise. The different sectors were worried that some of the provinces may be shut as well as the liquor sector, but instead he just cut down the days. To get an overall view on the latest announcement, we are joined on the line by..

Guest: Kashif Wicomb – President of the Progressive Professionals Forum

Let’s take you to the Mnquma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. It’s one of the municipalities that are said to have improved in the 2018/19 financial year. What is the current state of service delivery and financial standing?

Guest: Councillor Sthembiso Ncetezo – Executive Mayor for the Mnquma Local Municipality
Guest: Mike Qunta - Resident

Guest: Nonceba Madikizela-Vuso – Spokesperson for the Amathole District Municipality

Darius Tabane talk to us about reaching one’s full potential. He wrote a book entitled When I grow up which he wrote during the lockdown. One of the things he points out in the book is about positively influencing other people. What is that one thing he would say pushed him towards greatness and what is it that holds a lot of people back?

Guest: Darius Tabane –Author of When I Grow Up

Today Bryan educates us about uunderstanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy debt….

GUEST: Bryan Hirsch, Chairperson of Bryan Hirsch, Colley & Associates (Pty) Limited

More than half of students at institutions of higher learning in South Africa feel that hard lockdown has jeopardised their academic pursuits. This came out of the results of a study done on the impact of COVID-19 on students in the Post School Education and Training Sector. Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande launched the report at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in the Western Cape earlier today. Nzimande says COVID-19 has had a severe impact on the higher education sector. He says since mid-October last year COVID-19 cluster outbreaks have been experienced at institutions of higher learning in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape, North West and Gauteng. What sort of impact has there been for the institutions of higher education and what is it that they can do?

Guest: Professor Ramneek Ahluwalia – CEO of Higher Health