Public Sector wage negotiations have officially broken down paving way for unions to declare a dispute. On Friday evening government and public sector unions deadlocked over the employer's proposal to increase salaries on condition that workers forfeit some of their current benefits. The offer was rejected by all public sector unions. A move by unions to declare dispute will allow negotiations to enter a conciliation process before unions can seek permission for a strike action. This is what Claude Naicker who is with the Public Servants' Association had to say…

Guest: Tony Healy - Labour consultant at Tony Healy & Associates

The PAC is celebrating its 62nd anniversary with a series of livestream webinars which started last night (25 April). The webinars under the theme ‘Carrying forward the torch lit in April 1959 by the PAC Martyrs’ to honour the road they travelled. Last night they kicked it off by discussing the topic of Decolonization and development of an African personality within the world context.

Guest: Thandolwethu Dlanga – PAC member and moderator of last night’s session

Lately intermittent fasting is praised by those who practice it as the best form of dieting. Many post before and after pictures on social media proving that it does deliver desired results. Dieticians are however warning that one has to also about the effects it may have on the metabolic health and what foods they need to it. To educate us on this subject, we are joined on the line by

Guest: Omy Naidoo – Registered Dietician and Founder of Newtricion Wellness Dieticians (an association of dieticians)

Families of rape survivors say backlogs in the processing of DNA evidence samples are preventing justice from taking its course . Police management told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee recently that backlogs at the National Forensics Science Laboratory stood at over 173 000 cases.

Guest: Gareth Newham-Director at the Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the ISS

We stay with issues at the Reserve Bank getting to understand how exactly it functions and who are the people behind it as we welcome...

Guest: Ahmed Motiar (Author of ‘The Reserve Bank - a License to Steal Money from Citizens? How Money Is Created from Nothing for Dummies’

ANC veteran and businessman Tokyo Sexwale has lamented statements by the South African Reserve Bank and the National treasury wherein they dismiss his claims about a Heritage Fund, called the White Spiritual Boy Trust as a scam. Sexwale says the fund was meant to operate through central banks across all jurisdictions via the Bank of International Settlements. Let’s listen to what he said yesterday…..

Guest: Ayabonga Cawe – Broadcaster, sessional lecturer in development economics at Wits and an author of upcoming book: The economy on your doorstep

Business group Sakeliga says it will challenge Eskom to ensure reliable power supply to business. This follows reports that the power utility is threatening to shut power to several municipalities across the country who are struggling to meet their debt obligations.

Guest: Piet le Roux - CEO of Afribusiness, Sakeliga

We wrap the show up by looking at the issue of debt and reckless lending. Sebastien Alexanderson who is CEO of the National Debt Advisors and he’s warning indebted consumers that the legislation meant to deal with reckless lending will not cover those who falsified information when applying for a loan.

Guest: Sebastien Alexanderson - CEO of National Debt Advisors

Experts in the recruitment and professional market agree that South Africa is facing a skills shortage that forces them to recruit from outside the country. Xpatweb is a company that agrees with the nominated roles. The company runs an annual Critical Skills Survey and they were invited to present their findings to the various Departments compiling the draft Critical Skills List. To talk more on this issue and touch on where we are going wrong,

Guest: Marisa Jacobs – Managing Director Xpatweb

Botswana, Somalia and South Sudan are said to continue to dominate with executions. This is according to Amnesty International’s latest 2020 Death Penalty Report. The human rights body says that the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t do enough to deter 18 countries, from carrying out executions last year. In the SADC region, Botswana is said to be the only country that was determined to execute people during the lockdown. To talk about what we should read into this report and why these countries were so determined to continue with executions despite the global pandemic, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Oluwatosin Popoola – Amnesty International’s Death Penalty Advisor