Today Bryan discusses the implications of people withdrawing from their pension funds.

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

Resuming our Personal development feature we start off by talking about personal development for women. How can women best empower and develop themselves?

Guest: Anja van Beek-Talent Strategist and Executive Coach

August in South Africa is a very special month as it celebrates the achievements of women in our country. The tone was set by the women of 1956 who marched to the Union Buildings protesting discriminatory and unjust laws under apartheid on the 9th of August. Sadly, the problem of gender based violence is still big in our beloved country.  How can we celebrate the advancement and achievements of women seeing that this problem refuses to go away? Where can we say the problem lies and what is the most practical way to deal with it?

Guest: Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize –Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and People with Disabilities

Guest: Adv Bernadien Bachar – Director of the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women

Human rights groups and activists are calling on the country’s acting Minister of Health Mamoloko Kubayi to follow international guidelines by making sure that the Covid-19 vaccination programme is inclusive. The biggest concern is the possible exclusion of undocumented migrants who may fall through the crack. Wits University has added their voice to the call and to find out why this is important, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Jo Vearey – Director, African Centre for Migration and Society at Wits University

While government is pondering how to best assist businesses that are affected by the recent looting and burning of malls, the private sector is coming to the table to assist. One of those is One Linkage, a women-owned technology company. They have launched the #RiseUpSA Campaign which aims to enable corporates to connect with and adopt SMMEs need support.

Guest: Hepsy Mkhungo – CEO and co-founder of One Linkage

Yesterday we spoke to Merle Mansfield - Programme Director of the Zero Dropout Campaign about the high number of school dropouts the country is facing. They say that school attendance is at its lowest in two decades. Reports suggest that fewer students  returned to school this year compared to last year before the pandemic and that the dropout rate has tripled.  Well, let’s hear now from the Department of Basic Education as to what they attribute this problem to and as far as they are concerned, what is going on as we welcome….

Guest: Dr Stephen Taylor – Director for Research at the Department of Basic Education

SAfm in collaboration with Gift of the Givers are today (Friday) donating food for the school feeding scheme programme, school uniform and hygiene packs at Sicelo Primary School in Meyerton. This is part of the station’s Mandela Month campaign under the theme “TAKE ACTION, INSPIRE CHANGE #ActionAgainstPoverty”.  We speak now to Gift of the Givers about their contribution in this campaign and also other initiatives they are involved in around this time of the year as we welcome…

Guest: Tapiwa Marima – Gift of the Givers

This coming Sunday the SABC will be celebrating 85 years since its establishment. The corporation is marking the day under the theme theme: “Celebrating a lifetime of memories” marking key milestones, and achievements with the idea of commemorating a lifetime of South African experiences and memories. 

Guest: Stella Ndabeni-Abrams – Minister for Communications and Digital Technologies

The mass looting we saw in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal has no doubt highlighted the problem of poverty in the country. Many commentators have been saying that this would not have happened at that scale if people were employed. Civil society groups have been calling for the Social Relief of Distress and the introduction of a basic income grant. If you may remember that the findings from the UJ/HSRC Covid-19 Democracy Survey showed a public support for such measures. 

Guest: Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller – Head of the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division at the Human Sciences Research Council

As schools resume, those in the field of education say that school attendance is its lowest in two decades. ‘Reports suggest that fewer students  returned to school this year compared to last year before the pandemic and that the dropout rate has tripled. 

Guest: Merle Mansfield - Programme Director of the Zero Dropout Campaign