We turn our attention to the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State. They have been in the news for all the wrong reasons. They are one of the municipalities that featured in the AG’s report for having their financial statements prepared by two different consulting firms and paying them for doing the same job and not holding them accountable. In January this year, it was one of the districts declared a COVID-19 hotspot during the second wave of the pandemic. Let’s get into the issues as we welcome…

Guest: Mokete Duma – HOD for Cogta in the Free State
Guest: Tladinyane Kgodumo – Member of the Metsimaholo Community Group

On today’s personal development Johann Cloete talks about the importance of personal integrity and ethics…

Guest: Johann Cloete – MD of online training company integrity academy

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

As the country is battling with skills shortage, the worrying part for the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants is that African students are failing competency tests. They have commissioned a comprehensive independent study to understand why this is happening and to help us ponder on this issue, we are joined on the line by..
Guest: Robert Zwane – Senior Executive: national Projects at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants

Government says it is working closely with corporates to expand its workers ownership programme. Speaking to the media ahead of international Workers day celebrations, Minister of Trade and Industry Ibrahim Patel commended companies who have enabled employees to own shares in the company. Patel says over the past number of years government began prioritising empowerment schemes that provide their workers equity or shares in the company that they work for. Amina Accram filed this report….

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LINK: To look at whether this is a good approach and also the role unions should play in strengthening the economy, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Tanya van Meelis – Acting DDG: Competition Economic Policy in the Department of Trade and Industry

Guest: Cas Coovadia - CEO of Business Unity SA

Guest: Ashley Benjamin - Deputy General Secretary at FEDUSA

Guest: Matthew Parks - COSATU’s Parliamentary Coordinator

Traditional Prime Minister to the amaZulu nation, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has described the decision by one of the wives of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini's to approach the court challenging the late King's will and estate as a shameful behaviour. He says that the royal family should be mourning the passing of the queen instead of dragging each other to courts over who should succeed the late King. Meanwhile Mourners continue to descend on Kwa-Khangela-mankengane Royal Palace in Nongoma to pay their respects following the death of the regent of the AmaZulu nation - Queen Mantfombi. The Queen died on Thursday evening at the age of 65 in a Johannesburg hospital. For a perspective on this and also looking at whether the queen will be awarded the same respect as her late husband, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Dr. Nomagugu Ngobese - Founder of the Nomkhubulwane Culture and Youth Development Organisation (She says there’s a lot of sexism this time around as the treatment is not the same including the media coverage and the behavior of the indunas. She also says it’s not the first time a woman held the reigns in history)

Dr Pali Lehohla has written an article where one of the questions he’s asking is: what Madiba would have thought today as President Cyril Ramaphosa stands before the Zondo Commission? In his article he’s making the point that South Africa is traveling a downward route with our eyes wide open. As far as he’s concerned, which direction is the ANC’s leadership driving the country and how worried should we be as a country?

Guest: Dr Pali Lehohla - Former Statistician-General of South Africa

Teacher union NAPTOSA has raised about the idea that all primary school learners should return. They also say that safety at schools is not being addressed by government. For more on their concerns, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Basil Manuel – Executive Director of Naptosa

***THANDI MODISE ON LEAVING THE COUNTRY THROUGH BOTSWANA***
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Focus: As you’ve heard in that sound clip from the current speaker of parliament, Thandi Modise, followed by also a former parliamentary speaker, Max Sisulu and our first speaker under a democratic South Africa, Dr Frene Ginwala about their experiences. We now get a personal account from two former freedom fighters who left the country when they were young. They will share their experiences with us, from the moment they left up to when they were in exile. We welcome…..
Guest: Mbulelo Musi – Survivor of the Matola massacre in 1981. (Currently spokesperson Department of military veterans)
Guest: Makhaya Kwinana –Former activist who was deployed to Radio Freedom after receiving military

On our personal development feature we focus on developing your personal negotiation skills.

Guest: Elmarie Pretorius – Managing owner of The Mindspa Institute