A showdown is looming between the Basic Education Department on the one hand and teacher organisations and students on the other, over the department's decision for matric learners to rewrite two exam papers after they were found to have been leaked. Teachers union - SADTU and student body COSAS are expected to head to court this week to seek an urgent interdict challenging the department's decision. Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced on Friday that learners will rewrite Mathematics paper two and Physical Science paper two on the 15th and 17th of this month. An employee of a Johannesburg-based company contracted by the department to print matric exam papers has since been arrested. Earlier my colleague Stephen Grootes spoke to Cosatu’s Mugwena Maluleke….

Guest: Zithulele Ndlela – Cosasas spokesperson

We continue are series of interviews with Green Cape and today we focus on how the green economy offers solutions for service delivery at municipal level in the country.

Guest: Reshmi Wolvers - Senior Energy Analyst at Green Cape

Let’s tell you now about this the Mulalo series of novels by Khathu Maestro. Mulalo the Politician is a novel about the life of a young woman in pursuit of a better life. She is facing challenges as she’s haunted by traumatic events from her childhood caused by a politician.

Guest: Khathu Maestro - Author and inspirational speaker

Tiger Brands yesterday (Thursday) released their State of Nutrition in South Africa report which among other finding revealed that close to a fifth of South Africans have insufficient access to comprehensive and easy-to-understand nutrition education. The report goes on to say that often times, South Africans sacrifice the nutritional value of food in favour of taste and value for money.

Guest: Arthur Ramoroka – Tiger Brands Nutritionist

Liquor traders were worried this week that government may put strict restrictions on the sale of alcohol. Well, sadly for them, their fears were confirmed by president Cyril Ramaphosa last night, but only in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro…..

Guest: Lucky Ntimane - Convener of the Coalition of Liquor Traders

A Johannesburg woman is accusing the police of wrongful arrest and of adding to her trauma of being abused by her ex-husband. Avanti Naidoo says that her ex-husband had physically abused her for years and that she fears for her life despite having a protection order against him. She says he's now resorted to psychological abuse and had recently laid a false charge against her that resulted in her spending last weekend behind bars. This comes at a time when we're observing the 16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender-based Violence. Prabashini Moodley has more...

Guest: Nana Ngobese – Specialist in women in politics and president of Women Forward

We close the show off with talking about the green economy. For those who are in this sector, Cape Green has some interesting finance initiatives like the Green Outcomes Fund, to encourage green SMMEs to apply for the funding by engaging with the Green Outcomes Fund Catalytic Finance Partners and to tell us more on this,

Guest: Megan van Vlaanderen – Chief Financial Officer at Green Cape

On Monday we spoke to Tony Healy, a labour consultant about complaints by South African truck drivers that foreigners are being hired as drivers instead of locals. He then pointed to issues of skills shortage in the sector. Let’s listen to a snippet of the interview…
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LINK: To take the discussion forward and look at some of the country’s labour laws to kind of make sense as to where the bigger problem seems to be, we are joined on the line by…
Guest: Ashraf Essop-Director and head of Immigration at Legal Services at Rossouws

The South Africa Local Government Association is marking 20 years of democratic local government this coming Saturday on the 5th of December. One of the things they point out is how local government has transformed over the years, but as citizens, how should interpret this journey?

Guest: Xolile George, CEO – CEO of the South African Local Government Association

This morning we feature a very unusual business that focuses on testing sexually transmitted diseases. It’s called Zinacare and offers accessible, convenient testing for sexually transmitted infections using a digital platform to provide tests for STIs directly to customers. To find out how the idea came about and since it’s a business of health testing, how did they take advantage of the outbreak of Covid-19?
Guest: Philip Mngadi - Founder of Zinacare