The problem of public servants doing business with the state has been spoken about for many years as it is viewed as one of the problems fueling corruption in government. Well yesterday (Wed) officials from the Department of Public Service and Administration briefed parliament about the harsh punishment that will be muted to those found guilty.

Guest: Claude Naiker – National manager: Members Affairs at the Public Service Association

The Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi, has confirmed that the U.I.F Commissioner has been placed on precautionary suspension along with the U.I.F's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Head of Supply Chain Management.

He made the announcement during a media briefing to unpack the findings of the Auditor-General in relation to the COVI-D19 Relief Fund Audit.

Guest: Thulas Nxesi – Minister of Employment and Labour

The World Health Organisation says that by 2030 mental health will be the single largest global challenge we will face. So this morning on our health feature we thought to talk about bipolar, seasonal disorder and depression. How do we know the signs not only on us as individuals, but also the people we live with?

GUEST: Prof Stoffel Grobler – Psychiatrist from Port Elizabeth

As you may have heard in the news on Monday that the Western Cape High Court has reviewed and set aside the sale of the Tafelberg property in the Cape Town suburb of Sea Point. This opens up the possibility of affordable housing within the CBD and does away with the old apartheid legacies around who should stay where.

Well Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has welcomed the ruling saying the judgement has made it possible for government through the Social Housing and Regulatory Authority to build social housing units for the qualifying beneficiaries.

Guest: Yonela Diko - Spokesperson for the Minister of Human Settlements

Section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act says that a child born to an unmarried couple automatically receives the mother's surname. Well this is now being challenged before the Constitutional Court by the Centre for Child Law hoping that fathers will be given the right to register the birth whether they are married to the mother or not.

Guest: Anjuli Maistry – Attorney at the Centre for Child Law

Political parties that took part on the National Assembly's debate on the scourge of farm attacks and murders of farmers and farmworkers are calling for an end to these killings. However some political parties argued that the matter is being politicised

Guest: Dr Chris de Kock – Independent crime and violence analyst

Today being Tuesday, it’s time for our regular UIF feature where Tsiamo Molema addresses all your questions. Please remember to keep your questions very brief and listen on the radio for answers. Also keep your voice notes short and to the point…..

GUEST: Tshiamo Molema – Manager for Monitoring and Evaluation in the Commissioner’s Office

Looking at how many companies are retrenching workers, one wonders what will eventually happen to the affected people? The latest is that Bidvest Bank has announced that it’s contemplating retrenchments to re-align operations as a response to challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. A survey by TransUnion has revealed that a vast majority of households are still struggling under the financial impact of the Covid-19 crisis, with 77 percent of them saying that their household income has been negatively affected. This is however a slight improvement compared the peak of 84 percent in June. How should we interpret this decline? To help us navigate, we are joined on the line by….

Guest: Carmen Williams - Director of research and consulting at TransUnion

On the last Tuesday of every month Bryan normally deals with the various questions that have come in. So he didn’t do that last week and we thought let’s rather do it today. Good morning Bryan…..

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

The ANC National Executive Committee has endorsed the letter written by the President last week, denouncing any acts of corruption by officials deployed in government. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a consolidated report on the outcomes of the past weekend's NEC meeting during a virtual media briefing. Ahead of the meeting expectations were that we would see the camps play themselves out especially at the back of former president Zuma’s letter. Let’s hear what President Ramaphosa had to say on Zuma’s letter….

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LINK: The party’s Secretary-General Ace Magashule tried to convince the media that the party is united….

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LINK: Did they do a good job in trying to convince us that all is well? For a perspective on this, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Prof Susan Booysen – Professor Emeritus at Wits University