Yesterday the ANC’s Secretary-General Ace Magashule announced that the ANC is supporting the call to merge the country's national, provincial and local government elections. He was briefing the media on the outcomes of the NEC meeting held over the weekend. Magashule says that they will be engaging other parties on the issue. Let’s listen to what he had to say….

Guest: Terry Tselane - Executive Chairperson at the Institute of Election Management Services in Africa (He will speak more as a former IEC official about the practicality – We can do him for 5/10 minutes and release him)

Guest: Lulu White - Lulu White Election Management Consulting Agency of Africa (She will take it more on both practicalities and politics)

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has blamed municipalities’ failure to adhere to prescribed regulations for the increase in irregular and wasteful spending to 32 billion rand in the 2018/2019 financial year. This as an increase of 7-billion rand from the previous financial year. Only 20 of the country's 257 municipalities received clean audits, most of them in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Apart from the 32 billion rand in fruitless and wasteful expenditure, unauthorised spending exceeding the agreed budgets amounted to 11-point-nine-billion rand. Makwetu released his report in a virtual media briefing. To give us more insights into his report, Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu now joins us on the line..

Guest: Kimi Makwetu - Auditor-General

****CLIP OF BOB MARLEY, PETER TOSH AND LUCKY DUBE**

Focus: Today is International Reggae Day, something very big to those who appreciate the genre. As you’ve heard just now from Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and our own Lucky Dube as to how they describe the genre. UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has added reggae to its list of cultural institutions worthy of protection and preservation. What is it about this music that separates it from the rest and makes it stand out? To help us navigate this subject, we are joined on the line by……

Guest: Fikile Makhalemele – Promoter at Lioness Productions (She has been to Jamaica and can talk about reggae in that part of the world)

Guest: Ras James Mange - former Robben Island political prisoner (Can also touch on his use of reggae on the island)

On our health feature today, we talk all things about the ear. Many people suffer from ear infections which we don’t really take seriously. We expose our ears to so much, from dust, earphones, loud music and so on. How many of us really pay attention to how we should treat our ears? Things like infections, how seriously do we take them?

GUEST: Dr Makhosonke Maseko – Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist as well as a head and neck surgeon

Agriculture is one of those very important sectors in the world because it talks to food security. But now with the Covid-19 upon us, experts are worried about the sector and the sort of impact this may have. What should we be worried about the most?
Guest: Rodney Managa – Researcher at Africa Institute of South Africa research programme in the Human Sciences Research Council (He is currently completing his PHD in Horticultural Sciences with the University of Pretoria

Today (Wed 1st July 2020), the Protection of Personal Information Act kicks in. This brings to an end the sale of personal information and warning to transgressors as those guilty face very heavy fines of up to R10-million. What is it we should know about this?

GUEST: Sizwe Snail kaMtuze- Attorney and part-time member of the Information Regulator

Judge Dennis Davis yesterday (Tuesday) criticised SAA’s business rescue practitioners for what he called “faffing around” for six months. This he said during an appeal against a labour court ruling in May ordering them to halt planned retrenchments at the airline. Earlier in the week the Department of Public Enterprises withdrew from the forum that was supposed to develop a new business plan for the airline. Where does this leave the employees? Let’s first hear from the acting Director General
Guest: Irvin Jim – General Secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers

Today being Tuesday, we continue bringing you the UIF representative to field your questions and deal with your problems. Please remember to keep your questions very brief and listen on the radio for answers.

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

Malawi's new President Lazarus Chakwera has officially been sworn-in as the new President. He took his oath of office following victory in the rerun election on Tuesday, that's being seen as a democratic first in Sub-Saharan Africa. He defeated incumbent, Peter Mutharika with just over 58-percent of the vote. Regional electoral observer bodies from the African continent and beyond did not deploy their mission teams to oversee the elections due to travel restrictions. Since there were no observers, where does this put the credibility of the election and how do we gauge it?
Guest: Advocate Sipho Mantula - RESEARCHER: THABO MBEKI AFRICAN SCHOOL ON PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Today being the last Tuesday of the month Bryan devotes it to answering questions that have been submitted to him during the month. He picks out all those questions of a similar nature and deal with them. Next week we will carry on with part 3 of the cornerstone of the financial plan. Part 1 and 2, namely estate planning, is available on podcast.

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