The Constitutional Court has declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional - meaning independent candidates are allowed to contest for national and provincial elections without being a member of a political party. The case was brought by civil society organisation the New Nation Movement and others. They sought to have the Electoral Act declared unconstitutional as it did not make provision for individuals to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures outside of a party list. Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed down the judgement…

The Constitutional Court has declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional - meaning independent candidates are allowed to contest for national and provincial elections without being a member of a political party. The case was brought by civil society organisation the New Nation Movement and others. They sought to have the Electoral Act declared unconstitutional as it did not make provision for individuals to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures outside of a party list. Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed down the judgement…

The Constitutional Court has declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional - meaning independent candidates are allowed to contest for national and provincial elections without being a member of a political party. The case was brought by civil society organisation the New Nation Movement and others. They sought to have the Electoral Act declared unconstitutional as it did not make provision for individuals to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures outside of a party list. Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed down the judgement…

As they country is slowly going back to normal level by level according to government’s stipulations, business is also looking at how to pick up the pieces. Investors are looking at where to put their money as the different sectors are doing their best to get back up. Property is one of the recommended investments that are seen as solid also helped by the drop in interest rates. But where is the best starting point when it comes to property?

Guest: Grant Smee - Property investor and entrepreneur

Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane yesterday expressed shock at the brutal killing of Tshegofatso Pule, who went missing on 4 June 2020. Pule who was eight months pregnant was found stabbed and hanging from a tree in the veld. The big question is what possesses someone to do something like this and when are we going to stop seeing incidents like these in our country? What will it take?

Guest: Malaika

Men are said to increasingly prefer robotic surgery for prostate cancer. This reportedly has benefits such as faster recovery and a quicker return to normal activity. Apparently robotic surgery achieves improved cancer control, continence and potency.
Guest: Dr Hugo van der Merwe – Urologist at the Urology Hospital in Pretoria

Higher Education Minister, Blade Nzimande has rejected as absurd an allegation by the DA that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is going to write-off historic debt. Nzimande explained that the amount of one-point-nine-six-billion rand as referred to by the DA, amounted to irregular expenditure and was not counted as a loss to the fiscus. For clarity on yesterday’s briefing, we are joined on the line by…
Guest: NSFAS administrator, Dr Randall Carolissen

We hear now from the student body as to what it is that stood out for them and the problems still faced by students on the ground as we welcome….
Guest: Misheck Mugabe - South African Union of Students

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

Let’s tell you now about a textbook aimed at diversity management in the workplace. It was edited by 10 academics across the country and one of the things it has revealed is that race and gender representation remains largely elusive, in both the public and private sectors. One of the other revelations is that government is the highest employer of the African population group at all levels while transformation in the private sector, is slow, with white professionals still in the majority, especially in managerial and skilled positions.
Guest: Prof Nasima Carrim - An associate professor in UP’s Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and a registered industrial psychologist