One of South Africa’s financiers of small and medium enterprise, Retail Capital is excited about retaining their national BB+ credit rating. This they say has resulted in local and international investors looking at placing more funding with them. This then is good news for the SMME sector that desperately needs the funding. To explain this and why we the sector should be happy with it, we are joined on the line by…

Guest: Guy Hosking – Chief Financial Officer at Retail Capital

For more than two months on this programme a day would never go by without a story about the Eastern Cape. Sadly it’s never good. We’ve managed to invite some of the leadership to answer questions with no satisfactory answers. Well today we speak to Karyn Maughan who wrote a feature in the Financial Mail summarizing corruption in the Eastern Cape. Karyn now joins us on the line to give some perspective on why this province in particular seems to be the worst when it comes to corruption…

Guest: Karyn Maughan – Legal journalist Business Day and Financial Mail

The Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) has painted a grim picture of the sector. In a briefing earlier today the Council says the sector is on its knees as it tries to restore hope. Furthermore the council says government has run out of money to fund the industry. In April minister of tourism Mmamaloko Kubayi- Ngubane announced a Covid-19 Tourism relief fund of 200 Million Rands. The sector now says it is exploring its legal options against government to force it to operate fully. The industry is not fully operational and some sectors have been granted permission to operate. Amina Accram reports..
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LINK: Bret Gehren who is founder and CEO of Isibindi Lodge wrote a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa pleading with him to open up the domestic leisure travel in the country. Bret now joins us on the line…
Guest: Bret Gehren – Founder and CEO of Isibindi Lodge

Health experts say that self-testing could help in the early detection of testicular cancer. Dr Johan Mouton who is with the Urology Hospital Pretoria says that the treatment of testicular cancer is one of the “big success stories in modern medicine”.

GUEST: Dr. Johan Mouton - From the Urology Hospital Pretoria

10:05 ‘Yesterday we received a message from one of our callers saying school governing bodies in Tsakani, a township in the Eastrand have closed schools sighting concerns about possible Covid-19 infections. This then raises questions to the power given to school governing bodies. What is the department’s response to this and what is their understanding on the decision by governing body?
Guest: Steve Mabona – Spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Education

Yesterday, in honour of former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, his foundation hosted a Virtual Dialogue. The main lecture was delivered by Dr Pali Lehohla. He spoke about how the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to embrace change. He further urged South Africa to demonstrate a quick response to the pandemic in a way that says this cannot be business as usual.

Guest: Kgalema Motlanthe - Former South African President

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

South Africa is said to be lacking behind the USA and the UK in terms of anti-bribery and corporation compliance programmes. The other problem is the limitations to the regulatory framework required in terms administering compliance. These are just some of the points that came out of a webinar on Commissions of Inquiry into the private sector corruption. How then do we change this around?

Guest: Cameron Dunstan-Smith – Director in the Corporate Crime and Investigations Practice in the Johannesburg office of Herbert Smith Freehills

For the last two months Bryan has been fleshing out what goes into a financial plan. Today he zooms into how one selects a financial advisor and the relationship between you and your financial advisor. What should you two expect from each other?

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

Yesterday the State Capture Commission Chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo heard testimony from former Environmental Affairs, Nomvula Mokonyane. Among other things, judge Zondo questioned why former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi would go to great lengths to pretend that he was familiar with Mokonyane's home. Mokonyane was being questioned about alleged work done to her home by the company including the instalment of CCTV cameras and other security equipment..

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LINK: Seeing that one of the high profile politicians has given evidence at the commission, does it restore our confidence at the process? Does this mean we will finally see big names go down?

Guest: Karam Singh-Head of Legal and Investigation at Corruption Watch