Last week Finance Minister Tito Mboweni spoke out against gender based violence in the country saying this is not who we are. This coming out of the mouth of the finance minister makes you wonder how much financial hardships contribute to gender based violence. Would it help if government funded institutions that deal with this issue?

GUEST: Mpiwa Mangwiro – Regional Campaigns Advocacy Specialist at Sonke Gender Justice

GUEST: Javu Baloyi – Spokesperson at the Commission for Gender Equality

What are some of the problems faced by African widows, particularly South Africans? Women, who have lost husbands, tend to find themselves at the mercy of their in-laws, especially in black communities. Some widowed women from various cultural groups are subjected to abuse, marginalized by patriarchal in-laws and exploited through cleansing rituals and others having property taken away from them. This morning I am joined in studio by two widows to share their plight…

GUEST: Ms. Fortunate Ludaka, Speaker, Blogger and Activist
GUEST : Mpho Tshabalala, the widow of late Kwaito Icon, Mandoza

The rand was steady last week after plunging when Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered a bleak budget speech, where he slashed growth forecasts. Now the worry is more on today when Moody’s gives its credit review. What can we expect?

GUEST: Dr Dale McKinley, who is an Independent analyst

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is calling for the review of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement but some economists have warned against this. We are now in conversation with chief economist of the Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt, about Mboweni's medium-term budget policy statement and some of the challenges he finds concerning in Mboweni's budget plan...

GUEST: Chief economist of the Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt

Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.

Newsmakers and Guest Experts offer their insights and perspectives into the national and global discourse on politics, economics, education, social matters and comprehensive dialogues on cultural diversity and other essential issues of public interest like, poverty alleviation, unemployment rate and health related issues.

The Zanele Mbeki Development Trust through their annual flagship African Women In Dialogue where they convene 1-thousand women from the continent are gathering again under the theme “Women’s voice and power as agents of change”. They are urging women to critically reflect on the impending anniversaries of UNSCR 1325 and Beijing +25. What can we expect and how should we describe the advancement of women on the African continent up to 2019?

guest: Naledi MAITE – ZANELE MBEKI FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME MANAGER

Good morning and welcome to the Talking Point, I am your host Asanda Beda, standing in for Bongi Gwala. You are listening to SAfm, and this morning we are leading the nation's conversation on 104-107, all the way from Isithebe Industrial Park, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. We are here at the Mandeni Local Council, where the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch the Black Industrialist digital and Microsoft programme. The theme for this event is Digital Transformation. Since inception of the Black Industrialist Program in 2016, to-date the dti has funded 140 Black Industrialists, involved in various sectors of the economy…

GUEST: Stieneke Jansma-Director Digetal hubs programme

Good morning and welcome to the Talking Point, I am your host Asanda Beda, standing in for Bongi Gwala. You are listening to SAfm, and this morning we are leading the nation's conversation on 104-107, all the way from Isithebe Industrial Park, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. We are here at the Mandeni Local Council, where the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch the Black Industrialist digital and Microsoft programme. The theme for this event is Digital Transformation. Since inception of the Black Industrialist Program in 2016, to-date the dti has funded 140 Black Industrialists, involved in various sectors of the economy…

GUEST: Mayor of Mandani Municipality-Councillor Thabane Mdlalose

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture led by MEC Hlengiwe Mavimbela are at the forefront in the promotion of reading, arts development and social cohesion. To tell us more on this and the reasons behind this campaign, the MEC now joins us on the line….

GUEST: Ms Hlengiwe Mavimbela – KZN MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation