The Daily Discourse

As part of the savings and investment journey, for the past weeks, Nedbank has provided advice about savings goals. Every week. We’ve looked at various scenarios which ordinary South Africans find themselves in financially. With the recent recession and COVID-19 pandemic crises, it is easy to lose focus and dilute your savings and investments. Especially because, many people find themselves worried if they will still have jobs in the second quarter of the year, due to the economic downturn.

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

As part of the savings and investment journey, for the past weeks, Nedbank has provided advice about savings goals. Every week. We’ve looked at various scenarios which ordinary South Africans find themselves in financially. With the recent recession and COVID-19 pandemic crises, it is easy to lose focus and dilute your savings and investments. Especially because, many people find themselves worried if they will still have jobs in the second quarter of the year, due to the economic downturn.

Guest: Sisandile Cikido – Nedbank’s Head of Retail Investments

You may have heard yesterday in the news how the Chairperson of parliament's portfolio committee on Health Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to ignore calls from some liquor retailers that regulations banning the sale of alcohol be relaxed. He went on to say that the Ramaphosa administration's move to halt liquor sales is designed to protect people from transmitting the virus.

Guest: Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo - Chairperson of parliament's portfolio committee on Health

Since government announced financial measures to help business affected by the shutdown, some industries came forward accusing government of excluding them. One of those is the Agro dealers.

GUEST: Luambo Munzhedzi - President of the Agro Dealers Association of SA (ADASA)

Many companies are now changing direction and aligning their business models according to the lockdown situation. Transport business in particular was severely hard due to restrictions around the lockdown. Well, Droppa, the digital platform that provides transport delivery solutions is shifting the focus of their business. They are an on-demand e-hailing app and will now offer its services to sectors rendering essential services.

Guest: Khathu Mufamadi – CEO of Droppa, an e-hailing app in the transport sector

The Public Servants Association is calling on the health department to close the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban. This comes after reports that a nurse tested positive this. Just last week, the KZN MEC for Health Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu announced that the St Augustine Hospital is closed and only one ward will remain open for positive patients.

Guest: Mlungisi Ndlovu - KZN manager for the Public Servants Association

guest: Luxolo Matini -Reverend I the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (KWT)

If one has to confess to something, that would be fear and worry about when the Covid-19 situation is going to end. Everywhere we go there are people standing with sanitisers, now we are also required to keep a social distance. Life is we know it has changed. Fear has fallen upon us. What is all of this doing to our psychology?

GUEST: Nicolette Visagie – Clinical Psychologist

In the next hour we will hear from a psychologist about the impact the lockdown is having on us all, but let’s start off on issues of accessing information. We are talking about an interactive tool that will help with our health, businesses, work, finances and anxiety levels. The tool uses mathematical models to track the spread of the virus and provide actionable insights on how to play your part in the fight.

Guest: Abu Addae - CEO of LifeCheq

Since the lockdown, smokers have been worried about how they are going to cope since shops are not allowed to sell cigarettes. This is one of the addictions many can’t do without.

Guest: Dr Jan Chabalala – A psychiatrist with special interest in addictions