INTERVIEW: Ride-hailing giant Uber is set to face a class action in South Africa, as drivers demand employee rights. To make this happen, South African law firm Mbuyisa Moleele attorneys is teaming up with UK-based firm Leigh Day, which has already won certain employee rights for 25 Uber drivers in the UK. We’re joined on the line from London by Richard Meeran who’s a partner at Leigh Day.

TECH TUESDAY: GirlCode is looking for unemployed young women with matric to train as software developers. GirlCode is a company that offers skills training programmes that focuses on the software development industry. We now speak to Tinyiko Simbine, co-founder at Girl Code.

INTERVIEW: The National Empowerment Fund has established an Economic Distress Fund for black owned businesses. To speak to us more we have Mzi Dayimani who is the NEF General Counsel.

INTERVIEW: Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga will announce the 2020 national examination results shortly.
The Grade 12 class of 2020 faced a number of challenges in preparing for their matric exams, chief amongst these being the Covid-19 lockdown which drastically cut down on available teaching and learning time.
We now speak to psychologist Benedict Mhlongo about the role a parent can play in supporting a child who performed poorly in matric.

The Glenzito Superdrive is designed to be fun, easy with a bit of va va voom.

The Glenzito Superdrive is designed to be fun, easy with a bit of va va voom.

ARTS: The Rivonia Trial exhibition launched earlier today at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg. We now speak to one of the curators, Fanie Motsoeneng.

INTERVIEW: A 25-year-old farmer from Ermelo in Mpumalanga is offering free practical training to budding young farmers with an interest in plant production. Njabulo Mbokane joins us on the line to tell us more about her initiative.

The Glenzito Superdrive is designed to be fun, easy with a bit of va va voom.

INTERVIEW: The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is expected to arrive in the country today and the rollout programme is expected to start tomorrow. The South African Medical Association, the Department of Health and the SA Medical Research Council would coordinate the rollout of the vaccines. We’re now joined on the line by Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa who’s the Vice Chairperson of the South African Medical Association.