Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions

Yesterday many of our listeners called in and sent through WhatsApp voicenotes on why South Africans rarely focus on Intimate partner violence where men are the victims. Many of you also asked why there is always uproar and public demonstrations when a woman is killed but hardly the same reaction when the victim is a man. So why does violence against women warrant a national action plan as opposed to an action plan that doesn't distinguish between genders? Is just all about the context perhaps?

Guest: Bafana Khumalo, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Sonke Gender Justice and one of the organisation's co-founders

Guest: Steve Swart, ACDP MP

Guest: Wouter Wessels, Freedom Front Plus MP and also Head of Campaigns for the party

Guest: Former mayor of Johannesburg and founder of the People's Dialogue, Herman Mashaba

Guest: Geordin Hill-Lewis, DA MP and DA Shadow Minister of Finance

President Ramaphosa has insisted that South Africa’s economic recovery should be state led. This begs the question of exactly how government will fund this recovery and how it will quickly address the inefficiencies that have plagued state led activity over the last two decades if it does push ahead as intended with a state led plan..
Guest: S’fiso Skenjana, chief economist and thought leadership executive at IQbusiness

Today on Both Sides of the Story we ask, how best should we tackle the issue of unemployment in this country? Analysts say although an increase in the unemployment rate has been recorded in the first quarter of the year, a more significant rise in unemployment can be expected in the second quarter due to the impact of Covid-19 and the lockdown. This after data by Statistics South Africa indicated that the unemployment rate increased to 30-point-1-percent in the first quarter of this year, from 29-point-1-percent in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Guest: Dr Azar Jammine, Director and Chief Economist, Econometrix

South Africa now has its first satanic church; Satanists can now exercise their faith at the South African Satanic Church. The church which is located in Century City, just a few kilometers outside of Cape Town, officially opened its doors in February this year.
Guest: Adri Norton, Co-Founder of the South African Satanic Church

Tax Justice South Africa say the tobacco ban has already cost the country over R3 billion in lost excise taxes alone. Tax Justice South Africa, which is campaigning to put a stop to the illicit economy and return billions in lost tax back to citizens say if the ban on the sale of cigarettes continue, it will be "more free money for criminals in illicit trade"
Guest: Yusuf Abramjee, the Founder of Tax Justice South Africa