SA’s National Treasury has banned Bain & Company from tendering for public-sector contracts for the next 10 years. The Treasury said the reason for the ban was that the consultancy firm was engaged in corrupt and fraudulent practices in relation to a SARS contract. To explain what this means is….. 

GUEST: Khaya Sithole, Independent analyst

guest: Dr Simon Mangcwatywa, Principal Executive Officer

A more recent survey, published this month by financial information firm finder.com, put South African crypto ownership at 10%, with those aged 18 to 34 accounting for 43% of holders. 

This study focuses on young people in townships who are drawn to the promise of quick riches with cryptocurrencies but risk losing money or becoming victims of scams. The study highlights that more young South Africans are choosing to trade in cryptocurrency rather than get a college education and find a job without fully understanding the risks. To help us unpack this issue further is... 

Asheer Ram - Senior Lecturer at the school of Accountancy at University of Witwatersrand 

In two months’ time, Sizwe Hosmed Medical Scheme will celebrate its first year in operation as a merged entity. Joining Aldrin Sampear to talk about this important milestone and also to discuss the organisation’s successes and challenges

guest: Songandaba Langa

This week, Sizwe Hosmed Medical Scheme is launching its new product clusters. This launch comes in the wake of feedback from its brokers, service providers and all other business partners who have been instrumental in making 2022 a year of great success and growth for this new entity. To tell us more about the new product clusters is …… 

GUEST: Dr Lebogang Maroo, Clinical and Operations Executive @Sizwe Hosmed Medical Scheme  

Yesterday, a UN tribunal in The Hague opened the long-awaited trial of alleged Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga - who has been charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the Genocide against the Tutsi 28 years ago. Joining us to discuss the significance of this trial is ……. 

GUEST: Dr Etienne Mutabazi, Rwandan lawyer & former Legal Assistant and Investigator at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 

A 15-year-old girl allegedly held hostage and gang-raped managed to escape, only to be turned away from a Motherwell clinic and told to first go to a police station where she later died.

GUEST: Colonel Priscilla Naidu – EC provincial spokesperson

Old Mutual SMEgo Feature: As SMEs struggle with the impact of Stage 6 load shedding on their businesses, SMEgo – an innovative funding platform – has seen an increase for asset and inventory finance to deal with the impact of load shedding/for funding to go off the grid. Nobesuthu Ndlovu from Old Mutual is of the view that SME owners are doing their best to stay one-step ahead of the SA power crisis. She joins us now to elaborate further on this ……. 

GUEST: Nobesuthu Ndlovu– Director of Old Mutual SME 

The South African Human Rights Commission on Tuesday launched an initiative called the Social Harmony National Effort at the Freedom Park Heritage Museum in Tshwane. The commission says that despite poverty, inequality, and violence, people around the world are uniting behind the pillars of dignity, harmony, healing, and social inclusion to rebuild. The South African Human Rights Commission's deputy chairperson joins us to discuss the initiative's goals and how we can all contribute to the redress process. 

GUEST: Commissioner Fatima Chohan - Deputy Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission 

Former Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane appeared before the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court this morning, along with former Sahara employee Ugeshni Govender and Islandsite director Ronica Ragavan. The trio were arrested on charges pertaining to the R280 million Estina Dairy farm project. To furnish us with more details on this is….. 

GUEST: Sindisiwe Seboka, Spokesperson for NPA's Investigating Directorate