Tonight with Lester Podcast

By Tonight with Lester

Get the best of both worlds with Lester Kiewit, a writer for the Mail & Guardian by day and presenter by night. Rather than looking back at the news of the day, explore new subjects and new per

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February 26, 2020 Boozers and vapers have plenty to cry about in the 2020
Guest : Dr Delon Human | works with at Vapour Products Association of South Africa
(VPASA) |
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4min
February 26, 2020 Funding shortages in our schooling system is being felt - Equal Educati
Guest : Rone McFarlane | Co-Head of Research at Equal Education |
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11min
February 26, 2020 Budget 2020: Youth centres to be established to combat unemployment
Guest : Kristal Duncan-Williams | Project Lead at Youth Capital|
During his one-hour Budget Speech in Parliament on Wednesday 26 February, Finance
Minister Tito Mboweni said youth unemployment in the country stands at a whopping
8.2 million.
Mboweni went on to say that the government is committed to helping them —
something that we might have heard before…
He said: “8.2 million young people between the ages of 15 and 34 are not in education,
employment or training. Raising skills and improving the matching of young people and
jobs is an important focus of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention.”
According to Mboweni’s Budget Speech, the Jobs Fund Projects, to date, have created:
More than 175 000 permanent jobs;
Helped 21 000 people to get internships, and
Created 59 900 short-term jobs.
Of those 59 900 jobs, Mboweni explained that 65% went to the youth.
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10min
February 26, 2020 Budget 2020 - analysis and opinion from AIDC (Alternative Information and Development Centre)
Guest : Dick Forslund | Economist & Researcher at Alternative Information &
Development Centre |
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11min
February 26, 2020 Tax Budget Reax 2020
Guest : Redge de Swart | Tax Partner and Head of the EY tax team in the Western Cape at Ernst & Young|
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11min
February 25, 2020 Youth unemployment
Guest : Kristal Duncan-Williams | Project Lead at Youth Capital |
Youth Unemployment has been prioritized by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of
the Nation Address, with the launch of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention
(PYEI) programme.
The President also admitted that Government alone cannot solve the crisis and called
on social compacts to work together to shift gears on youth unemployment.
However, even though young people face this crisis every single day, they’re seldom
included in the conversations on the topic; their ideas and views often lie in the
periphery of the discussions.
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12min
February 25, 2020 Injuries at school: when can you sue?
Guest : Kirstie Haslam | partner at DSC Attorneys |
Parents send their children to school with a reasonable expectation that they will be as
safe as they would be at home however, accidents happen at schools on an alarmingly
frequent basis in South Africa.
One thinks of the recent drowning cases of Parktown Boys pupil Enoch Mpianzi and
Keamohetswe Seboko at Laerskool Bekker Primary in Magaliesburg.
The recent deaths of pupils in schools or under the care of teachers have once again
highlighted the dangers learners face in environments in which they're supposed to be
safe.
The safety of children while at school is covered under basic rights in the Constitution
and by the South African Schools Act.
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14min
February 25, 2020 Motoring with Melinda: What the Budget Speech is likely to mean for motorists & Kia Seltos review
Guest : Melinda Ferguson
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10min
February 25, 2020 Jail is not a holiday - what it's really like behind bars
Guest : Craig Nuttley
A video has surfaced of criminals in Goodwood Prison living their best lives, listening to
music and smoking drugs in their cell, the Daily Voice reports.
The video, which went viral in less than three hours, was posted on the Cape Flats
Stories Facebook page earlier this week.
In the almost three-minute long video, one inmate can be seen smoking tik, while
another next to him is busy making up a tik lolly. Loud music can be heard in the
background as the men chat and laugh while chilled out on their beds.
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29min
February 24, 2020 Beautiful News
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7min

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