METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope
AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: Overlooked and Untapped Job/Entrepreneurial Opportunities
The official unemployment rate has decreased to 31.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the latest data from Stats SA. While this is good news, the unemployment numbers in the country remain alarmingly high and while it is the responsibility of government to create a conducive environment for job creation, we also have a part to play. This evening we’re looking at the often overlooked career/entrepreneurial paths that we should be considering.
DR BONGANI ELIAS SITHOLE - HEAD OF NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE
SA’s disaster management response and capability is in the spotlight again as severe weather hits parts of the country. Heavy rainfall in Gauteng and KZN has caused flood damage and loss of life, but the weather service has issued warnings for further events in the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, the North West and Free State. The extreme weather conditions seem to be happening more frequently, so just how equipped are our disaster management bodies the country to deal with this and future events?
MAHLENGI BHENGU-MOTSIRI – ANC NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON
The African National Congress (ANC) provincial executive committees in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng will be reconfigured within the parameters of the ANC constitution. This comes as the president of the ANC Cyril Ramaphosa gave the closing remarks at the end of the two- day ANC NEC this weekend. Following a dismal performance from the two provinces at the General elections in May last year, the NEC has resolved that the leadership of the two provinces will be changed.
POLITICAL PARTY REACTION TO POSTPONEMENT OF BUDGET SPEECH
Members of the government of national unity (GNU) and opposition parties have put pressure on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana not to raise taxes in his budget this week, and their threats that they will not support the proposals if he does have now manifested.
ECONOMIC REACTION & THE 2% proposed VAT
South Africa’s rand and stocks weakened after Parliament delayed the presentation of the annual budget, an unprecedented decision that highlighted increasing strains in the nation’s coalition government. The rand extended an earlier decline, weakening as much as 1% to 18.5892 per dollar by 14:32 in Johannesburg. By 15:12 is was down 0.5% to R18.52. The yield on benchmark 2035 government bonds climbed 11 basis points to 10.63%.
LULAMA MATYA - SABC POLITICAL JOURNALIST IN PARLIAMENT
JOINING US TO DISCUSS HOW EVENTS UNFOLDED AND HOW THE BUDGET PROCESS WORKS.
AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: Social Media and its Impact on Our Real-Life Social Skills
There’s a quote that says, “Social media is the junk food of social life”. Much like junk food, easily available and has become very common place but it doesn’t do much in terms of actually feeding our minds and social skills as humans.
TERRY TSELANE - FOUNDER OF INSTITUTE OF ELECTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN AFRICA AND FORMER COMMISSIONER FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
There are calls for political parties and independents to be forced to disclose all private donations, regardless of the amount. Advocacy group, My Vote Counts, is challenging the Political Funding Act in Court.
VUYO ZUNGULA – ATM PARTY LEADER AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
South Africa loses close to R25bn in corporate income tax alone', while up to 10% of our GDP is lost through the manipulation of trade prices for the purposes of tax evasion or money laundering – this is according to a letter from the African Transformation Movement political party – which it has written to the Public Protector.
POLO LETEKA – PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS
Questions continue to be raised regarding practices by the country’s top banks that seem to be discriminatory and exclusionary, not empowering black clients and a lack of support for black business.
LEGAL TALK: Legalities When it Comes to Salaries and Wages
Can your performance be the only deciding factor in how much you get paid? Tonight we’re looking at the legalities when it comes to salaries and wages What does the law say about it.
NSFAS
Students asked for sexual favours in exchange of accommodation. Muggings and landlords asking for sex in return for accommodation are some of the hardships faced by scores of students due to delays by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to pay for their tuition and accommodation – the Sunday World has reported.
ASHRAF ESSOP – IMMIGRATION LAW EXPERT
Chidimma Adetshina’s mother has been arrested by the Department of Home Affairs, assisted by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Cape Town over the weekend. Ms Anabela Rungo, the mother of Chidimma was arrested at a property in Cape Town. The Department withdrew Ms Rungo’s South African documentation in September 2024 after finding that it had been fraudulently obtained, rendering her ineligible to continue residing in South Africa. As you might remember, Adetshina's citizenship came under the spotlight whenM she made it to the top ten of the Miss South Africa pageant, with many questioning her nationality due to her name.
DR MAGOME MASIKE (Currently The Registrar of the Health Professions Council of South Africa)
We’re talking about their launch of the NGOKU campaign.
RICHARD MAMABOLO – SPOKESPERSON FOR POPCRU - POLICE AND PRISONS CIVIL RIGHTS UNION
The mental health wellness of police is in the spotlight as SAPS members face an increasing number of suicides. SAPS management informed Parliament last year that 33 suicides occurred within the SAPS in the 2019/20 financial year, 30 in the 2020/21 financial year and 39 in the 2021/22 financial year. Furthermore, 38 homicide–suicide incidents occurred from 2019 to 2022. But are our law enforcers getting the support they need? And where is the room for improvement?
AFTER 8 IS AFTER 8: THE STATE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S FATHERS
The State of South Africa’s Fathers 2024: Changing narratives of fatherhood: What does it mean to be a father in South Africa today? The third State of South Africa’s Fathers (SOSAF) report confronts the evolving realities of fatherhood in a nation grappling with deep socioeconomic challenges. With fewer children living with their biological fathers than with other men, and caregiving dynamics being reshaped by shifting gender roles and ideas about masculinity, the report offers a data-driven exploration of the lives of South Africa’s fathers.
SADAG BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, ZAMO MVEKE
There's mounting concern over the number of teen suicides and attempted suicides being reported. Statistics from the Health Department show that 7,426 children were treated for suicide attempts across the country between April and December 2024 In one of the most recent incidents, a 10-year-old Gauteng pupil took his own life.
MR. BLESSING MANALE, ACT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: PRESIDENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION
In celebration of World Radio Day World Radio Day 2025 themed Radio and Climate Change. Do South Africans care about Climate Change? What in-roads have we made and have we been getting any funding from USA. The US President signed an order to stop paper straws how does this undo the work done by Climate change Commissions around the world and what is the current mandate.
VUYO LEE/ DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS AT THE JSE
JSE encourages South Africans to check if they have unclaimed dividends owed to them The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) today launches its Claim It campaign, urging South Africans to check if they are potential shareholders owed a portion of the R4.5 billion in unclaimed dividends.
SLINDILE KHANYILE, PUBLISHING EDITOR OF UMBELE, NEW CHAIRPERSON OF THE SANEF MEDIA FREEDOM SUB- COMMITTEE
Steve Bannon's Flood the Zone Strategy Explained Amid Trump Policy Blitz The flood the zone strategy seemingly being used by the Trump administration, which has resulted in a relentless onslaught of new directives and policy announcements, is drawing renewed scrutiny during the beginning of his second term.
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