POWER Update
POWER Update
POWER Update is a fast paced hour-long show filled with short, sharp interviews. It includes national and international news, current affairs, and recaps of the leading stories of the day, ensuring you have all you need to know about the day’s big news. It is presented by news anchor Ntokozo Mazibuko.Follow the podcast:
Can companies force employees to return to work?
President Ramaphosa announced last week that the country will be moving from Level 3 to Level 1, now local government unions in the City of Tshwane are not happy with the acting city manager requesting that all employees at the council, return to work. Ntokozo Mazibuko spoke to labour lawyer, Natas…
07:15
Information Regulator SA asks Facebook to clarify WhatsApp policy
The Information Regulator has written to Facebook South Africa seeking clarity on their Whatsapp private policy. The regulator says they have a number of concerns about the policy. Chairperson for the Information Regulator advocate Pansy Tlakula spoke to Ntokozo Mazibuko on the POWERUpdate about th…
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Human rights of waste reclaimers should be upheld
The ICJ calls on the high court to consider the human rights of informal waste reclaimers in the Midrand eviction case. Legal adviser on Social Economic and Cultural Rights, Timothy Fish Hodgson spoke to Ntokozo Mazibuko on POWERUpdate about this.
07:55
ANC wants ENCA to take issues of transformation serious
On POWER Update, Ntokozo Mazibuko speaks to the Gauteng provincial spokesperson, Bones Modise on the staged picket outside eNCA offices following a reporter, Lindsay Dentlinger being accused of racism after she treated black and while politicians differently regarding the wearing of a mask during i…
10:41
Companies with 50+ employees must submit weekly data on Covid-19 cases
It is now a legal requirement for all businesses with more than 50 employees to submit weekly data on Covid-19 cases to the National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH). Dr Nisha Naicker, head of epidemiology and surveillance at the National Institute for Occupational Health spoke to Ntokozo M…
07:53
Two SA airports get new official names
The acting director-general of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture Vusithemba Ndima sheds light on the renaming of two airports in South Africa in Port Elizebeth and East London.
10:42
Organisations call for pro-poor 2021 budget
Several civil organisations have called on the minister of finance Tito Mboweni to present a pro-poor budget. The coordinator at the Alternative Information and Development Centre Dominique Brown spoke to Ntokozo Mazibuko on POWER Update about their proposals.
08:53
Hands off our education: Equal Education
Civil organisation, Equal Education has urged finance minister, Tito Mboweni to not make any further cuts from the education budget. The general secretary of Equal Education, Tracey Malawana spoke to Ntokozo Mazibuko on the POWER Update about this.
08:07
How government can maintain a health fiscus
Professor at the Wits Business School Jannie Rossouw spoke to Ntokozo Mazibuko on POWER Update about how government can maintain a healthy fiscus, with the emergency money government diverted to fight the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the lessons that government has learnt.
08:08
CASAC cautions against attacks on the judiciary.
The recent attacks on the South Africa judiciary are not warranted as they undermine public confidence in the judiciary. This is the stern position of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac). Casac's executive secretary Lawson Naidoo says the attacks are "narrow" a…
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