This week, two ministries in Cabinet signed a Memeorandum of Understanding that may make a difference. The Minister of Basic Education - Siviwe Gwarube & Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture - Gayton McKenzie announced the implementation of Sports, Arts and Culture programmes in public schools. The programmes are set to make access to coaching, facilities and equipment to schools to assist in unearthing new talent that may represent the country. The programme is set to reach 13,5 million pupils. In light of this milestone, we wanted to hold a panel discussion on the future of these programmes for public schools. We unpack whether the plans set can be implemented, the challenges that need to be addressed given previous attempts to improve  access to these programmes and who are the potential partners that build a path where the nation can nurture talent to reach 2028 goals. We are joined by…

Guest (Telephone): Michael Davy - Retired school principal (44 years of experience) and Administrator at the South African Council on Sport 

Guest (Telephone): Prof. Ashwin Desai - Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre of Social Change at the University of Johannesburg

Guest (Telephone): Bongani Graham Chabalala - Chief Education Specialist for Sports and Recreation  Directorate under Free State Department of Education 

This week, two ministries in Cabinet signed a Memeorandum of Understanding that may make a difference. The Minister of Basic Education - Siviwe Gwarube &amp; Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture - Gayton McKenzie announced the implementation of Sports, Arts and Culture programmes in public schools. The programmes are set to make access to coaching, facilities and equipment to schools to assist in unearthing new talent that may represent the country. The programme is set to reach 13,5 million pupils. In light of this milestone, we wanted to hold a panel discussion on the future of these programmes for public schools. We unpack whether the plans set can be implemented, the challenges that need to be addressed given previous attempts to improve  access to these programmes and who are the potential partners that build a path where the nation can nurture talent to reach 2028 goals. We are joined by…
Guest (Telephone): Michael Davy - Retired school principal (44 years of experience) and Administrator at the South African Council on Sport 
Guest (Telephone): Prof. Ashwin Desai - Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre of Social Change at the University of Johannesburg
Guest (Telephone): Bongani Graham Chabalala - Chief Education Specialist for Sports and Recreation  Directorate under Free State Department of Education

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Sports, Arts and Culture returns to Public Schools

One of our listeners from Giyani by the name Loward called into the open line about two weeks ago talking about water problems in the Giyani area which falls under the Mopani District Municipality. Some of the things he was pointing to is claims of corruption around the borehole project which he says not been completed. Let's take a listen to what he had to say…

Guest: Diro Mashimbyi - Community representative from the Mashimbyi Royal House 

Guest: Odas Ngobeni - Spokesperson for the Mopani District Municipality

Guest: Percy Mthombeni – Greater Giyani Concerned Residents

One of our listeners from Giyani by the name Loward called into the open line about two weeks ago talking about water problems in the Giyani area which falls under the Mopani District Municipality. Some of the things he was pointing to is claims of corruption around the borehole project which he says not been completed. Let's take a listen to what he had to say&hellip;
Guest: Diro Mashimbyi - Community representative from the Mashimbyi Royal House&nbsp;
Guest: Odas Ngobeni - Spokesperson for the Mopani District Municipality 
Guest: Percy Mthombeni &ndash; Greater Giyani Concerned Residents

Municipal Watch: Mopani District Municipality

We are featuring the Legal Practice Council after we had a caller (Themba from Tsakane) shared their experience where the lawyer who was meant to represent them before the CCMA failed to represent them. In light of this, we reached out to our next guest to help us advise members of the public on the basic precautions that they can take to avoid bad experiences with legal practitioners. Our next guest will help listeners understand their rights and talk about why it is important for lawyers to hold a valid Fidelity Fund Certificate. They also say that they have noted a rise in these instances, especially on issues like claiming from RAF and property sales. We are now joined by…

Guest: Margarette Van Wyk - Provincial Director at the Legal Practice Council (Free State)

We are featuring the Legal Practice Council after we had a caller (Themba from Tsakane) shared their experience where the lawyer who was meant to represent them before the CCMA failed to represent them. In light of this, we reached out to our next guest to help us advise members of the public on the basic precautions that they can take to avoid bad experiences with legal practitioners. Our next guest will help listeners understand their rights and talk about why it is important for lawyers to hold a valid Fidelity Fund Certificate. They also say that they have noted a rise in these instances, especially on issues like claiming from RAF and property sales. We are now joined by&hellip; 
Guest: Margarette Van Wyk - Provincial Director at the Legal Practice Council (Free State)

Legal Practice Council speaking on dishonest lawyers

As we edge closer to the Budget Speech 2025,  many citizens are expecting that Minister Enoch Godongwana’s speech to be focused on economic growth, debt containment and hopefully avoid substantial taxes increases. We take a moment unpack the effect that austerity measures has had on public spending. While government released a circular on austerity measures back in August 2023, the budget cuts in some departments has taken effect over the past decade.

We have received calls from our listeners where they have experienced challenges in basic education, health and other departments where service delivery has been adversely affected due to these cost-saving interventions. This could be in the loss of public servants in those departments to provide services; non-delivery of scholar transport, classroom supplies or nutrition programming for schools; and even critical medication - for example.In this hour, our next guests will help us unpack how these deficits impact our communities and how do we ensure fiscal accountability when it comes to the services that matter the most. We are joined by…

Guest: Michael Sachs - Adjunct Professor of Public Economy at the University of Witwatersrand (Former Head of the Budget Office in the National Treasury)

 Guest: Ayanda Sishi-Wigzell - Communications Manager at Equal Education  

Guest: Greg Rammego - Government and Public Services Leader at Deloitte (Role of the private sector when austerity measures affects the economy:Should private-public partnership should be used to close the budget deficit that austerity measures have created? How can PPPs ensure that service delivery can be fulfilled in key social spending sectors such as health, education, social development and policing? Is the private sector is concerned about how these budget deficits affect the economy?)

As we edge closer to the Budget Speech 2025,&nbsp; many citizens are expecting that Minister Enoch Godongwana&rsquo;s speech to be focused on economic growth, debt containment and hopefully avoid substantial taxes increases. We take a moment unpack the effect that austerity measures has had on public spending. While government released a circular on austerity measures back in August 2023, the budget cuts in some departments has taken effect over the past decade.
We have received calls from our listeners where they have experienced challenges in basic education, health and other departments where service delivery has been adversely affected due to these cost-saving interventions. This could be in the loss of public servants in those departments to provide services; non-delivery of scholar transport, classroom supplies or nutrition programming for schools; and even critical medication - for example. In this hour, our next guests will help us unpack how these deficits impact our communities and how do we ensure fiscal accountability when it comes to the services that matter the most. We are joined by&hellip;
Guest: Michael Sachs - Adjunct Professor of Public Economy at the University of Witwatersrand (Former Head of the Budget Office in the National Treasury)
&nbsp;Guest: Ayanda Sishi-Wigzell - Communications Manager at Equal Education&nbsp;&nbsp;
Guest: Greg Rammego - Government and Public Services Leader at Deloitte (Role of the private sector when austerity measures affects the economy: Should private-public partnership should be used to close the budget deficit that austerity measures have created? How can PPPs ensure that service delivery can be fulfilled in key social spending sectors such as health, education, social development and policing? Is the private sector is concerned about how these budget deficits affect the economy?)

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