The National Pulse

Companies are not complying with the national minimum wage will be named and shamed by the Department of Labour from later this month Various industries have been identified as problem areas. CCMA Legal Researcher Wilbur van Niekerk said there was a growing trend used by employers of using every trick in the book not to comply with labour laws. He also said of growing concern the unilateral change...

The World ATM Congress is the world's largest international air traffic management (ATM) exhibition attracting over 7,500 people each year and currently taking in Madrid, Spain this year. It brings together the world’s leading product developers, experts, stakeholders, and air navigation service providers. Guest: Dr Sandile Malinga - Chief Operating Officer of the Air Traffic and Navigation Servic...

Guest: Prof Jace Pillay, Department of Educational Psychology at University of Johannesburg and South African Research Chair Education and Care in Childhood professor

Another day another violence that involves a learner. Just yesterday we spoke about his with Mugwena Maluleke, General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers Union – on what needs to be done. And today, a 19-year-old Mondeor High School boy was stabbed in the chest while walking outside the school this morning Guest: John Macheke - COSAS President

The province of Limpopo has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. The latest was the killing of Thoriso Themane young school learners. There has also been reports of rising of gangsterism in the province. In light of this, the premier Stan Mathabatha and MEC for Community Safety Makoma Makhurupetje are leading discussions under the theme: Promoting Limpopo growth and development throu...

Trade union AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa has made allegations against the National Union of Mineworkers accusing them of instigating the violent attacks against its striking members at Sibanye-Stillwater. This follows video footage shared by the union - depicting a group of people he alleges are NUM members. Guest: Tshepo Mongoai, SABC economics reporter

The mother of the Umlazi woman who passed away from an illness in the Bahamas, remains in deep mourning for her daughter's death. Nobuhle Bhengu was working onboard a cruise ship when she felt ill and passed away. Her family will today travel to the Bahamas ahead of her cremation tomorrow* after the Bahamas government refused to repatriate her body. Guest: Nomhlakanipho Magwaza, SABC reporter

The principal of Mondeor High School, south of Johannesburg, says learners and community members need to rally behind Khulani Mathebula's family. The 19-year old grade 11 pupil was stabbed to death on his way to school this morning. Details surrounding the incident are still sketchy however police say they are confident that the suspects will be arrested soon. Guest: Sashin Naidoo, SABC reporter

Singapore and Australia suspended operations of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of their airports and Indonesia and China grounded their fleets of the US plane maker’ s latest model after it suffered a second fatal crash in less than five months. The scare has wiped billions of dollars off the market value of the world’s biggest plane maker, as the Boeing share closed 5% down on Monday havi...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

The Mpumalanga's Department of Education has expelled two Grade 9 learners from Duvhe Combined school in Emalahleni who assaulted another learner last month. the circuit manager has been tasked to enrol them in another school and to closely monitor their conduct. This is not the first incident we’ve seen, just last week in the East rand, young girls filmed themselves kicking another learner. But t...

Yesterday we spoke to Amos Mduli who is one of the community leaders in an area called Makoko near White River that is under the Mdluli Tribal Authority. They were accusing the tribal authority of signing a 99-year lease agreement allegedly without their consent. They say that the deal does not benefit the community, Guest: Nelly Mdlu, Chairperson of the Mdluli Trust

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

With South Africans experiencing economic hardships due to rocketing fuel prices and high electricity tariffs, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will only give support to Zimbabwe within its means. He was speaking at the opening session of the third South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission underway in the capital Harare. Zimbabwe is in dire economic situation following targeted sancti...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

The DTI has been running the furniture design competition, in partnership with SABS Design Institute, Proudly SA, the IDC, Solidworks, Seating Pty Ltd and Furntech. The winners will be announced at this 2019 Buy Local Summit, and the new leg of the competition (2019/20) will also be launched. The design competition is aimed at contributing to the development of the design skills in the sector, and...

SA has a jobs problem and despite impressive economic growth, unemployment reached a 10-year high of 28% last year. The country needs to create at least 11-million new jobs over the next decade just to absorb its currently unemployed population and keep pace with demographics. The country can make a significant contribution to employment creation by engaging its nearly 6-million micro-, small-, an...

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) is looking at churches on whether they should pay tax. Mark Kingon, the acting commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), said would ensure religious institutions –which are usually exempt from tax – are tax compliant. What would this really mean for the religious sector? To speak to us Guest:Tertius Troost, - Tax manager at Mazars

As you may have heard our previous conversation on how the Chinese community feel discriminated against and also the kind of comments hurled at them. Also last week we spoke a lot about discrimination against foreigners in the country and also what some of the leadership were saying when it comes to issues of crime and health services involving foreign national. The question then arises on how all...

South Africans of Chinese decent say that they continue to face discrimination from South Africans themselves. It seems to them that nothing has changed since the dawn of democracy. Erwin Pon says he was shocked when he read comments on the Chinese Association's Facebook page which were full of hate.

Aviation authorities are continuing their investigations into yesterday's Ethiopian Airlines plane crash - after the flight recorders were recovered. The devices are the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder. The Boeing 737 Max-8 - en route from Addis Ababa to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi - crashed six minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people on board. Guest: Sarah Kiman...