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Dr Dick Forslund, a senior economist says the 1.6% increase in social grants, is dismal.
He joined us shortly after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget speech on Wednesday.
Forslund is of the opinion that Mboweni made a mockery of the concept of social solidarity.

It certainly isn’t a surprise to anyone that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on small businesses.
The total number of liquidations recorded increased by close to 50% in March 2021 compared with March 2020.
Denver Berman-Jacob, Executive Director of Sweet-Orr and Lybro, says the last year was a tipping point for businesses
that were struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic.

They may only be four months old but the Amalgamated Rainbow Movement
has plans to better people’s lives in some of greater Johannesburg’s so-called forgotten areas. Today Rianté Padayachee met a ward councillor from the Ennerdale area who’ll be contesting the upcoming election and he has a plan to turn things around.

While businesses are taking a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, small enterprises are feeling the pinch even more.

Relief funds are being set up to support them, and many are hoping this will help ease the burden.

The Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town has released the 2020 Child Gauge report.The gauge monitors the situation of children in the country. The theme focused on food and nutrition security for children, and highlighted some frightening statistics.To take us through some of the numbers and key takeaways
from the report we were joined by our producer, Nic Andersen.

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