RC 260805SAfmJoanne Joseph
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
A packed morning of hard public-interest talk: Eastern Cape scholar transport failures, UNISA workload allegations and a sharp retirement savings clinic for women dominated the show.
- 09:47
About 50 learners at Traiyaletu High in Sitsikama have missed school since January because scholar transport is unreliable; parents have been paying R700 to R850 a month or children have been hiking to class.
- 09:49
Eastern Cape transport says one scholar-transport operator died in July, leaving it searching beyond the local municipality for a replacement and aiming to decide within a week on temporary fixes.
- 10:45
UNISA rejected claims of a crisis, saying staffing has grown to 3,165 academics and that the reported 12,500-to-20,000 scripts per lecturer is inaccurate.
- 11:10
Former adjunct Paul described a hospital stay after extreme marking pressure, saying he had 657 scripts to mark in 10 days and believed the university was “using human lives” to save money.
- 11:15
Brian Hirsch warned women that lower earnings, career interruptions, divorce and the two-pot system can erode retirement savings, urging early contributions and proper financial planning.