World of work: The cost of understaffing and how to keep employees motivated when the workload keeps growing?

The Clement Manyathela Show · Aug 25, 2026 · 18m

Thabo Shole Mashao speaks to Klaus Muller, Industrial Psychologist discussing the cost of understaffing and what it does to employee productivity and satisfaction, They also reflect on what employers should be doing to manage employee wellbeing when understaffed. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the…