The View Point

Guest: Ms Hester Venter , Deputy Master of the North Gauteng Across South Africa, offices of the master of the high court are buckling, and attorneys who must deal with them daily are at their wits’ end. Lawyers are increasingly expressing dissatisfaction with the deepening dysfunctionality of the offices of the Master of the High Court. They highlight that the Master’s Office is causing significa...

Guest: Dr. Eileen Carter, Provincial Head: Eastern Cape of South African Human Rights Commission · South African Human Rights Commission In 2022, 21 youths, aged between 13 and 21, died at Enyobeni Tavern in East London. Two years later there is no definitive cause of death for those in the tavern, and since then, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) conducted a probe into this tragedy. Through...

Guest: Dr Theo De Jager - Board Chair of Policy Research and Analysis at the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis (FANRPAN) Southern Africa is in the grip of an urgent crisis with a record-breaking dry spell lasting over 30 days scorching eight countries - Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. El Niño and climate change are fueling thi...

Guest: Dr Linda Meyer -  Education expert, and Managing Director of Rosebank College The practice of awarding honorary doctorates indeed carries a rich tradition, recognising individuals who have made outstanding contributions to their fields or society at large. However, controversies surrounding the legitimacy of such awards have also arisen, particularly when institutions not authorised to gran...

Guest: Dr Caitlin Frisby - Postdoctoral Researcher and Audiologist at The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at UP In Africa, an estimated 136 million people are currently living with hearing loss, a figure expected to swell to 337 million by 2050.  This silent epidemic has profound social and economic repercussions contributing to a global cost of untreated hearing loss estimat...

Local Heart Surgeon Honoured with Prestigious International Award Recognising Work Done to Save Lives of South African Children Born with Congenital Heart Disease Guest: Dr. Wilhelm Lichtenberb, Founder of Young Hearts Africa The work of Young Hearts Africa, established in 2021, has to date provided life-saving surgery for 30 children with congenital heart disease (CHD), in partnership with the Re...

Guest: Thulani Madondo,   Executive Director   - Kliptown Youth Program He is the co-founder and current executive director of the Kliptown Youth Program, A South African youth development organisation created to help young people from the informal settlement of Kliptown and surrounding communities. Thulani himself was born in a one-room shack in Kliptown without electricity or running water, so h...

Guest: Prof Hugh Corder, Professor Emeritus of Public Law at University of Cape Town

Guest: Daniel du Plessis, Marketing and Communications Director - Milkor

Guest: Mary De Haas, Violence monitor in KZN, an honorary Research Fellow at the University of KZN’s School of Law and a member of the Navi Pillay Research Group on justice and human rights] The issue of the death penalty is a highly controversial one, with varying opinions on either reinstating it or upholding it across different societies and cultures. It involves various considerations, from le...

The NEF and local business set to create 33 new jobs in East London village. ZAD Hiring was established in 2014 by Mrs. Catherine Dunjwa, a Chartered Accountant by profession. The company currently hires out event furniture and décor items, provides floral arrangements for functions as well as décor set up and styling. “I identified the opportunity to start the business in 2011 when I struggled to...

Guest: Pie-Pacifique Kabalira Uwase, Director of PEM Afurika]   Rwanda & University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006 Rwandan born Pie-Pacifique left his home during the genocide at 14years to safety in Canada, he later found refuge in a country he now calls his home, South Africa, where he settled in Kwa-Zulu- Natal. He is currently the Head of the Foundation for Professional Development Business School...

#FreedomMonth – a reflective roundtable on what this month means from a youth perspective       Guest 1: Tswelopele Makoe, Writer, Masters student at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, and a Gender Activist Guest 2: Dr Khwezi Mabasa, Activist, Researcher and Economic and Social Policy Lead at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in South Africa Guest 3: Leeto Ntoba, Social and Politi...

Guest: Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and Head of the Land Reform Practice and author of Welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Viewpoint, and as tradition on the show on a Tuesday we have a guest takeover the show until the top of the hour, in which they get to sit down with two of their guests doing remarkable work, and today is no different – we have Bulelwa Mabasa – Director and Head of the Land Refo...

Guest: Hilton Baartman, Executive Head of Rural & Mining Water at Hall Core Water The private sector can play a vital role in ensuring the right to safe water and sanitation in Africa. Inadequate infrastructure is holding back the provision of water and sanitation services in African cities, but new funding models are needed to solve the problem. The answer lies in innovative methods of privat...

Human Rights Day commemorates the struggle of the South African people for democracy as well as for economic and racial equality. While the country has made enormous strides in providing access to schooling, with  98.8% of children aged seven to 14 enrolled in schools , providing democratic access to quality education remains a challenge. Since South Africa emerged as a democracy in 1994, the  fig...

Going through a divorce can be an emotionally charged and challenging time for anyone. In addition to the many legal aspects involved, one significant consideration is spousal maintenance. If you are going through a divorce, getting clued up on spousal maintenance and how you might apply for it is a good idea.   Spousal maintenance refers to the financial support provided by one spouse to the othe...

Guest: Risimati Mathye - Deputy Director-General for Water Services Management at the Department of Water and Sanitation Water Services Authority (WSA) Summit: Who should be held accountable for what?  

Aaron Naidu flies the South African flag high in Statistical Science studies  Aaron Naidu - PhD Statistical Science student 

Guest: Kirsten Alexander - Producer at EmpowaEntreprenuers Do you know what investors want and the type of funding suitable for your business?    

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana, attorney at Dubazana Attorneys Small claims:  what do they entail and what is the quickest way to get help?    

Vessel Van der Merwe, Owner of Nov Chocolate

Guest: UNICEF Chief of Communication, Guy Taylor

Life and health insurance are essential because they lessen the financial burden that comes with a death, serious illness, or disability that can keep you from earning your regular salary.  It is for this reason that it is crucial to ensure that your insurance policy is valid, so that your claim will be paid as expected. Now what happens when a giant insurance company refuses to pay out your money...