The View Point

Out of 699 illegal firearms that have been confiscated in the Western Cape, none have been destroyed in the first quarter of this year. This was revealed by the MEC of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen in a response to a question by the chairperson of parliament’s standing committee on community safety, Gillion Bosman.  The news comes days after Gun Free SA’s class action against...

There’s nothing conventional about Makhiba Mollo. Her experience of providing strategic counsel on Responsible Investing to a number of key institutional bodies and multinational companies in South Africa, defines her as a credible pioneer for responsible innovation, shareholder activism and justice in strategic decisions. Her 17+ year journey of cultivating solutions in the field of Sustainabilit...

Guest: Mrs Elana Hannington, Specialises In Family Law Matters and a Partner at Norman, Wink & Stephens, in Cape Town What degree do cultural traditions influence the law? Fathers are being denied contact with their children as a result of inhlawulo/damages! What rights can one exercise?    

Guest: Dr Deonita Damons,  Executive Director, Boston City Campus World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - The Impact and possibilities that internet and other ICT can bring to societies in South African          

Guest: Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, Social Development Deputy Minister  Guest: Dr Katharine Hall, Senior Researcher at the UCT Children's Institute # International Day of Families: Child-headed Families          

Guest: Trudie Broekmann, Attorney Specializing in Consumer Law at Trudie Broekmann Attorneys Customers who choose to purchase used vehicles do so as an alternative thanks to the second-hand motor vehicle sales market. It turns out to be a better choice than purchasing a new car that one might not even be able to afford given the status of the economy. However, there are many instances of non-compl...

Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe on 5 December 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal labourer and a part-time woodcutter, his mother as a domestic worker and cook at a local hospital. Sobukwe was exposed to literature at an early age by his oldest brother. His earliest education was at a...

Julia Makhubela, helping corporates realise their own biases   Despite humble beginnings, Julia Makhubela rose to the position of operations director at a digital marketing agency. She has been on both sides of the curtain, privy to the lives of hard-working, ordinary South Africans trying to make ends' meet, and shoulder-to-shoulder with the corporate CEO who calls a plush boardroom home. At the...

SA-Taiwan relations Does South Africa have a complicated relationship with Taiwan?  In 1998, after the fall of apartheid, South Africa commenced diplomatic relations with the People’s Re-public of China (PRC). This ‘normalisation’ of South Africa’s China policy came with a condition to recognise Beijing’s ‘One China’ policy proclaiming Taiwan an inalienable part of China. At the heart of the relat...

Guest: Dr Zuko April,  Deputy Director at the Department of Trade and Industry Guest: Thabile Nkunjana, Agricultural Economist in the Markets and Economic Research Division at the National Agricultural Marketing Council The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a piece of legislation that was approved by the U.S. Congress in May 2000. The stated purpose of this legislation is to assist the...

FMHS psychiatrist recognised for pioneering schizophrenia research Dr Lebogang Phahladira, specialist psychiatrist and senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), has received the prestigious Global Schizophrenia Award for his pioneering work on improving long-term treatment outcomes for schizophrenia and psychosis in the South African context. The ob...

Guest: Kefilwe Pitsie, Head of Finance for Personal & Private Banking (Gauteng Province) – Standard Bank Guest: Itumeleng Barnard | CA(SA),  MD at BrownedSKYN   Kefilwe’s experience defines her as a qualified Chartered Accountant, she is the head of finance for Standard Bank’s Personal and Private Banking Divisions in Gauteng. In parallel to her mainstream career milestones, Kefilwe’s track-re...

The coronation of King Charles III, a symbolic event that combines a religious service and spectacle, is being celebrated by millions of people throughout the UK and beyond. The King, who will be crowned on May 6 alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey since 1066. There will be traditions from more than a thousand years ago on the...

Heading into winter, the impact for businesses is compounded, especially those in the mid-market sector. As well as the impact on business, the growth of imports in this space and lending solutions for businesses  Guest: Itumeleng Merafe, Investec for Business The solar energy sector has been fully embraced to offer some much needed relief to the market, crippled by loadshedding. According to rese...

His plays Paradise is Closing Down, Panorama, God's Forgotten, Auditioning Angels, Faces in the Wall and Just Like Home have been performed internationally, and his one-man shows Adapt or Dye, One Man One Volt, You ANC Nothing Yet, Truth Omissions, Live from Boerassic Park, Dekaffirnated, Foreign Aids, Evita for President, Elections & Erections, Desperate First Ladies, An Audience with Pieter-...

Guest: Steven Sachs, Director at Bagraim Sachs Inc # Monday Lecture: Labour and South Africa: A Political Perspective    

Guest: Connie Matlejoane, Chief Executive Officer - CRM Enterprise (PTY) Ltd Tips from a female entrepreneur on how to get a seat at the table and secure business from big businesses     .     .

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazana, Director and Attorney at Dubazana Attorney How does this law work in the context of South Africa? Is this specific to types of jobs or contract agreements? What are the processes of claims    

Guest: Prof Mary Metcalfe  - Education Expert Professor and Former Member of the Gauteng Executive Council

Guest: Lincoln Mali - Southern Africa CEO for Lesaka

Guest: Mamokgethi Phakeng - Former UCT vice-chancellor

It is undisputed that the University of Fort was a key institution in higher education for black Africans from 1916 to 1959 and today post our democratic dispensation the enrolment patterns of the university still remain an institution in the main accommodating the children of the working class and the poor, who in the main a black. 80% of the University of Fort Hare are beneficiaries of the Natio...

As the situation in Sudan continues to be fraught, the department of international relations and cooperation (DIRCO) has confirmed that the implementation of an evacuation strategy is at an advanced stage. We also understand that currently, there are about 77 verified South African nationals trapped in Sudan. Network connectivity has been a challenge in the process of moving people to the border w...

The stigma associated with mental illness has permeated society; it is now seen as a sign of vulnerability and as a condition that should be kept private. People frequently struggle with their mental health, we examine how they cope, the difficulties they encounter, and the factors that contribute to depression and suicidal thoughts. We examine how these specific challenges are overcome when cues...

# Youth unemployment is a depressing reality in post-apartheid South Africa. For many black South Africans, the change from apartheid to democracy 29 years ago held out the hope of a fresh start. The promise of equality for everyone was one of many. This meant that after years of oppression, discrimination, and segregation, black people were finally making progress toward political freedom, moneta...