The View Point

1. #Zondo (Issues criminal complaint against Jacob Zuma after dismissing the recusal application) 2. #BrackenfellHigh (Unrest outside of High School between parents and EFF) 3. #16DaysOfActivism (Presidential Weekly letter & Campaign launch: 25 November to 10 December) 4. #HermanMashaba (Africa Check call out on spreading misinformation on undocumented migrants) 5. #CyrilRamaphosa (G20 Address and...

Guest: Ms. Nonele Ganyilev - SRC General Secretary CPUT

Are you a director, actor, editor, cameraman, or audio enthusiast itching to practice your craft? Professionals, pre-professionals or hobbyists - this is your chance at an amazing opportunity. The 48 Hour Film Project is an opportunity for filmmakers of all levels to practice your craft - to make a film in a weekend and have it screen before an audience at your local theater. It sounds simple: Mak...

Shoprite Group has served over 130 000 nutritious meals and delivered thousands of food packs to children at 109 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres during lockdown. This initiative ensured that these centres could stay open and saved jobs at a time when many have faced closure. The Shoprite Group has also been supportive with educational tools, resources and with giving time to help with sa...

The impacts of Covid-19 and the lockdown on the Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector have been more widespread than the schooling system. A survey conducted by Ilifa Labantwana and others found that over 100,000 jobs in the ECD sector may already have been lost and 1.8 million children are at risk of not being able to access early childhood learning services if centres are unable to reopen. Wi...

On 7 December 2020, South Africa will commemorate 20 years since the establishment of democratic local government. Municipalities are faced with a number of challenges: deteriorating accountability that is affecting the financial health of municipalities, service delivery and the maintenance of critical municipal infrastructure. Further, South Africa’s local municipalities are hanging on by a thre...

In a recent virtual meeting of the BRICS Business Council, it became clear that global cooperation and stability is critical to the recovery of global, regional, and national economies. Our next guest says that: “BRICS has become a recognizable multilateral brand of global governance as it represents nearly 42% of the world’s population and offers major potential markets for business from these st...

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla pocketed about $5.6 million after selling stock, the latest executive to reap the rewards of insider share transactions after recent COVID 19 vaccine breakthroughs. Bourla is one of many pharmaceutical executives who made deals under prearranged 10b5-1 trading plans, which let people schedule sales in advance at certain times or prices, absolving t...

As South Africa looks to recover from the devastating effects COVID-19 has had on the economy, the government’s economic turnaround plan involves using transformation to pivot the country’s fiscal growth. A great deal of assistance will go towards small enterprises that are predominantly black-owned and that require financial support. Guest: Roxanne da Mata Gonçalves - Transformation Specialist |...

Over the years, South Africa has been rocked by a slew of accounting scandals and company failures, with prominent firms implicated in lapses of ethical conduct and have displayed suspect behaviour when carrying out their auditing duties in companies while some are reported to have misrepresented the financial data. These lapses have caused the profession to suffer a crisis of major loss of public...

On Thursday, Sonke Gender Justice and the MenCare Global Fatherhood Campaign will host the first of a four-part webinar series on: The Politics of Care. This seminar series will follow a systematic discussion about how men can contribute to various elements of care, within an ethic of care, based on the groundbreaking work of Joan Tronto. The content presented draws on an extended case study about...

Sello Hatang will be joined by Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – Former Deouty President of South Africa and now the Executive Director of UN Women. As an advocate for social justice and women’s rights, Dr Mlambo-Ngcuka has been part of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Malibongwe Dialogue with the aim of highlighting the continuing struggle for gender equality and to act as a catalyst to encourage action...

Sello Hatang was the Nelson Mandela Foundation's Information and Communication Manager, and spokesperson. Previously he was a senior manager at South Africa's Human Rights Commission. He participated in the post-1994 transformation of the National Archives, including archival support for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and is a former Director of the South African History Archive (SAHA)....

Millions of people do not have access to proper sanitation and in South African schools the situation is especially dire .World Toilet Day 2020 focuses on sustainable sanitation and climate change. Climate change is getting worse. Flood, drought and rising sea levels are threatening sanitation systems – from toilets to septic tanks to treatment plants. Everyone must have sustainable sanitation, al...

Whilst this year has been overshadowed by COVID 19 pandemic, Malaria is still an epidemic that remains deadly in the SADC region. As we get closer to the holiday season, it is important to understand what threat these diseases pose, at what stage, how treatment should be administered and the prevention measures. It is essential for citizens travelling to a malaria area(s) to understand the differe...

South African Breweries (SAB) has launched a partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Government that aims to create awareness and education on the impact of the irresponsible use of alcohol. This project has displayed 36 outdoor murals painted by renowned local Illustrator and graphic designer, Kgabo Mametja. The murals are located across the Gauteng metros - City of Ekurhuleni, City of Tshwane, W...

In its sixth year, the water stewardship conference seeks to explore how investments in South Africa’s water sector can be leveraged to generate sustained economic growth, employment, and well-being. On the 17th November, the conference will focus on “Good governance for green recovery – stewardship in a post-COVID water sector” bringing together representatives from government, industry, civil so...

1.#Bushiri (Prophet and wife skip South Africa, DoJ issue warrant of arrest and use the SADC protocols to extradite the pair) 2. #BonginkosiMadikizela (DA investigate leader on assassination attempt) 3. #ZumaVsZondo (Recusal Case heard in Court today) 4. #AceMagashula (ANC branches call for corrupt officials to step down) 5. #SollyMsimang (DA Gauteng elect new leaders) 6. #JuliusMalema (The Kiffne...

The Public Participation on SABC Radio Station: A Case Study of Ukhozi FM and SAfm Media platforms, such as radio, creates a public sphere which Jurgen Habermas (1989) describes as a realm within social life. This realm facilitates the development of public opinion and this realm can be accessible to all. Ukhozi FM (Sithakela Isizwe) and SAfm (The View Point) has created a public sphere which Habe...

The governing party’s Pule Mabe described Makwetu as a gallant servant of the people of South Africa, and built a culture of accountability and transparency in the use of state resources must be preserved. The DA’s Jan de Villiers said the party trusted that his legacy will have a lasting impression on all public servants and the office of the auditor-general. The SA Local Government Association s...

eThekwini Municipality launched the R2.2-billion automotive supplier park that will be operational as of 2021. The automotive manufacturer, Toyota, will be one of the first tenants in the special economic zone. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the KZN Department of Economic Development, Ithala Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) and the South African Technicians Associat...

Cape Town-based Catherine Wijnberg is a successful entrepreneur with experience in starting, growing and operating businesses in five different sectors across three countries. She was born in Ndola, Zambia to an entrepreneurial father. The fourth of five children she travelled from an early age to UK for boarding school and studied agriculture in Scotland and Australia. Catherine started her worki...

Guest:Dr. Mandla Lamba - CEO | Verityhurst Academy

Guest: Dr Makgoba

In June, Ethiopia’s parliament confirmed that the national elections scheduled for August 2020 would be postponed for up to a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was heavily criticized by opposition critics, with many accusing the prime minister of using the pandemic as an excuse to unlawfully extend his mandate. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) denounced the decision, label...