The View Point

Demystifying Nicotine: Unethical to Deprive People of Less Harmful Alternatives Smoking cigarettes is the most harmful form of consuming nicotine and it is the duty of government, industry and society to ensure that smokers have access to less harmful nicotine products. “It is unethical for us to deprive people of alternatives that are less harmful to their health and tobacco is no exception,” Dr....

Our co-host is a health care leader in South Africa and the former president of the Health Professions Council of SA. He founded the African Medical Association in 2006 and was previously the president of the World Medical Association (WMA). He made history by becoming the first black person to qualify as an ophthalmologist in SA during the apartheid years, his interest in health care for SA has s...

MbChb student, Cameron Joseph understands that a good doctor treats a disease, but a great doctor treats a patient. Growing up with two parents in the healthcare industry, Cameron has always seen medicine as his home and the place where he belongs. For him, it's always been the niche where he wanted to make a difference. Cameron has a passion for paediatrics and community health. As a South Africa...

As we concentrate national initiatives on Covid-19 recovery, the systemic eradication of poverty must be the greatest priority, or reconstruction will not succeed. This lies at the heart of the Decent Standard of Living research, and other recent national poverty studies. In the Fifth Annual Decent Standard of Living Colloquium 2020, the focus will be on: how will poverty shape our future in SA? W...

1. #ZweliMkhize (PRASA corruption) 2. #CyrilRamaphosa (President will address the nation amid second wave: National Command Council & Cabinet Meeting) 3. #ZondoCommission (focus shifts from SAA to Denel/Armscor) 4. #ThaboMbeki (Economic Recovery Plans needs more details, too vague) 5. #DeLille (Set to appear before Parliament on Infrastructure Plan outlined in October recovery speeches & anti-corr...

The Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation is a public benefit organisation that was established in 2010 to promote, protect and preserve the legacies of married freedom fighters and doyens of democracy, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo. The Foundation actively promotes the memory of the Tambos through education, community-upliftment, arts & culture, and women-empowerment initiatives, amongst others. Additio...

The Post-Crisis Crisis: Patriarchal Violence and the Inadequacy of Condemnations The third and final leg of the O.R Tambo Memorial Lecture was delivered by Nelson Mandela University’s Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola. Prof Gqola, who was appointed to the University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) this year, is an accomplished academic, gender scholar and activist and award-winning feminist...

The Logistics industry is one of the core contributions to the world’s economy. What the sector encompasses is very broad and covers essentially everything from a resource’s origin to a finished goods destination. Dysfunctions in the logistics systems pose a challenge to small businesses, particularly given the shift towards digitization during the COVID 19 pandemic. More often than not, small bus...

Labat Africa is working alongside newly acquired Biodata whose research has shown the benefits of using Cannabis as a safer replacement (CBD & THC based products). For those who may not know what Opioids are, here are a few examples: Codiene cough syrups, Morphine and Tylenol. The Opioids market share is estimated at $23 billion (US), globally and estimated at R20 billion on the continent. Guest:...

The Annual National Doctoral Conference (ANDC) started on Monday, 2nd November and closes its final session on Thursday, 5th November 2020. It provides a platform for second and third year National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) PhD scholarship recipients to present their doctoral work and constructively engage with their peers. This conference is a unique space for students,...

A study conducted by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit at University of Cape Town (UCT) has found that labour market returns to tertiary qualifications in South Africa are high, but a low share of the population has access to these returns. “Black tax is relevant to South African graduates in particular, since the completion of post-secondary education may come with responsi...

Tanzanian President John Magufuli won a second term, with a landslide victory of more than 84% of the vote in last week’s election. His main opponent, Tundu Lissu of the Party for Democracy and Progress, or Chadema, earned 13% of the vote, according to the official count. In Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara won a third term in power after an election boycotted by the opposition. The 78-year old pres...

Patrick Shai is in conversation with Collen Sepamatla, who served an eight year sentence on fraud. They met during one of the prison visits that form part of a partnership between Khuluma Ndoda and the department of justice. Collen approached Patrick, seeking advise on how to men things at home. Before he went to prison, the situation was tense between he and his wife and he feared that he might n...

Patrick Shai is a celebrated South African actor who has appeared in numerous stage plays, television productions and feature films. He has appeared in numerous television series including Mission Top Secret, Behind the Badge, Zero Tolerance, Hillside, Soul City, Life is Wild, Skeem Saam, Zone14, 7de Laan and Yizo Yizo. Patrick Shai is also the founder of a social movement called Khuluma Ndoda - w...

The 2020 Sponsors of Brave campaign – a partnership between Adcock Ingram OTC and News24 – aims to celebrate the unsung heroes and brave professionals in healthcare. In its second season, the campaign recognizes that pursuing a career in healthcare during the height of a pandemic is the definition of a Generation of Brave and aims to shine a spotlight on the succession of healthcare heroes. Our ne...

Opinion polls in the US have long pointed to the strong possibility of a Democratic party sweep in the election on 3 November, with Joe Biden winning the presidency and Democrats gaining control of the US Senate and holding on to the House of Representatives, putting an end to divided government. But if the election turns out to be mostly a referendum on Donald Trump, Democrats might win just the...

1. #JohnSteenhuisen (DA federal leadership win) 2. #MbaliNtuli (What is next for her political career?) 3. #OneSAMovement (Maimane to launch Basic Income Grant model) 4. #RandalWilliams (New mayor: City of Tshwane) 5. #EFF (Plans to submit comments to nationalize the South African Reserve Bank as Amendment Bill is open for comment at Parliament) Guest: Prof. Mcebisi Ndletyana - Associate Professor...

The Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation is a public benefit organisation that was established in 2010 to promote, protect and preserve the legacies of married freedom fighters and doyens of democracy, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo. The Foundation actively promotes the memory of the Tambos through education, community-upliftment, arts & culture, and women-empowerment initiatives, amongst others. Additio...

The Post-Crisis Crisis: After Uhuru The second leg of the O.R Tambo Memorial Lecture series took place on the 103rd birthday. The keynote speaker is the legendary African playwright, poet activist and filmmaker, Tsitsi Dangarembga. Guest: Tsitsi Dangarembga - Novelist, Activist and Filmmaker

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni did not mince words when it came to the state of the economy during the mid-term budget and policy statement this afternoon. Mboweni firmly reminded the country that our economic recovery requires us to address our debt to GDP ratio and pay our obligations, referring to the ailing SOEs who are entering different phases of collapse. However, the ministry did recognize...

The vision of Verityhurst Capital is building sustainable wealth for many generations to come. As one of the longest-running private equity firms on the continent, Verityhurst focuses on building value through investing with a long-term approach. The firm invests in publicly traded companies that “present outstanding investment opportunities and have systems in place that to ensure that investment...

All Rise is a judicial memoir of Dikgang Moseneke’s career at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the processes involved to assume office in the highest court of the land. He describes the hundreds of cases that he was personally involved in deciding and reveals how these cases have shaped the constitutional vision of ensuring adherence to the rule of law, accountability, the separation o...

If there is an African country that should understand the relationship between heavy-handed responses by law enforcement and the escalation of violence, it is Nigeria. The country is yet to grasp how extortion, torture and extrajudicial killings continue to produce a cycle of violence. The #EndSARS (End Special Anti-Robbery Squad) protests in Nigeria are a call for massive reforms not only in the...

The recovery of the aviation sector “The year 2020 has been challenging for government state owned entities, especially during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International and Domestic Air travel was brought to a standstill as governments across the world put up travel bans to control the spread of the virus. The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is one of these entities that has been hardest hit, with...

He is a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (NEC) and serves as its Head of Elections. He has served on this leadership structure for many years before being re-elected in December 2017. He has distinguished himself as an astute political leader in the various roles he has played from student and youth politics to national leadership roles in the ANC....