The View Point

One of the greatest traumas imaginable is when parents have to deal with the death of a child. Tens of thousands of families across the world are devastated each year by the death of their baby. But the grief of these families and the value of their babies’ lives are very rarely acknowledged. Producing greater stress than dealing with the death of a parent or spouse, a child’s death is especially...

Provincial Week is an initiative hosted by the National Council of Provinces, as a follow-up from Local Government Week last month. This week will consist of visits to 27 municipalities which repeatedly received poor audit reports. Visits will include discussing specific plans to improve financial management and governance in these municipalities. The week will focus on three major areas involving...

1. #Zikalala (the return of hard lockdown) 2. #BlackMonday (movement that marched to Parliament on the farm murders in Senekal) 3. #MTBPS (Mboweni set to table mid-term budget on Wednesday) 4. #DAElectiveCongress (upcoming virtual Congress this week) Guest:Thapelo Tselapede - Rhodes University Academic & Political Analyst

Lessons Learned from South African transition of 1994 Guest: Prof. Mahmood Mamdani - Herbert Lehman Professor of Government | Columbia University.

Whilst South Africa may still be a fledgling in the digital eCommerce space, the scope for business in this sector is excellent. Statista.com predicta that South Africa’s fashion scene will grow by 12.8% year on year. eCommerce will take a significant portion of this growth, especially given the accelerated shift to online retail necessitated by the buying public being housebound in 2020. Forecast...

CANNAFRICA, the first CBD lifestyle brand to hold a coveted-spot on the JSE through its investment holding company Labat Africa, celebrated its first retail store opening at Willowbridge Mall in Durbanville (8th October 2020). The store is the first step in CANNAFRICA’s plans for aggressive market expansion this year, with further stores planned for the North West, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provin...

Our guest suggests that sometimes saying thank you, but no thank you, and stepping away is necessary and good. Further, she challenges her prospective clients to put in the work, do their bit and respect that the advice and guidance that they are given is based on a track record of years of experience. In a recent article she penned, she says: “I think in this current economic climate we need to r...

IFP, the official opposition in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Legislature, have gone to the courts, asking it to set aside the appointment of Zandile Gumede and block her swearing into the legislature. Prior to taking legal recourse, the party had approached the speaker of the legislature and the provincial leadership of the ruling party. According to the President, Velenkosini Hlabisa: “The ANC leadership d...

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), together with market research partner, IPSOS, has looked at anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa. This survey was conducted with a view to understanding how refugees, asylum-seekers and cross-border migrants are viewed in the country. The survey is crucial to assisting government and civil society to develop and implement amongst others, effective pu...

We’ll highlight the screening activities, getting to know the warning signs and symptoms and resources available. We will also talk about the CANSA Tele Counselling which is a support programme available in seven languages; and the CANSA Care Homes and also the aspect of Caregivers – how can someone support a spouse or partner with cancer). We will also look at the MBC online programme and specifi...

Elize Joubert has been part of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) since 1990. She was appointed in 1991 as Provincial Director of CANSA: Free State and Northern Cape and the first Chief Operations Officer and Executive Director of the CANSA Board in September 2008. She has acted as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for CANSA on three occasions and was appointed in October 2015 as (CEO) of...

A study conducted by University of Kwa-Zulu Natal has found a high prevalence of burnout, anxiety and depression amongst medical doctors in the province. The study was conducted in five public sector training hospitals. Dr Thejini Naidoo, a Psychiatry Registrar based at King Edward VIII Hospital conducted this study as part of her Masters of Medicine specializing in Psychiatry. Guest: Dr. Fundile...

As technology continues to revolutionise how traditional industries function, legal tech is no longer a foreign concept in the country’s current legal market. Our next guest realized that technology was an essential part of making legal services and justice more accessible: “While a digital divide still exists, mobile penetration has increased drastically in the past few years, making it much easi...

The National Development Agency held a public dialogue to commemorate World Food Day, under the global theme: “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together”. Based on insights from the NDA’s critical review research report on Food and Nutrition Security and alignment to the World Food Day theme, the public dialogue sought to maximize the quality of life benefits for hungry people will be discussed. The dialog...

1. #ZweliMkhize (tests positive for COVID 19 with wife) 2. #ZondoComission (Malema and Shivambu financials subpoenaed | Minister Bheki Cele set to be investigated by Commission) 3. #Privatization (President Ramaphosa focuses on PRASA & privatization of railway routes) 4. #2021MunicipalElections (ANC releases new guidelines for councilor list) Guest: Atlehang Molefe - Post-Graduate Student & Debate...

Virtual Africa Tech Festival is a vibrant celebration of Africa’s diverse community of tech champions. In its 24th year, this is the largest tech and digital connectivity conference and exhibition in Africa, attracting 450 exhibitors and 15,000 attendees in 2019. Key themes for 2020 include 4IR for Africa, Connecting the Next Billion, Digital Infrastructure Investment, Tech for Good, ICT Policy an...

The life of Albie Sachs has tracked many watershed political events in Southern Africa and beyond, for over eight decades. The child of prominent anti-apartheid activists, Albie cut his political teeth in the mass anti-apartheid campaigns of the 1950s. As an advocate, he defended those accused of acts of political defiance. Banning orders and two lengthy periods of imprisonment and solitary confin...

President Ramaphosa's economic recovery plan is based on 4 priority interventions: Vast infrastructure development rollouts countrywide, Rapid expansion of energy generation capacity, Employment stimulus, to create at least 800 000 jobs in the immediate term and Driving rapid and sustained industrial growth. Guest:Dr. Nthabiseng Moleko - Development Economist | University of Stellenbosch Business...

Nkarhi, a luxury timepiece brand, celebrates African cities and draws its features from the characteristics of the cities. The culture, architecture, soul and history of the cities, are all on display. “Nkarhi” is a word from a South African language, Xitsonga, meaning time, with emphasis that “IT’S AFRICA’S TIME TO SHINE”. In 2017, he challenged himself to fix 2000 watches, inspired by his father...

Initial public offering or stock market launch is a type of public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also retail investors. An IPO is underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges. Initial public offerings (IPO), the first time that the stock of a private company is sold...

At the start of the year, the future of work was well mapped out and the impact of COVID-19 has changed the landscape. Economic, social, and political disruption is forcing organisations to move beyond mission statements and social impact programmes, to putting humans at the centre of their business strategies and learning to lead a social enterprise - an organisation whose mission combines revenu...

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen jobs lost, livelihoods risked and loss of lives. In the spirit of positivity and empowerment, Sta- Sof- Fro is still committed to providing value and giving back to loyal customers and replace the seminar events with tangible assistance for women in need at this time. Whether it is perfecting elevator pitches, talking about Student Loans, getting mentorship and purch...

In recent months, prescribed assets for retirement funds have been discussed extensively as a potential source of funding for state-owned entity (SOE) debt as well as the country’s developmental imperatives. According to Alexander Forbes Unclaimed Benefit Fund, 49.8% of unclaimed monies are older than 8 years and tracing has been attempted more than once. This happens when the retirement fund memb...

In the month of September alone, Mauritius had two major protests. The first of these demonstrations happened in Port Louis where 100 000 people descended on the nation's capital. Two weeks later, a second protest saw over 25 000 Mauritians descend on the coastal town of Mahebourg. The island state has had to deal with major political and economic setbacks. The European Union has blacklisted the i...

Cannabis Medical Research for cancer cures While SA mulls over whether it should allow the up-scheduling of codeine-based products, there are new and cheaper alternatives on the rise. Due to the significant abuse of codeine-based products and the impact on healthcare costs, there is an investment and alternative medicinal opportunities in cannabis alkaloid based clinical trials. In the past year,...