The View Point

HERITAGE MONTH GUEST: Dr. Nokuzola Mndende - Commissioner at the CRL Commission

It has been almost 5 months since the reality of Covid-19 hit our shores. We’ve seen our country go into lockdown, our death rate has passed the 10 000 mark and we were once among the top five countries in the world to be hardest hit by the pandemic. Today, we look at the progress we’ve in dealing with this pandemic – considering how we battled with HIV and the fact that we have an ailing public h...

Arbor Week is an annual awareness week held from 31st August to 4th September, globally. This year #PolliNationSA, a 12 month movement that aims to help 100 000 South Africans become legitimate bee protectors, is aligning with Arbor Week in a mutually beneficial move by calling on people to plant bee-friendly indigenous trees. Launched in May by Candide, a free gardening app, #PolliNationSA aims t...

Usually, we would do a wrap of the leading political stories over the last 72 hours. However, there has been one story drowning out all else: the infighting happening within the African National Congress. The Special ANC NEC Meeting was held over the weekend to tackle corruption. We have seen scathing #OpenLetters from Jacob Zuma accusing the sitting President of betrayal. We have seen cadres such...

In a press statement last week, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme announced that it would be defunding 5000 students from the scheme due to students no longer meeting the requirements for the system. Further, those students who had parents making R350 000 per annum according to SA Revenue Service would be given an opportunity to appeal the decision to defund & state reasons why they should...

The Durban International Festival (DIFF) returns from 10 to 20 September 2020. It has announced the opening- & closing films for this year's edition of festival: This is not a Burial, but a Resurrection (opening) & Dust (closing). Now celebrating its landmark 41st year, this prestigious South African international film festival is a unique phenomenon on the African cultural calendar. This event al...

When Andrew Mokete Mlangeni passed away on 21st July 2020, we were reminded of a threshold moment in the liberation struggle. Agents for Change is a non-linear, self-driven, interactive experience of the many stories found in the Liliesleaf exhibits. The visitor begins with an aerial crime photography of Liliesleaf, taken by the police at the time of the raid. As you scroll over the image, you act...

For many young South Africans, the uncertainty of the future in the face of Covid-19 and the lockdown has brought on fear, anxiety and stress. Added to this are the huge job losses. According to the National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey, three million people have lost their jobs since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. Guest:Bongani Chinkanda - Founder & Managing Director | Dia...

Since the announcement of the lockdown, predictions were made about the impact of Covid-19 on entrepreneurs. Estimations were made and various relief funds were set up – but Covid-19 has left every industry on its knees. We’re in conversation with two young entrepreneurs who had to close shop and yield to the impact of Covid-19 small businesses. Guest:Thembalethu Pamba - Founder | Airport Car Park...

Guest: Brian van Rooyen - Director, Labat Africa Guest: Dr Mandla Lamba - Chief Investment Officer, Verityhurst Capital

Two months ago, we spoke about the 750AMPED initiative that looks to combat the panic, stigma, misinformation and disinformation around Covid-19 particularly amongst socially vulnerable communities and areas with high transmission potential. This is done through the active deployment into communities of young majority women field agents advocating for attitudinal and behavioural change, whilst als...

Until the end of apartheid in 1994, only civil marriages concluded under the Marriage Act were legally recognised in South Africa. Post 1994, the new Constitution enabled the recognition of different forms of marriages, including traditional and religious marriages. But the laws have not been passed to recognise religious marriages as legally valid. There was some hope that progress had been made...

In the last few weeks, the continent has seen a number of conflicts erupt in Zimbabwe, Mali, Cameroon, Somalia and other nations. The question that has been on the lips of many researchers is whether or not there are enough resources being deployed to the peace and security interventions plaguing the continent. Since its inception in 2002, the African Union has been under pressure to resolve the e...

Is there still a moral case that can be made for the African National Congress? This is in the wake of President Cyril Ramaphosa saying the ANC is “accused number one” in his open letter to the party about corruption. He highlights the actions that need to be taken in order to address this issue decisively & in accordance to the party's resolutions from the 2015 electoral congress. Guest: Mavuso M...

Nolwazi is highly skilled at facilitating discussion panels and curating events and conversations on these issues, and on politics and current affairs, and has done so for organizations such as UN Women, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), SABMiller’s “No Excuse” campaign against gender-based violence, the Apartheid Museum, the South African Book Fair, the Abantu Book Festival and the Kingsm...

Despite the awareness about the danger of consuming alcohol during pregnancy, some women turn a blind eye and as a result, give birth to children with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disease (FASD). South Africa has the highest prevalence of FASD in the world which is more than 14 times the global average. The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure have lifelong implications‚ and thus‚ FASD is costly for so...

We’re in conversation with people who lost their jobs in the past year. We always talk about stats and different ways of creating employment. Today we talk to men and women who have been directly affected by retrenchment – the infamous section 189. Guest: Lindo Ndwandwe - HR Director at Quant South Africa Guest: Refiloe Seseko - Event Manager at Circa Events and Hospitality Guest: Sam Ndlovu - Ren...

Guest: Ongama Mtika - Political Analyst & Lecturer based at the Nelson Mandela University

Guest: Jaryd Raizon - Founder of Trusted Interns and Country Manager of The Knowledge Trust

What opportunities do young graduates have in bridging the gap between what universities provide and what skills employers expect? There has been an age-old debate between employers and universities on who is responsible for building the labour force, particularly in times of economic crisis. We know that many graduates remain unemployed for at least a year and some even longer, due to the high yo...

A recent survey investigating the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 national lockdown has shown that, of the estimated three million job losses in South Africa between February and April 2020, twice as many jobs were lost by women than men. While many factors are at play here, the sudden added domestic responsibilities – the bulk of which still tend to fall on women – cannot be ignored. Guest:...

Today marks day 3 of level2 lockdown – many things are pretty much relaxed and the ban on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes has been lifted. South Africans love their substances and this love is very dangerously uncontrollable. Tonight we zoom in on our relationship with substances and the need for us to introspect this relationship and to soberly think about the impact of not having proper by-la...

Guest: Mhlanganisi Madlongolwana (uMTHEMBU) - Founder Of Desert Start-up Bootcamp and A Mandela Washington Fellow.

Guest: Dr Mandla Lamba - CEO of Verityhurst Academy Guest :Michelle Krastanov - CEO of AcaciaCap Advisors

Guest: Makwe Masilela - Chief Investment Officer at Makwe Fund Managers Guest: Matthew Parks - COSATU’s Parliamentary Co-ordinator