The View Point

The Strategic Dialogue Group (SDG) and the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) held a dialogue session which emphasised a need to move public discourse towards practical solutions and actions that can rescue state owned entities (SOEs). SDG and PARI entered into a collaborative relationship aimed at improving public discourse about how to address South Africa’s poverty and inequality in the m...

As South Africans settle into the routine and inconvenience of load shedding and planning their activities around shifting electricity supply, it is businesses that are taking the biggest hit through the loss of operational capabilities, productivity, and profitability. The electricity shortfall makes it crucial for organisations to reconsider their power supply systems. There is no silver bullet...

We’re in conversation with Busiswa Lutshaba, an emerging entrepreneur that lives in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. She's the first social entrepreneur of the Unboxed Incubator Programme (developed and run by SoapboxSA - social design agency). Busiswa works with emerging local entrepreneurs, providing them with essential communication services and to help them bridge the gap with corporates and the govern...

Youth Unemployment has been prioritized by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address, with the launch of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) programme. The President also admitted that Government alone cannot solve the crisis, and called on social compacts to work together to shift gears on youth unemployment. However, even though young people face this crisis...

High-ranking officials in the Department of Correctional Services and secretaries of parole boards have been summoned to an urgent meeting with Justice Minister Ronald Lamola to address the flaws of the parole system. This follows cases of parolees allegedly committing heinous crimes in the Western Cape which include the raping and killing of children. In the past few weeks, the accused arrested i...

Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, had an undesirable task this afternoon, and his Budget Speech proved to be a roller coaster ride. There were certainly ups and downs, and the finance minister weaved through tax breaks and spending cuts. There were flashes of positivity, and gloomy forecasts in equal measure. Let’s talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of the 2020 Budget... Mr David French - Tax...

Guest: : Mr Allan Hannie - Director in the Corporate and Commercial practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Guest: Ms Natalie Rabson - Industrial Psychologist at Boston City Campus

Guest: Dr Sizwe Mabizela - Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University

Guest: Shaun van Rooyen - Strategic Accounts & Partnerships Manager for Infobip Africa

Guest: Nontokozo Madonsela - Chief Marketing Officer at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings

Guest: Randall Williams - DA Mayoral Candidate for Tshwane

GUEST: Dr Bulumko Futshane - Programme Director at Beyond Zero GUEST: Nelisiwe Hlophe - Cluster Manager for KZN, Gauteng and Limpopo Soul City

GUEST: Merle Mansfield – Head of the Zero Drop Out Campaign at DG Murray Trust

GUEST: Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana - General Secretary of the SACC GUEST: Judge Albie Sachs - former apartheid activist and Constitutional Court Judge GUEST: Pule Mabe - National Spokesperson of the ANC

Guest: Mr Hassen Lorgat Guest: Mr Brown Motsau, Chairperson Alternative Mining Indaba

GUEST: Maya Fischer-French - Financial Journalist

GUEST: Musa Maluleka - Student entrepreneur from Wits and competition finalist and founder of Diskitjie

GUEST: Ntombizamasala 'Zama' Hlophe - Strategy Director at TBWA\ Yellowwood

GUEST: Solly Moeng - Brand reputation management adviser and CEO DonValley Reputation Managers

Guest: Mr David Letsoalo - Acting head of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at UNISA

Guest: Mr Xola Mehlomakhulu - National Spokesperson for the EFF Student Brigade

Guest: Advocate Brenda Madumise - Director of Wise4Afrika

GUEST: Tami Ngalo – CEO of Oyi technologies

GUEST: Brigadier Vish Naidoo – Spokesperson of SAPS