The View Point

How the last 20 minutes before bedtime can help you raise resilient children Songezo Mabece is in conversation with a children’s book author, Andrew Newman We’ve just spoken about the Constitutional Court’s corporate punishment ruling in the first half hour where it ruled that it is now illegal for parents to hit their children. It is befitting then to find more ways to parents, caregivers and gua...

Songezo Mabece is in conversation with Mr Wessel van den Berg, Manager for the Children’s Rights and Positive Parenting Unit at Sonke Gender Justice A new ruling in favour of children. Yesterday Constitution Court ruled against Freedom of Religion South Africa, saying use of moderate and reasonable punishment, which included spanking, was inconsistent with the Constitution. In simple terms, hittin...

HealthOnMonday - 100 days Progress Report by the MEC for Gauteng Department of Health Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Bandile Masuku, The MEC for the Gauteng Department of Health Masuku The MEC for Gauteng Department of Health, Dr Bandile Masuku, has recently completed 100 days in office. During his report back, the MEC acknowledged that while it is still early days, the past 100 days’...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu. The Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu is hosting a UN Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Human Rights for Persons with Albinism, Ms Ikponwosa Ero, who will be conducting a fact finding mission in South Africa from today until the 26th of September 201...

The 7th Annual Spring Law Conference: Reflections on South Africa’s law, politics, society and development 25 years into democracy This year marks a quarter of a century since the much-celebrated “post-Apartheid” South African dispensation dawned in 1994. To reflect on this, the University of South Africa (Unisa)’s College of Law will host the 7th Annual Spring Law Conference on 17-19 September 20...

FOLLOW-UP conversation: The 12th ACFE Annual African Conference and Exhibition The 12th Annual ACFE Africa Fraud Conference is hosted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) South Africa Chapter. It is recognised as the largest anti-fraud event in Africa and the second largest in the world. This event brings together more than 1,000 anti-fraud professionals from more than 20 countri...

National Wills Week is used to create awareness about the importance of having a Will. Attorneys across the country are offering their services to members of the public to put in place a basic Will drafted by them, free of charge. But this is also a time to consider leaving a portion of your estate to charity organisations in a form of a Charitable bequest. A charitable bequest is simply a distrib...

The 3rd Annual Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) Shop Stewards and Union Officials Conference kicks off tomorrow morning. Under the theme “The National Minimum Wage: The Post Implementation Conversation”, the event will bring together hundreds of shop stewards and union officials across federations from all over the country to address the challenges faced by the shop ste...

The 12th Annual ACFE Africa Fraud Conference is hosted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) South Africa Chapter. It is recognised as the largest anti-fraud event in Africa and the second largest in the world. This event brings together more than 1,000 anti-fraud professionals from more than 20 countries — all with the shared desire to gain leading-edge knowledge. Fraud and corru...

Izwi domestic worker’s alliance – addressing disputes between employers and employees Songezo Mabece spoke to Ms Maggie Mthombeni, the co-founder of Izwi Domestic Worker’s Alliance We’re talking about the unfair treatment of domestic workers and the lack of employer compliance with respect to contracts, annual increases, pay slips and UIF registrations. It has been highlighted that one of the majo...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Mr Tumelo Mogodiseng, the General Secretary of SAPU (South Africa Police Union) about the leadership crisis in the police services The South African Police Union (SAPU) has blamed crime intelligence for the poor state of policing in the country following the spate of xenophobic violence. In a conversation with Lizette Khan on The Focal Point earlier today, t...

How start-ups are changing healthcare through innovation Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Mr Khotso Bapela, the Founder and Chief Technology Officer at BIIS (Baps Innovations) about CyberGuardian, an online depression detector In light of the fact that September is Innovation Month, we catch-up with Cyber Guardian, Khutso Bapela. He has developed an early depression detector mobile applicat...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Mrs Ilze Alberts, a Psychologist, Human Behaviour Specialist and Founder of the BellaVida Centre Earlier this year, the Global Wellness Index placed South Africa last out of 151 nations evaluated on obesity, alcohol consumption, blood pressure, diabetes, activity levels and happiness measures. Additionally, a Stats SA’s report says that in South Africa, 46%...

SandtonShutdown: Is GBV none of corporate South Africa’s business? Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Ms Lindelwe Nxumalo, a Woman’s Right’s Programme Manager at Action Aid Africa In an attempt to force Corporate South Africa to take action and join the fight against the alarming rate of GBV in the country, a large number of civil society organisations are organising a #SandtonShtdown for Fri...

Child Safety in South Africa: have we failed our children? Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Shaheda Omar, Clinical Director at the Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children AND Ms Lucy Jamieson, a senior researcher at the UCT Children's Institute We focus our attention on child safety – the past couple of days have come with some gruesome reports pertaining to the safety of our children… the...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Namhla Mniki-Mangaliso, the Executive Director at African Monitor. The African Monitor is part of this year’s World Economic Forum currently underway in Cape Town. The African Monitor - an independent catalyst for monitoring development commitments, delivery and impact on the grassroots - represented by Executive Director Ms Namhla Mniki, will lead discussio...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr. Emma Durden, programme manager at the Twist Theatre Development Projects, about her passion for community theatre and the role that it plays in bringing critical issues to the public domain The Hilton Arts Festival kicks off next week and in preparation for the grand appearance at the festival, Dr. Emma Durden, programme manager of Twist Theatre Developm...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Mzi Nduna, an associate professor at Wits University’s Department of Psychology, about the need to take GBV serious and need to tough action President Cyril Ramaphosa has just addressed the nation on a plan to address gender-based violence. Earlier today, the President addressed hundreds of angry protesters who are demanding answers from government. The P...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Namhla Mniki-Mangaliso, the Executive Director at African Monitor. The African Monitor is part of this year’s World Economic Forum currently underway in Cape Town. The African Monitor - an independent catalyst for monitoring development commitments, delivery and impact on the grassroots - represented by Executive Director Ms Namhla Mniki, will lead discussio...

Songezo Mabece spoke to Natasha Marx, Project Manager at Ligbron On Monday, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) will be launching the Ligbron E-Learning system at two schools in the Devland area, i.e. Freedom Park Secondary School and Moses Maren Secondary School. These will be the fifth and sixth LES centres to provide quality learning designed to help improve Maths and Science marks for Gr...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Teboho Mafodi, the CEO of the TM group – they operate in Zambia, Nigeria and Kenya – and they are currently setting up shop in Nigeria … The xenophobic attacks that are currently happening in Gauteng have caused an unfavorable response for businesses as some Africa countries are rebelling against South African businesses. Nigeria has beefed up its security a...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Craig Mark, director at the Melrose Gallery AND Chief Crawford Fraser – Spokesperson for the Khoi and San Provincial task team in the Eastern Cape Heritage Month is designed to provide an opportunity for South African citizens to embrace the country’s curious cultures. It is a month where we are supposed to commemorate and celebrate our triumphs and our dive...

SONGEZO MABECE was in conversation with Justice Edwin Cameron Throughout his career, Justice Edwin Cameron has been recognised for his brilliance, commitment to human rights and social justice, and his HIV-Aids activism. He retired from the Constitutional Court on the 20th of August 2019, after a distinguished legal career and more than 10 years on the bench of our apex court. He was born in Preto...

Songezo Mabece interviewed Gogo Nomsa Sibeko, a traditional healer of 13 years and Member of the executive of ATMIDA - African Traditional Medicines Industry Association about ‘Why is African Traditional Medicine not given the regulation and recognition it deserves’ Traditional African medicine is a holistic discipline involving the use of indigenous herbalism combined with aspects of African spir...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Adele Kirsten, Director at Gun Free South Africa Research in South Africa confirms global data which shows that more women are killed by an intimate partner than a stranger. As of 2018, eight women are murdered a day, an estimated three of whom are shot and killed. A further risk is that guns bought for self-defence end up arming criminals. Guns are highly p...