The View Point

Songezo Mabece was in conversation Elijah Mhlanga – Spokesperson for the Department of Basic Edication… Following reports of over 40 children who have been sent to hospital after being poisoned by food they bought (chicken Maotwana / amanqina) from a vendor (whose stall is outside the school); we zoom in on nutrition programmes and the risks that children are exposed to on a daily basis. Who monit...

The Africa Shared Value Summit aims to raise awareness and advocate for the success of the strategic implementation of the shared value business model – profit with purpose – in Africa. The 2019 Summit will focus on the importance of shared value ecosystems in driving Africa’s business growth. Songezo Mabece spoke to Lizette Khan, she will be presenting SAfm Viewpoint from the Africa Shared Value...

The 10th Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Lecture will be held on Friday the 24th of May at the Z.K. Matthews Great Hall at the Unisa Pretoria Campus. The theme for this year’s lecture is The National Question, Peace and Conflict. The lecture will be delivered by the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn Boshe, who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018....

The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria is hosting an Africa Day Celebration tomorrow. Their theme is on ‘Protecting the rights of African Migrants in the context of xenophobia’. The centre wants to facilitate a conversation on Pan-Africanism and how we can stand in solidarity with African migrants on the injustice and inhumane experiences of xenophobia in SA. Songezo Mabece spok...

New members were sworn in today, the new speaker was elected, the President was elected and the deputy speaker was also elected. Leading up to this day, some withdrew their MP nomination AND some did not show up today. What can we make of this? Now that we know who our parliamentarians are, what do you make of it? Songezo Mabece spoke to Professor Somedoda Fikeni, a policy and political analyst fr...

The 19th annual African Utility Week has just been concluded at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This conference is the leading conference and trade exhibition for African power, energy and water professionals and it brought together over 10 000 decision makers to source the latest solutions and meet over 350 suppliers. We’re in conversation with Mr Miyelani Holeni, Group Chief Advis...

Songezo Mabece spoke to Prof Simphiwe Sesanti – Associate Professor at the Institute for African Renaissance Studies at Unisa – about the relevance of Pan Africanism and about the African Unity for Renaissance Conference African Unity for Renaissance Conference: opportunities, as well as the Continental Free Trade Agreement and the ways in which an innovative Pan African approach can effectively c...

Graduation season is upon us and at this time of the year, more graduates are anxious because of the unemployment rate in South Africa and the impact that it has on graduates. Songezo Mabece spoke to Mondli Fananaye Xulu, a 23 year old from Kwa-Dukuza, who graduated with his Honours in development studies from the University of Zululand. He arrived in an overall, a reflective jacket and boots dona...

Follow-up: Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Coloured South African women. Last month, Stellenbosch University students published an article titled Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Coloured South African women. Many emotions were stirred by the publication of this article and some academics even went as far as saying it was resembling the...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Pappie Majuba – The Managing Director of Right To Care: RightToCare – a non-profit organisation that supports and delivers prevention, care, and treatment services for HIV and TB. We talk to them about the expansion of their pharmacy dispending units (PDU) – Also known as the medicine ATMs - through their Right ePharmacy. These ‘medicine ATMs allow chroni...

Just seven year ago, Mr Lukhanyo Mafu was tending and pruning plants at the University of Fort Hare where he was employed as a gardener. Last week he graduated from the same university with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences. After having been arrested and sentenced to 15 years in Pollsmoor prison, being employed as a gardener and earning R50 a day, the 39 year old is grateful and humbled to h...

Mark Heywood delivered his farewell lecture as he stepped down from his role as Executive Director of SECTION27. At an event title, The true confessions of an errant socialist, he spoke about his 24 years as an activist and he lauded civil society for all the progress that they’ve made in democratic South Africa. He also lamented at how civil society has not done to address issues of race and tran...

The 19th annual African Utility Week has just been concluded at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This conference is the leading conference and trade exhibition for African power, energy and water professionals and it brought together over 10 000 decision makers to source the latest solutions and meet over 350 suppliers. We’re in conversation with Mr Miyelani Holeni, Group Chief Advis...

Social Justice in SA. Is it something that we take for granted hence we do not strive for its success as much as we should? And when compared to or African counterparts, how do we fair as a country? Are we the worst violators of social rights? And what can our inequality levels tell us about the pace of our social justice? GUEST: Prof Thuli Madonsela - Chair of Social Justice at Stellenbosch Unive...

Yesterday, Stats SA published its latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2019, showing that the country’s unemployment rate has risen in the first three months of the year. The unemployment rate rose to a near 15-year high, with the labour force survey revealing that the unemployment rate jumped 0.5 percentage points to 27.6% in the first quarter of 2019 – meaning, the econo...

Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Naledi Pandor, scooped her PhD in Education from the University of Pretoria a few weeks ago. She registered for her degree in person, diligently attended lectures and defended her proposal after waiting in the queue like all other students. We engage her on the subject of her PhD thesis - “The contested meaning of transformation in higher education in...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Gavin MacGregor - Director at Umthombo Youth Development Foundation www.umthomboyouth.org.za Umthombo Youth Development Foundation was formed to try and address some of the challenges faced by rural hospital. Rural hospitals often find it difficult to recruit and retain health care professionals for a number of reasons, including rural hospitals not being...

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Dr Marjorie Jobson – Director at the Khulumani Support Group www.khulumani.net Together with the Khulumani Support Group, the Dutch Reformed Church have held several meetings and embarked on projects with victims of the apartheid-era regime as the first steps to make concrete contributions to the country

Songezo Mabece was in conversation with Mr Karabo Moiloa – Director at Aristo Intellico Communications, a writer and analyst - @AIntellico - @KaraboMoiloa - www.aristointellico.co.za Election season 2019 has come to an end, the results are out and political parties know how they’ve performed. Who was biggest looser and who was the biggest winner? And who sneaked in when we least expected? What do...

Guest:;: Dr Siyabonga Cwele - Minister of Home Affairs Over the past couple of days, the Department of Home Affairs made a call to all SA citizens to who had not collected their IDs and to those who did not have IDs, to come forward and get help. The Home Affairs offices have extended their working hours to accommodate people who had problems with their ID. We get an update from the Department abo...

Guest: Mightie Jamie – Political Analyst and social commentator Was the youth voter turnout satisfactory? Did political parties do enough to convince the youth that their interests are noted?

Guest: Raymond Perrier - Director of the Denis Hurley Centre The Denis Hurrley Centre working together with the Department of Home Affairs has issued ID documents to a group of homeless people to enable them to vote for the first time in Wednesday’s elections through a US government funded programme to increase political access to the homeless. Bishop Denis Hurley performed a pivotal role in the f...

Guest: Rev Siyabulela Gidi - Democracy and Elections Manager at the KZN Council of Churches The KZN Council of Churches has been active in encouraging citizens to be active by participating in all electoral processes. They have also warned against political intolerance (using the KZN political killings as one of the examples). They have deployed 1014 observers across the province to monitor 25o vo...

Guest:: Tshidiso Mangope –Alumnus from UCT and Social commentator The political climate in SA – what should all political parties from the events of the past 12 months (new parties, party politics, dirty politics, protests) Scenarios after the election – coalitions, new party in power, can we survive a national coalition (considering how coalitions have played out on the continent) What are the ma...

Guest: Cameron Venter – Speaker, Leadership and personal development coach We’re in conversation with Cameron Venter – he is a leadership and personal development coach whose central theme as a speaker and coach is the concept of “The Moment of Impact”. This came from his constant pursuit of living out his purpose, coaching golf in various countries around the world AND a fascination in his own li...