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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by author Brent Meersman to talk about his latest book, Rattling The Cage. They look back at South Africa’s short democratic history: its successes, failures, and near misses — both good and bad. The conversation is wide-ranging and includes discussions about the shortcomings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Fees Must Fall movement, and why young South Africans are losing faith in democracy.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Brent Meersman is the co-editor of the human rights focused news agency GroundUp News. He previously wrote for the Mail & Guardian, This Is Africa and New Africa Analysis (London), and his journalism has appeared in numerous other publications and journals. He is the author of eight books, the most recent of which is Rattling The Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa, a wide-ranging set of essays covering the economic, political and social transition of the country since 1994, and addressing such varied issues as free speech, immigration, police brutality, crime, protest action, Fees Must Fall, state capture and climate change.

Rattling the Cage: https://bit.ly/31mONzO

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brent_Meersman

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In this episode of The Small Print, Brownyn is joined by entrepreneur and psychedelics aficionado Ronen Aires. They look back at the history of psychedelics, their therapeutic powers, and Ronen’s own experience with them. Bronwyn and Ronen also discuss the benefits of legalizing these substances, as well as South Africa’s opportunity to become the healing destination for the rest of the world.

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bronwynwilliams

Flux Trends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/future-flux/futurist-in-residence/

Website: https://whatthefuturenow.com/

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Ronen Aires is a founder of the youth marketing agency Student Village and is passionate about rewiring the world by helping youth, leaders and entrepreneurs raise their consciousness.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronenaires

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronen-aires-4580271/

Student Village: https://studentvillage.co.za/about-us/

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by Renaissance man Arlyn Culwick. They discuss the power of prediction markets, the elegance of the blockchain, and if a decentralized internet is compatible with traditional forms of governance.

Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

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Arlyn Culwick founded the Blocknet in 2014 with Dan Metcalf, creating inter-blockchain infrastructure for the coming decentralized internet. Arlyn is an independent researcher, a philosopher of sign action, and a designer of enterprise and blockchain software solutions. Some of his former projects include several mobile app solutions for wiGroup, communications for XCurrency, and a model of physiosemiosis (a theory about the basic causal mode of the universe) formulated chiefly in Oxford. Arlyn is an advocate of decentralization as a vehicle for cultural renewal. He tweets at @arlynculwick. Twitter: https://twitter.com/arlynculwick

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn speaks to financial journalist Duma Gqubule about how South Africa can solve its fiscal deficit. They discuss modern monetary theory, the problem with austerity policies, and the humanitarian crisis in our midst.

Duma Gqubule’s article: https://www.newframe.com/south-africa-needs-gdp-growth-not-austerity/

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Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bronwynwilliams

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Duma Gqubule is a financial journalist, analyst, researcher and advisor on issues of economic development and transformation. He worked for the Black Economic Empowerment Commission, co-authoring the commission’s landmark report, and was editor of ‘Making Mistakes, Righting Wrongs: Insights into Black Economic Empowerment.’ He tweets at @DumaGqubule.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DumaGqubule

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In this episode of The Small Print, DA Head of Policy Gwen Ngwenya joins Bronwyn to review South Africa’s immigration policies. What are they? What should they be? They discuss the difference between open borders and a borderless world, improving bilateral migration flow, and why freedom of movement could be the next significant human rights issue.

Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams. Twitter: https://twitter.com/bronwynwilliams

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Gwen Ngwenya is a South African academic, politician and Head of Policy for the opposition Democratic Alliance. As a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance, she served on the Standing Committee on Finance. Gwen has also served as COO of the South African Institute of Race Relations, Africa's largest classically liberal think tank. She tweets at @GwenNgwenya.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GwenNgwenya

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In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by David Ansara from the Center for Risk Analysis to unpack the recent budget speech. How worried should South Africa be about a budget deficit? What policies could be implemented to stimulate growth? Bronwyn and David also look at the dilemma faced by individual South Africans: Should we invest in the future we want? Or hedge against the future we don’t?

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Bronwyn is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bronwynwilliams

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David Ansara is the Chief Operating Officer of the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA). In this role, David manages the CRA’s policy research and risk advisory services. He is also responsible for the CRA’s bespoke projects division. David is also the host of the CRA’s YouTube channel, which provides updates every weekday on political and economic risks facing South Africa and the world. David holds a Master’s in Political Studies from the University of Cape Town.

CRA’s channel: https://bit.ly/2PgSxQy

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In this episode of the TK Show, TK Pooe and Frank Lekaba have a wide-ranging conversation about South Africa’s role on the continent. Is South Africa a hegemon? How well did Cyril Ramaphosa fare as chair of the African Union? What is South Africa’s foreign policy? TK and Frank also take a look at the domestic political landscape, and ponder whether Herman Mashaba is South Africa’s Donald Trump.

TK Pooe (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the Witwatersrand School of Governance; his main fields of research are Public Policy themes such as Local Economic Development, Law and Development, Scenario Planning and Thinking, and Failure Analysis. Over the last ten years, he has lectured and consulted for various institutions like the North-West University’s Government Studies Programme, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Gordon Institute of Business Science (University of Pretoria) and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute. Before joining academia, he worked in various government institutions as a Public Policy research consultant.

Frank Lekaba is a lecturer of Political Science and International Relations at the North-West University. He holds a Master of Social Sciences in International Relations, and is currently a Doctoral candidate at the University of Johannesburg. Prior to joining academia, he was a researcher at the Africa Institute of South Africa, a programme of the Human Sciences Research Council. His research interests are in the area of peacebuilding, African Affairs, transformation of global governance institutions, and South Africa's foreign policy.

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In the first episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn Williams speaks to Professor Jane Duncan about privacy laws in South Africa. What are our rights? How do they compare to international standards? They discuss the Constitution Court’s recent ruling on RICA, the trade-offs between freedom and security, and why privacy advocacy is alive and well.

Bronwyn is a futurist, economist, trend analyst and host of The Small Print. Her day job as a partner at Flux Trends involves helping business leaders to use foresight to design the future they want to live and work in. You may have seen her talking about Transhumanism or Tikok on Carte Blanche, or heard her talking about trends on 702 or CNBC Africa where she is a regular expert commentator. When she's not talking to brands and businesses about the future, you will probably find her curled up somewhere with a (preferably paperback) book. She tweets at @bronwynwilliams.

Professor Jane Duncan is currently based at the University of Johannesburg and formerly held the Highway Africa Chair of Media and Information Society at Rhodes University. Before joining Rhodes, she worked at the Freedom of Expression Institute, and was its executive director from 2001 to 2009. She has also worked at the Afrika Cultural Centre in Newtown and the Funda Centre in Soweto. Professor Duncan has three post-graduate degrees, including a PhD from the Wits School of the Arts, and has published widely on media policy and freedom of expression issues. She tweets at @duncanjane

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In this episode of Discourse ZA, managing director of Nova Economics Kay Walsh and Professor Ronelle Burger discuss the current status of the COVID19 pandemic in South Africa. Have government decision-makers accomplished what they set out to do? What is the economic impact of the lockdown on South African households? How does one perform an economic cost-benefit analysis when there is so much uncertainty?

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Kay Walsh is the managing director of Nova Economics — a specialist economic and strategy consultancy. Kay is a runner, keen reader, nature-lover, and is passionate about finding ways to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her focus in recent years has been on developing solutions to business and policy challenges in the energy, financial services, and health sectors. You can follow her on Twitter at @KMBWalsh.

Nova Economics: https://novaeconomics.co.za/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmbwalsh 

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Ronelle Burger is a professor at the Economics Department of Stellenbosch University. She loves writing, drawing and reading. She also loves her job because it enables her to spend her days designing and assessing programmes and policies to address health inequalities. You can read more about her research findings and papers on the Stellenbosch University’s Economics Department website and you can follow her on Twitter at @Ronelle_B.

Research: https://www.ekon.sun.ac.za/rburger

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ronelle_B

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In this episode of Discourse ZA, Bright Khumalo and Chantal Marx discuss the market and investment impact of COVID19. How long will a recovery take? What lessons can we learn from past pandemics? Lastly, they look at some of the opportunities that this crisis may present.

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Chantal Marx is a CFA charter holder and helped launch the FNB Wealth and Investments in-house research platform. She works closely with the FNB Economics and Equity, and Strategy teams in generating original ideas and communicating these thoughts to clients in a straightforward way. Chantal holds a BSc in Mathematics and Economics, a BComm in Investment Management and Masters Degree (Finance) (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg (UJ). You can follow her on Twitter at @chantal_marx.

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Bright Khumalo is an Analyst & Portfolio Manager at Vestact, a boutique investment management firm based at The Firestation in Rosebank. Before joining the investment world, he spent 2 years in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry as a Finance Specialist from Accounting, Corporate Costing, Cost Controlling, Product Costing, to Distribution Costing. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Accounting from the University of Cape Town. You can follow him on Twitter at @briteless.

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