Early Breakfast with Africa Melane

Guest: Masego Shiburi | Gauteng Provincial Electoral Officer at IEC 

 

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has reflected on its 2019 achievements.  The Commission appeared before Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

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Guest: Professor Celene Bernstein | Functional Medical Nutritionist and Integrative Health                                                               & Wellness Practitioner 

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Guest: Sy Mamabolo | IEC’s Chief Electoral Officer  

The by-elections will be held across seven provinces: Eastern Cape (7 wards), Free State (2 wards), Gauteng (16 wards), KwaZulu-Natal (7 wards), Limpopo (4 wards) and Mpumalanga (4 wards). A total of 362 965 voters are registered to participate in these by-elections.

 

 

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Guest: Enver Duminy | CT Tourism CEO

 

This year has been a tumultuous year for the tourism industry. Tourism businesses have closed, and many others stand on the brink of the same fate, while others are treading water, desperately trying to stay afloat. As an organisation, Cape Town Tourism (CTT) has had a front row seat to how the industry has suffered during this time.

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Guest: Dr Saadiq Kariem | Chief of Operations at Western Cape Department Of                                               Health

 

Yesterday's conversation with the South African Medical Association looked at aspects of phase 2 of the vaccine roll out in different provinces across the nation. The Western Cape Department of Health's Chief of Operations, Dr Saadiq Kariem responds to criticism that the province is not prioritising rural communities

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Guest: Themba  Zweni | Member  at Mangaung Community Concern

 

Yesterday, Mangaung, in the Free State, was rocked by the protest, dubbed “MangaungShutDown”, organised by Mangaung Community Concern over a lack of service delivery, land and business, and job opportunities. In its aftermath, a teen has been shot for which a security guard has been arrested. A few protesters have been arrested, some subsequently released. Spokesperson for Mangaung Community Concern, Thembi Zweni speaks to their demands and the way forward for the shutdown. 

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Guest: Liezel van der Westhuizen

Wondering what to do with your pre-loved running shoes and sneakers? Our resident fitness enthusiast Liezel van der Westhuizen discusses the amazing initiative, by sneaker laundry servicing store The Sneaker Shack and School of Hard Knocks SA (SOHK), to bring shoes to aspiring young athletes, while also keeping to a sustainable lifestyle. Tune in to find out more!

 

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Guest: Acclaimed SA music composer and academic Bongani Ndodana-Breen

Acclaimed SA music composer and academic Bongani Ndodana-Breen has been appointed a fellow at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music. The prestigious University appointed Ndodana-Breen, who graduated with a PhD in music composition from Rhodes University and was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University in 2019/2020, for the 2021/2022 academic year. 

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Guest: Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa | Vice-Chairperson and spokeserson at South African Medical                                                   Association

 

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says it was cautiously optimistic about government's vaccine rollout which targets around 5 million of the country’s elderly. The second phase, which will include those over the age of 60, is scheduled to start on Monday 17 May 2021.

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Guest: Craig  Mott |  Cape Town Regional Sales Manager at Rawson Property Group

Emerging from the economic challenges of 2020, it is now time for commercial property landlords to regroup, reassess the situation and, importantly, keep a very attentive hand on the tiller of investments.

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