IPolitiki Podcast

In this episode (the 2nd of 3 on our Intersectionality series), we chat with Gogo Londiwe Mntambo. She is a project manager at a Political Foundation, focusing on 'Democracy and Civic participation'. She is currently doing her MA in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Rhodes University, with a specific interest in African feminism and African womanhood. As well as statehood and security-ultimately looking at notions of peace and conflict. She obtained her BA and BA Honors at Rhodes University. In her Post-graduate years, she has started co-lecturing with other colleagues at an Honors and Undergraduate level, focusing on International Relations (IR) Feminist Theory and Liberation and Social Movements.

In this episode (the 1st of 3 on our Intersectionality series), we chat with Gogo Londiwe Mntambo. She is a project manager at a Political Foundation, focusing on 'Democracy and Civic participation'. She is currently doing her MA in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Rhodes University, with a specific interest in African feminism and African womanhood. As well as statehood and security-ultimately looking at notions of peace and conflict. She obtained her BA and BA Honors at Rhodes University. In her Post-graduate years, she has started co-lecturing with other colleagues at an Honors and Undergraduate level, focusing on International Relations (IR) Feminist Theory and Liberation and Social Movements.

In this episode you'll be joining myself and Felo Sangweni, a Fitness and Conditioning coach who's doing amazing things in developing his online personal training platform. Felo Sangweni has been in the Strength and Conditioning industry for the past 6 years, with a great sporting background. He has worked with provincial and national teams as a conditioning coach, has trained athletes for individual sports as well as people training to live a healthy lifestyle. He believes all his clients have different needs and goals, but we all need to have two things in common in order to archive those goals, and that's HARD WORK & DISCIPLINE. Felo's website is: https://fshealthandwellness.site123.me/

In this episode we make an attempt to analyze the human effects of the lockdown through looking at the class distinctions, describing a capable state and the opportunity costs that have arisen. We're joined by Elisha Kunene and Khanya Vilakazi. Elisha Kunene is a human rights lawyer, working primarily in mining, customary law and land affairs. He spends his free time podcasting about the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

Khanya Vilakazi is an analyst and researcher, currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science. His research interests are in the development of of effective service delivery mechanisms through innovative methodologies that enable communities to shape their own environment.

In this episode we chat to Councilor Nicole Graham who is the Leader of the Democratic Alliance in EThekwini (a Municipal metro in KwaZulu-Natal) and a member of the EThekwini Council's Executive Committee. She takes us through her journey in politics, the dynamics of being official opposition in eThekwini, choosing the DA's new leader in October and the role of local government during and post lockdown

In this episode we're joined by Mr Samukele Mkhize. He is an attorney with expertise in financial services regulation and policy lobbying and is currently reading for a Master of Law in Pension Funds at the University of the Witwatersrand. He talks us through a range of issues from our personal finance, social relief and stimulus package from the South African government

This episode we are joined by Dr Mahlangu who takes us through her journey to being a doctor. In 2017, she graduated medical school with a distinction in Dermatology, and has recently completed her internship. She also engages us on South Africa's response to the Coronavirus pandemic