We return to the Development Bank of Southern Africa conference centre where the Department of Trade and Industry is hosting their annual Industrial Park symposium and workshop. The event is taking place at the Development Bank of Southern Africa conference here in Midrand under the theme: Positioning the Industrial Parks for Excellence. As a business person, how should I interpret an industrial park?
Guest: Lionel October – Director General in the Department of Trade and Industry

Department of Trade and Industry is hosting their annual Industrial Park symposium and workshop. The event is taking place at the Development Bank of Southern Africa conference here in Midrand under the theme: Positioning the Industrial Parks for Excellence. What is the main purpose of the symposium and what should we as the public know about it?

GUEST(OB): Stieneke Jensma – Chief Director: Regional Industrial Development at the DTI

We turn our focus now on preventative healthcare. Many times when one is too sick and on the brink of not making it, doctors would say only if they came in early to get checked, then the problem would have been solved. What is the importance of preventative healthcare and how serious should we take it?

GUEST: Dr Jimmy Mohale – Specialist in family medicine and primary healthcare

The SABC through its flagship campaign called Men in the making is today launching the first conference called “Africa Rise Again”. The idea is to get men who are role models influence the boy child in a positive way. We are currently sitting with a problem of gender based violence, how will this initiative change are communities for the better? This being November which is now known Movember, how do we utilize it for positivity? What is it that men should do to change the picture around? What is the SABC aiming to achieve with this campaign?

GUEST(OB): Dr Pika – President of the World Harvest Theological College

GUEST(OB): Mr Philly Moilwa - Acting SABC Foundation CEO
guest: Nkosana Mabena

In an effort to avert protests during the 2021 local government elections, the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) is pulling all stops to involve all citizens in the upcoming public consultation sessions on the first draft sets of electoral wards. The MDB delimits wards for the purpose of local elections after consultations with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The ward delimitation process (#WardDelimitation2020) is regarded as a crucial step towards deepening local democracy and promoting spatial transformation within communities....

GUEST: Thabo Manyoni, Chairperson of the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)

This morning the focus is on Gauteng’s two metros which are expected to have new executive members by end of day. As this may cause disruptions on governance, MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and CoGTA Lebogang Maile has issued a statement assuring residents of the City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane, respectively his department will oversee with what he refers to as an “eagle eye” sittings of both Metro Councils taking place this morning.

Guest: Lebogang Maile – Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and CoGTA

Food systems around the world are becoming a major focus as populations are growing. On the African continent in particular food systems are rapidly changing due to increasing affluence, urbanization and globalization. Interestingly, the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems was awarded to the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security hosted by the University of the Western Cape and co-hosted by the University of Pretoria, with the intention of harnessing African scholarship to address these challenges. What are we to understand by all of this?

GUEST: Professor Julian May - director of the national Centre of Excellence in Food Security, co-hosted by the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria. He also holds, as of 2017, the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems.

How do men spend child support grant money? We now speak to Zoheb Khan, a Researcher, at the University of Johannesburg, UJ about research that found South African men spend childcare grants wisely. The survey analysis debunks the myth that men are more likely to spend the money on alcohol, tobacco and gambling.

GUEST: Zoheb Khan, a Researcher, at the University of Johannesburg

Over the past three decades, millions of jobs have been lost globally and locally due to restructuring of economies, neo-liberal economic policies, economic crises and open trade agreements between countries. This period has seen a huge growth in informal employment, especially amongst women who have to combine family and work responsibilities. A significant number of these workers do homebased piecemeal work, often for big companies, but it is questionable whether this constitutes decent work. In today’s show we discuss and explore the phenomenon of home based work.

Guest: Jane Barrett - Director of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) - Organisation and Representation Programme
Guest: Shahida Cassiem - New Hope Co-operative based in Mannenberg, Cape Town

The VBS story continues to implicate the country’s political leaders in corrupt dealings and looting of savings by some of the poorest people. Journalists are exposing the dirt behind the missing funds which have crippled municipalities in the poor districts. What is the picture currently and why are we not seeing arrests at the top of the food chain despite all the revelations?

GUEST: Pauli van Wyk, a Journalist from the Daily Maverick's investigative unit Scorpio