BE DRIVEN [STUDIO]: We’re joined in studio by Bandile Mathandela who was recently made Chief Operating Officer at Aurum Innova.

He’s also the founding member of a farming cooperative called Eagles Multi-Purpose Primary Cooperative.

The 30 year old has also founded and managed Mathandela Construction.

Furthermore, he’s played semi-professional soccer, having played in Turkey, Sweden and the US.

And of course you know him as a business contributor right here on The Glenzito Super Drive.
He currently holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Wits Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Wits University.
Bandile Mathandela has experience in several industries and across sectors through his entrepreneurial ventures as well as professional career. He has a background in Growth Strategies, SME Development and Investments, Media, Agriculture, Construction and most recently Healthcare.
As part of his work with the programme, Bandile is part of a team tasked by the Compensation Commissioner to develop artificial intelligence programmes that can assist in computer aided diagnostic (working with the University of British Columbia).
He is also part of the Eastern Cape’s ex-miners programme steering committee which is chaired by the Eastern Cape Premier. Lastly, on ex-miners work, Bandile is part a team tasked with engaging traditional leaders in Eastern Cape and facilitating the rollout of engagement with various communities in order to ensure ex-miners are compensated, under the leadership of Weitz Botes of Harmony Gold and The Gold Working Group.

INTERVIEW: The Eastern Cape government has approved the setting up of a cannabis college. We now speak to Ayongezwa Lungisa who is the spokesperson for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform.
Medical cannabis
 With medical cannabis, the college will be an arsenal in maintaining purity in the plant which is required by pharmaceutical. Meeting pharmaceutical standards is a none negotiable.
Development medical cannabis therefore has to be done with people with the necessary technique. This college is therefore aimed at giving the required skill and technique. Medical cannabis is developed from hot houses.
There is no agricultural college with engineering component on how to build and maintain hot houses in the country. Hot houses present an opportunity on how you control every aspect of growth of the plants.

TECH TUESDAY with Tech Blogger Dave Greenway
1. The rest of the mobile industry is being hit hard by the outbreak of the coronavirus.
2. Samsung is expected to unveil a slew of new flagship phones tonight starting at 21h00 -
Tech term of the week: HAMR

: We now speak to Russell Mthembu who had been a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo since the 70s about the passing of Joseph Shabalala who was the founder of the group.
Mshengu died at a Pretoria hospital at the age 78.
The group is currently touring America and will now cut their tour short. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has won 5 Grammys.
The nation mourns the passing of founder of legendary scathamiya group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala.
Over the past few years Shabalala's health deteriorated, resulting in him retiring from the group in 2014.
Earlier this year, Shabalala was admitted to hospital due to ill health, and those close to him asked fans to keep him in their prayers.
In 2017, Shabalala was admitted to hospital after his health took a nosedive after he underwent spine surgery and "struggled" to get back on his feet.
Although Shabalala officially handed over leadership of Ladysmith Black Mambazo to his son Sibongiseni about three years ago, the star occasionally made appearances with the group at events.

AVIATION UPDATE [STUDIO]: Aviation Expert Phuthego Mojapele will join us in studio to give us the latest in the world of aviation.

The Glenzito Superdrive is designed to be fun, easy with a bit of va va voom.

INTERVIEW: Medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine have launched the #IMadeADoctor campaign in an effort to raise R1 million to cover medical students who face exclusion if their historical debt is not paid.
We now speak to Xoliswa Njapha who’s a 4th year Medical Student at UKZN and a member of the Student Representative Council.

Guest: Ms Xoliswa Njapha, 4th year Medical Student at UKZN and a member of the Student Representative Council
The SRC at the medical school is using their Student Development Leadership and Governance bank account to facilitate public donations.
This week, the University of KwaZulu-Natal suspended all academic activities for the rest of the week after violence erupted at campuses in Durban and Pietermaritzburg where students fought police and private security with stones and burnt at least three buildings.
Protests have been raging at the institution since last week. Students have been fighting for the abolition of historical debt and having to pay 15% of their debt. Student leaders have argued that poor students cannot afford to pay the 15%, which often runs into thousands of rands. At least 16 000 students face being excluded due to historical debt.
UKZN said it already had a debt of R1.7 billion at the end of 2019. It also said it had capped the maximum amount of money that can be paid towards student debt at R45 000.

INTERVIEW [STUDIO]: ComAmunity Theatre will be the focus at the Zwakala Festival to be held at the Ramolao Makhene Theatre in Johannesburg this weekend. The festival which is in its 27th year helps to nurture and promote new writing talent and is a platform to connect with larger audiences. We’re now joined by Zimkitha Kumbaca, Zwakala who is the Festival resident director.

INTERVIEW: The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture is hosting a Social Compact Convention from 6 – 7 February 2020, at Saint George Hotel. We’ll be joined on the line by Dr Abraham Serote, Director in the Arts and Culture Department.
Through the social compact; business, government, labour and civil society will agree to work together to bring about future change. It will reaffirm the importance of freedom, peace and security as well as the respect for all human rights.

The social compact is aimed at promoting national unity, cohesion and nation building. The strategic objectives of the compact are focused on inviting all sectors of the society to play a role in advancing constitutional democracy, human rights and equality. Furthermore, the compact seeks to building unity amongst South Africans, as well as with the region, continent and the international community; and encouraging healing of individuals and communities.

The social compact takes forward the National Development Plan which advocates the need for such a compact given the socio-historical divisions across society, especially along racial lines, still persist.

The NDP is clear that exclusion, and the associated poverty and lack of opportunity, undermines social cohesion in South Africa. The compact will delve into the strategies to bring the previously disadvantaged and disenfranchised into the mainstream affairs of the country and the economy.

The NDP advocates for a social contract to contribute substantially to providing the political, economic and social conditions for our long-term development. It focuses on the collective problems facing our country such as Labour market policy, spatial planning, gender violence, unemployment and economic growth.

At the core of the social compact, government will work to invest more on social and economic infrastructure and expanding the social wage to the poor. Business is encouraged to take a longer-term perspective by investing more, and increasing emp

BE DRIVEN[STUDIO]: Nungu Diamonds is a South African black-owned diamond cutting and polishing firm and bespoke diamond jewellery brand. We’ll be joined in studio by Kealeboga Pule, Founder & MD of Nungu Diamonds.