Last week on Wednesday Kagiso Capital in partnership with Kagiso Trust and FirstRand Empowerment Foundation hosted a seminar looking at the efficacy of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. The seminar held under the theme: under the theme “Beyond the Façade – The Bittersweet Reality of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment” featured some of the country’s leading commentators and role-players to share their views on policy. 

Guest: Mr Kgotso Schoeman, CEO Kagiso Capital

Guest:  Konehali Gugushe – Head of Social Investing at FirstRand Limited

Guest:  Ernst van Zyl – Head of Public Relations at AfriForum

70 organizations representing civil society and academia are calling for the extension of the Presidential Employment Stimulus. The funding is set to end in March 2024. The Stimulus is at risk of not being renewed, with the final decision will be announced during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement next month.

Evidence shows the national impact of the programme in only three years of implementation- in a short time frame, PES has become South Africa’s ace up its sleeve to building a society that works. It will take decades to solve youth unemployment; but losing the PES would mean reverting back to small-scale impact, instead of population-level impact. 

Guest: Kristal Duncan - Project Lead at Youth Capital

Guest: Prof. Lauren Graham - Development Sociologist and Director of the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg

Xowla also known as Stallion is a very popular music producer having worked with Big Zulu, Mduduzi Ncube and Lwah Ndlunkulu. He’s also feature in the hit song ‘’Ivolo volo”.  Xowla ventured into a solo career where he released hits like Gibela featuring DJ Tira and Intando to name a few. 

Guest: Xowla, aka Stallion - South African music producer

Tuesday the 3rd of October marked the 10th annual Lot Ndlovu Lecture under the theme: Key lessons on leadership and transformation from the life of Lot Ndlovu. Mncane Mthunzi Delivered the lecture where he mentioned some of the qualities Mr Ndlovu brought to the Black Management Forum. His key pillars to the organisation were, fairness, equity and justice.

Guest: Monde Ndlovu - Consultant at African Leadership Development and the son of the late Lot Ndlovu

Guest: Dr Sibongile Vilakazi – President of the Black Management Forum

Guest: Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu – Chairperson of Maduke Lot Ndlovu Legacy Trust and former president of the Black Management Forum

We continue with our 10-interview series in partnership with the Central Energy Fund. We feature various stakeholders in the energy sector. To unpack relevant issues within the sector, and provide insight into what South Africa collectively needs to do to ensure power security for all. This morning we focus on how the petrol price works and to explain it all, we are joined by...

Guest: Robert Maake - Director for Fuel Pricing Mechanism at Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

This morning we speak to Mxolisi Kaunda who is Executive mayor for the City of eThekwini. He held a press briefing on Monday announcing various measures he will be applying to improve conditions for those living under the metropolitan. He spoke about his plans to reclaim hijacked buildings, dealing with the water crises and the financial state of the metro. On a positive note, the City won an award this week for the top performing project at the annual Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities 69th Conference held in Gauteng on Tuesday. 

Guest:  Cllr Mxolisi Kaunda – Executive Mayor for the eThekwini Metropolitan  

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola will be launching the Masters’ Deceased Estate Online Registration System next week. The department says that the system aims to bring services closer and speedily to clients across the country thereby enhancing access to justice. We all know how difficult the process and the slow pace it takes to be completed. 

Guest: Adv Kanyane Mathibe – Chief Director Strategy and Policy in the Office of the Chief Master

The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights plays an important role in the processing and restitution of land in South Africa. In recent months, the Commission has kicked off its “Know the Status of your Land Claim” campaign. The campaign has called for members of communities who have lodged their land claims (cut-off December 1998) to visit the commission’s offices to check the status reports of their outstanding claims. 

Guest(Studio): Ms Nomfundo Ntloko - Chief Land Claims Commissioner at the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights

South Africa has one of the highest rates of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in the world. The country continues to grapple with the highest FASD rates globally, with some regions in the Western Cape recording rates as high as 31% of children born with FASD, and parts of the Northern Cape not far behind at 28%. The medical condition is incurable and Our next guest highlights the importance of prevention programmes and education within communities. 

Guest: Dr Angelique Coetzee - Medical Doctor and Chairperson of South African United Business Confederation's health committee

The Eastern Cape Development Agency has recently concluded their 3rd investment conference last week. This gathering brought government, business leaders and entrepreneurs together. 

Guest: Ayanda Wakaba – CEO of the Eastern Cape Development Agency

Guest: Vuyani Jarana – Board chairperson of the Eastern Cape Development Agency