The View Point

Our next guest is an entrepreneur who is best known for her dazzling crown and keen interest in politics. She had a dream to break down walls across race and gender by curating high quality inclusive beauty products that are not harmful to the body or the environment. Her dream was to influence culture, art and beauty product consumption patterns. In 2018, she launched Masodi  Organics via her Instagram page, where she made her intention clear to her audience: “We are not here to ‘fix’ people’s hair and skin or how they choose to nurture them. We are here to expand their options - on their own terms - so that they can become the highest expression of themselves.”

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Name:     [• Liz Letsoalo]  

Position at organisation:  [• Founder of Masodi Organics]

Title:       [• Ms.]  

Name:      [• Ijangolet Ogwang]  @IjangoletO

Position at organisation:  [• Author of Image in a Mirror and Chevening Scholar alumnus] 

Nhlanhla Lux has been a leading activists in Soweto for more than a decade now; he recently lead an electricity protest to eskom head office mega watt park with the idea of getting young people to stop blocking roads and destroying township infrastructure over electricity problems.

Nhlanhla Lux recently blew the world away when he courageously did what both government and law enforcement couldn't do at the time, which was to protect Maponya mall from being looted saving thousands of jobs, saving the township economy billions of Rands and most importantly saving the legacy of  Dr Richard Maponya.

Title:                                [• Mr.]   

Name:                             [• Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini] 

Position at organisation:   [• President of the Soweto Parliament] 

Title:                                [• Mr.]   

Name:                             [• Tbo Touch  ] 

Position at organisation:   [•  DJ, Entrepreneur; radio host ] 

Journey Wellness

Journey Wellness is an Artificial Intelligence-enabled ultra-personalized wellness solution to help guide users towards better overall health and wellness choices. The app reads health data from user provided survey and user's health kit data like calories, steps, distance, sleep analysis and heart rate health data metric information to provide assistance on wellness journey.

Globally, an ever-increasing portion of healthcare spend and focus is shifting to promote wellness and wellbeing, rather than responding to illness; and healthcare analysts predict that over the coming decade the focus on wellness and wellbeing can reduce overall healthcare costs by as much as 30%.

Title:            [• Dr. (Mr.)]   

Name:         [• Jacques Ludik]  

Position at organisation:  [• Founder and CEO of Cortex Logic (the company behind Journey)] 

1. Family meeting and the announcements
2. Phoenix
3. South Africa’s relief funds

Title:                                [• Dr. (Mr.)]   

Name:                             [• TK Pooe] 

Position at organisation:   [• Senior Lecturer – Wits School of Governance] 

The Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) Township Economy Imbizo

On Saturday, the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) hosted an Imbizo on the Township Economy under the theme “Rebuilding, Restoring and Revitalising the Township Economy”.  

In the space of just over a week, businesses and facilities in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were looted, burned and destroyed, during a violent rampage that left more than 300 people dead. The Presidency said the country could lose R50 billion due to lost output, after about 3 000 shops and 200 businesses were hit by rioters, leaving 40 000 businesses to deal with the costly consequences.

For the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP), the unrest was a catalyst for an overdue conversation about how South Africa’s townships were left behind as the rest of the country’s economy grew.

Title:                 [• Ms.]   

Name:             [• Mametja Moshe – ABSIP Secretary-General]

Position at organisation:  [• Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP)’s Secretary General]

The Urban Farming Cooperative is a non-profit working with parolees to equip them with farming skills and create an ecosystem which addresses food scarcity in South Africa. Their aim is to enable offenders to feed themselves, but more importantly help them serve as a resource to feed the communities that they are released back into, giving parolees a chance to reintegrate with purpose.

Director and founder of the Urban Farming Cooperative, Glen Meyer joins us to discuss the programme and its vision to alleviate malnutrition in South Africa.

Title:       [• Mr.]  

Name:      [• Glen Meyer ] 

Position at organisation:  [• Founder and Direct at the Urban Farming Cooperative]