The View Point

Socio, Econ & Political Issues of the day. Incl. Daily Serial @ 21:45

Socio, Econ & Political Issues of the day. Incl. Daily Serial @ 21:45

The Chemical Industries Education & Training Authority (CHIETA) through the Lesedi Youth Fund will assign over R32 million to pay for historical debts of 552 missing middle learners who are in their final year of study and require funding assistance to complete and obtain their qualifications.

Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• Yershen Pillay]
Position at organisation: [• CEO of the Chemical Industries Education & Training Authority (CHIETA) ]

The loss of income resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa led to higher levels of food insecurity in many homes. In light of this, we’re talking about the Kellogg’s Better Days initiative. In partnership with the Department of Basic Education’s National School Nutrition Programme, Kellogg donates food that serves breakfast every school day to approximately 46 700 school children in schools located in the Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Western Cape, and Gauteng regions.

Title: [• Ms.]
Name: [• Zandile Mposelwa]
Position at organisation: [• Head of external relations at Kellogg's]

Sir Bongani Luvalo is the founder of the Cool Dads Foundation. The foundation focuses on mobilizing and conscientise young fathers to be active, available emotionally and physically in the lives of their children. They are advancing the development of young fathers to ensure that they positively respond to their responsibility of being fathers.

Title: [• Sir (Mr.)]
Name: [• Bongani Luvalo]
Position at organisation: [• Speaker, Entrepreneur, Parenting Coach, Social Commentator and Founder of Cool Dads Foundation]
Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• Tlhologelo Collen Malatji]
Position at organisation: [• ANC MP and ANC Youth League (ANCYL) National Youth Task Team (NYTT) member]

Young people as healthcare providers

We’re in conversation with the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union under the theme of young people as caregivers (in hospitals, rehab centres and old-age homes). Our guest is the President of the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union, Lerato Mthunzi and we will be looking at the advocacy work that the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union does. We will also get her views on
• Providing healthcare now vs. yesteryear – what has changed
• Proving healthcare in the times of a pandemic – safety of healthcare workers
• Gov. has just announced the deployment of SANDF hospital staff to Chris Hani Baragwanath
(1) Staff shortages and how government generally deals with staffing issues in hospitals
(2) Unemployed graduates – can they not be roped in
• The closure of filed hospitals and how this will put a stain on the system

Title: [• Ms.]
Name: [• Lerato Mthunzi]
Position at organisation: [• Founding President of the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global logistics industry has created a ripple effect that can be felt across every other industry. The logistics industry’s response to the pandemic has greatly influenced how well other sectors of the economy are able to adapt to our new reality.

With backlogs at the country’s ports, travel restrictions affecting local transport mechanisms, and many cargo ships prevented from vessel berthing and unloading of goods from vessels coming from different countries, global industries suddenly experienced a shortage in commodities and goods.

Lebogang Likhojane, Co-founder of SmartSentials, joins us again and today he’ll talk to us about how the pandemic has had an impact on the logistics industry

Title: [• Mr.]
Name: [• Lebogang Likhojane ]
Position at organisation: [ • Co-Founder of SmartSentials ]

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is set to host its second national racism conference tomorrow. The last time the conference was held was back in the early 2000s when Thabo Mbeki was president of the country.

The conference is expected to address the root causes of why racial discrimination still exists and whether efforts to address racial discrimination have progressed. The conference will also cover the National Action Plan (NAP) to combat alien exclusion and related intolerance, and the Equality Amendment Bill.
They will also look at Psychological effects of racism - -Alternatives to address rising racial tensions - -Social cohesion in the context of racial relationships -Commercialization of equality law and national action plan

Title: [• Adv. (Mr.)]
Name: [• Tseliso Thipanyane]
Position at organisation: [• CEO | south African Human Rights Commission]

1. Testimonies continued at the Zondo – Former Public Enterprise Minister, Malusi Gigaba, was on the hot seat
2. 3rd Wave – high infection rates in Gauteng and in the Western Cape’s Garden Route / Deployment of SANDF to Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital / gov’s capability to handle the 3rd wave
3. Harrismith protest -
4. Jabu Mabuza’s passing – the businessman and former Eskom chairman died from Covid-19 complications.

Title: [• Ms]
Name: [• Sanusha Naidu]
Position at organisation: [• Senior Research Fellow | Institute for Global Dialogue]

A study conducted by Higher Health and higher education institutions revealed the mental health of students took a knock during the lockdown and said counselling and emotional support services were made available to ensure their mental wellness.

The study looked into the impact of Covid-19 on the youth and students in the post-school education sector, and it also revealed that pockets of Covid-19 cases at institutions have been identified in light of the third wave.

Title: [• Dr. (Mr)]
Name: [• Ramneek Ahluwalia]
Position at organisation: [• CEO of Higher Health]