The View Point

The role of Water Management in Water Sustainability

GUEST: Kate Stubb - Marketing Director | InterWaste

GUESTS: Francois Britz - Independent Political Analyst and Professional Debating Coach

Have you ever wondered what a 50 year career in academia entails? Well, Professor McQuoid-Mason of UKZN’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies has achieved an exceptional teaching milestone of 50 years in academia at UKZN.

He began teaching law in 1971 at the erstwhile University of Natal. He not only established the first law clinic in Durban in 1973, but also founded the first Street Law legal literacy programme in South Africa in 1986.

Guest: Prof David McQuoid-Mason - Professor of Law | UKZN’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

The “Common Ground” movement is a unity, solidarity and cooperation platform that emerged out of a “Exclusions, Student Protests and Police Violence - Solidarity” meeting on Friday the 12th of March. The meeting was concerned with the current state of fragmentation and factionalism in the struggle against financial exclusions and the alienation of non-aligned students.

Guest: Mpho Chauke - Co-founder | Common Ground Movement

This afternoon saw the launch of the Defend our Democracy campaign.

This campaign aims to bring together a cross-section of representatives from various sectors to develop a programme of action in defence of our democracy and Constitution. This campaign follows in the wake of former President Zuma's recent defiance of a ConCourt order compelling him to appear before the Zondo Commission.

Guest: Frank Chikane - Founding member | Defend Our Democracy Campaign

The African Youth Economic Forum is a new initiative that was formed by three local youth leaders in the non-profit space. This new forum was selected by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the African Union (AU) as the pre-event for APRM Day Celebrations, where African Leaders of the APR Forum, heads of State and global leaders will converge on behalf of Africa's economic future.

Guest: Seth Mulli - Executive Director | Youth Bridge Trust

Growing up in Atteridgeville in Pretoria back when salons only focused on relaxers and being exposed to products like Black Like Me, Mabel Ledwaba wondered if whether the only beauty treatments black women needed in her community were just limited to relaxers and curls.

Tapping into a market at a time when international cosmetics dominated in South Africa, Mabel was determined to make a mark as a local brand. With a dream and a passion for business, as a teenager, she converted her bedroom into a beauty parlor.

Guest: Mabel Ledwaba - Founding Director | Havilla Beauty

Do you have burning questions that you would like to ask your Financial Adviser but you've always been too embarrassed to ask?

We’re in conversation with Paula Walker, a Director and Advisory Partner at Consolidated Wealth, and she says that financial planning can be very complicated but your Financial Adviser is there to help you to navigate any uncertainty you may have.

Guest: Paula Walker - Director and Advisory Partner at Consolidated Wealth

According to a report on Child Poverty in South Africa released by StatsSA in July 2020, more than six out of ten children (62,1%) are identified as multi-dimensionally poor. The report showed that more than twice as many children living in rural areas (88,4%) face multidimensional poverty compared to children in urban areas (41,3%).

Guest: Asanda Madikane - CEO and Founder | Latita Development Trust

Operation Vulindlela is a joint policy unit between the National Treasury and the Presidency that is aimed at galvanising the government to implement much-needed structural reforms in order to grow the economy. Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says ‘this is not like steering a ship in calm weather towards a particular goal… more like trying to keep a compass heading against rough seas and countercurrents’.

Guest: Ann Bernstein - Executive Director at the Centre for Development Enterprise.