The View Point

Around 70 tourism SMME’s from various parts of the Northern Cape welcomed the initiative by South African Tourism to include a workshop as part of the recently launched Summer Campaign.

The SMME’s formed part of proceedings at Naba Lodge in Upington this weekend and were exposed to a masterclass on doing business in a COVID-19 environment as well as expert advice on marketing and embracing digital technology.

Guest: Altaaf Kazi - General Manager for Global PR and Communications | South African Tourism

The hard lockdown has been a missed opportunity for South Africa to turn the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) into one that successfully protects survivors, adequately deals with perpetrators, and prevents abuse from happening in the first place - this is according to Afrika Tikkun, an NPO dedicated to the reduction of the socio-economic challenges in south Africa.

Guest: Alef Meulenberg - CEO | Afrika Tikkun

1. #GordanVsMoyane (Moyane's legal team cross examines Gordan at Zondo Commission)
2. #LocalLockdown (National Coronavirus Command Council Meeting to add restriction on provincial and municipal level)
3. #Geoff Makhubo (R35.7 million in Payments made into his private company)
4. #PublicProtector ( Update on court case into CR17 funding)
5.#DA (SAPS must charge Malema with hate speech)

Guest: Matshidiso Maida - Journalist | EWN

Around the world, many people are choosing to delay treatment for serious and chronic ailments because they are worried about being exposed to COVID-19 in healthcare settings.

Although there are no concrete figures, anecdotal evidence collected by members of the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) suggests that this worrying trend is also playing out in South Africa’s private clinical settings – among them acute, sub-acute, day and psychiatric hospitals.

Guest: Dr Anchen Laubscher - Group Clinical Director | Netcare ] Member of Hospital Association of South Africa

Guest: Professor Sakhela Buhlungu - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare

The battle for the consumer’s money will be fierce this Black Friday. GfK’s Consumer Pulse research indicates that 71 percent of online consumers have seen their household income decrease and a third (32%) are experiencing lower expenditure.

Guest: Nicolet Pienaar - Head of Market Insights | GfK

As #16DaysOfActivism campaign go into full swing countrywide, gender-based violence is especially harrowing for the queer community who regularly experience violence because of their gender expression and sexual identities. There have been concerns raised on whether the judicial system or law enforcement protect LGBTI rights.

Guest: Lethabo Mailula - Academic and Gender Activist

Guest: Steve Letsike - Executive Director | Access Chapter 2

Guest: Dr Matome Kganakga - National Deputy Chairperson | Takuwani Riime

The work of innovative entrepreneurs is to take new knowledge and opportunities to create new businesses, and even new markets, to deliver increasing value. In the framework of the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), entrepreneurs are poised to make a significant impact on increasing people’s access to their human rights when they bring products and services to market that are desperately needed to drive social development.

Guest: Jalal Ghiassi-Razavi - Associate Director | Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

The COVID-19 pandemic gave the global economy very little time to prepare for what many economists had predicted would be a permanent shift in the future of work. How is this affecting Africa’s workplace & the economy?

According to a report done by the Anzisha Prize, of the 2.1 billion people expected to join the global population between 2019 and 2050, half will be on the African continent – where access to stable economic opportunities remain limited.

Guest: Melissa Mbazo - Deputy Director | the Anzisha Prize

South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) remain resilient and hopeful as they stay focused on the light at the end of the tunnel. The Business Partners Limited SME Index is a quarterly measure of the attitudes and confidence levels of South African SME owners. The SME Index saw a unanimous uptick across broad business confidence indicators. Local SMEs conveyed an average confidence level of 54 percent that the South African economy will be conducive for business growth in 2021.

GUEST: David Morobe - Executive General Manager for Impact Investing | Business Partners Limited