The View Point

Demystifying Nicotine: Unethical to Deprive People of Less Harmful Alternatives

Smoking cigarettes is the most harmful form of consuming nicotine and it is the duty of government, industry and society to ensure that smokers have access to less harmful nicotine products. “It is unethical for us to deprive people of alternatives that are less harmful to their health and tobacco is no exception,” Dr. Letlape said.

South Africa’s approach to regulating less harmful nicotine products should include a review of the scientific evidence and best practices from other countries that are making rapid progress in reducing smoking rates and improving the health profile of their societies by incorporating harm reduction into their tobacco control strategies.

Guest: Prof. Solly Rataemane - Head of Department of Psychiatry | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

Our co-host is a health care leader in South Africa and the former president of the Health Professions Council of SA. He founded the African Medical Association in 2006 and was previously the president of the World Medical Association (WMA).

He made history by becoming the first black person to qualify as an ophthalmologist in SA during the apartheid years, his interest in health care for SA has seen him participate in various health committees and task teams most specifically his work on harm-reduction in the early 2000’s and his ambitious projects with former President Nelson Mandela which resulted in access to antiretroviral treatment to HIV positive patients.

Guest: Dr. Kgosi Letlape - Ophthalmologist, Health Activist and Harm Reduction Advocate

MbChb student, Cameron Joseph understands that a good doctor treats a disease, but a great doctor treats a patient. Growing up with two parents in the healthcare industry, Cameron has always seen medicine as his home and the place where he belongs. For him, it's always been the niche where he wanted to make a difference. Cameron has a passion for paediatrics and community health.

As a South African woman from a previously disadvantaged background, I aim to develop tools that can be useful to combat diseases that are endemic in our country - and that is my main goal." These are the words of University of Cape Town PHD candidate, Veneshley Samuels.
Originally from Atlantis in the Cape Flats, Veneshley says that many families, living in close quarters together, contracted tuberculosis and this experience has driven her to want to specialise in TB research.

Guest: Mr Cameron Joseph - MbChb student - UCT

Guest: Mr Julian Sheldon - Director – Denis Hurley Centre

Guest: Ms Veneshley Samuels - Phd Candidate – UCT

As we concentrate national initiatives on Covid-19 recovery, the systemic eradication of poverty must be the greatest priority, or reconstruction will not succeed. This lies at the heart of the Decent Standard of Living research, and other recent national poverty studies.

In the Fifth Annual Decent Standard of Living Colloquium 2020, the focus will be on: how will poverty shape our future in SA?
What do recent studies show, and how do we ensure new policies are guided by rigorous research?

Guest: Russell Wildeman - Social Policy Specialist at UNICEF

Guest: Trenton Elsley - Executive Director of the Labour Research Service (LRS)

1. #ZweliMkhize (PRASA corruption)

2. #CyrilRamaphosa (President will address the nation amid second wave: National Command Council & Cabinet Meeting)

3. #ZondoCommission (focus shifts from SAA to Denel/Armscor)

4. #ThaboMbeki (Economic Recovery Plans needs more details, too vague)

5. #DeLille (Set to appear before Parliament on Infrastructure Plan outlined in October recovery speeches & anti-corruption strategy)

6. #BrackenfellHigh

Guest: Francois Brits - One of the 10 Speakers of the African Debate Championships, an LLB graduate from the University of the Free State, Analyst and a professional debate coach

The Oliver & Adelaide Tambo Foundation is a public benefit organisation that was established in 2010 to promote, protect and preserve the legacies of married freedom fighters and doyens of democracy, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo. The Foundation actively promotes the memory of the Tambos through education, community-upliftment, arts & culture, and women-empowerment initiatives, amongst others.

Additionally, we host a number of dialogues with institutions of higher learning and other stakeholders in the private and public sector that seek to instil the values for which the Tambos stood in future generations.

The Post-Crisis Crisis: Patriarchal Violence and the Inadequacy of Condemnations

The third and final leg of the O.R Tambo Memorial Lecture was delivered by Nelson Mandela University’s Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola.
Prof Gqola, who was appointed to the University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) this year, is an accomplished academic, gender scholar and activist and award-winning feminist author.
Her lecture, hosted by the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, is titled Patriarchal Violence and the Inadequacy of Condemnations.

Guest:Prof Pumla Dineo Gqola - Nelson Mandela University | Professor in the Centre for Women and Gender Studies (CWGS)

The Logistics industry is one of the core contributions to the world’s economy. What the sector encompasses is very broad and covers essentially everything from a resource’s origin to a finished goods destination.

Dysfunctions in the logistics systems pose a challenge to small businesses, particularly given the shift towards digitization during the COVID 19 pandemic. More often than not, small businesses have neglected their logistic and supply chain management, leading to detrimental effects on the bottom line: deliveries are not made on time, clients finding alternative suppliers and gaining a bad reputation. SMMEs can fix this by choosing a reliable logistics partner.

Guest: Siphokazi Matsha - Founder and Chief Executive Officer | ‘Go-Girl’ Logistics

Labat Africa is working alongside newly acquired Biodata whose research has shown the benefits of using Cannabis as a safer replacement (CBD & THC based products). For those who may not know what Opioids are, here are a few examples: Codiene cough syrups, Morphine and Tylenol. The Opioids market share is estimated at $23 billion (US), globally and estimated at R20 billion on the continent.

Guest: Brian van Rooyen - CEO | Labat Africa

The Annual National Doctoral Conference (ANDC) started on Monday, 2nd November and closes its final session on Thursday, 5th November 2020. It provides a platform for second and third year National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) PhD scholarship recipients to present their doctoral work and constructively engage with their peers.

This conference is a unique space for students, mentors and researchers to collectively explore pertinent questions around the status, explores emerging critical discourse and possible futures of Humanities and Social Sciences scholarship on a national, continental and global levels.

Guest: Dr Nthabiseng Motsemme - Scholarship Academic Director | NIHSS