The View Point

Guest: Mr Brian van Rooyen - CEO of Labat Africa

Guest: Dr Mandla Lamba - CEO Verityhurst Capital

Did you know that an average of 25 000 South Africans immigrates per year?

According to the United Nations estimates that the number of South African-born people residing outside the country has increased from 330,000 in 1990 to well over a million in 2020.

While the pandemic has delayed the relocation process, it has not deterred many South Africans’ decisions to emigrate, or to have a Plan B, should they wish to leave in the future. Rather than waiting for international travel to reopen, they are using this Covid-19 period to finalize their administrative requirements required to relocate internationally.

GUEST: Bastian Trelcat - Managing Partner at Harvey Law Group

Whilst corporate South Africa counts the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the areas which has been brought into sharp focus has been a leader’s role in flattening the curve.

This has required many corporates to consider a revision of their current capabilities, systems and for our next guest, apply a concept called anti-fragility.

GUEST: Sibusiso Buthelezi - Head of Operational Risk at African Bank

GUEST: Francis S. Konyon - Co-Ordinator | MenEngage Liberia

Western law and cultural laws are at odds when it comes to the status of the child of a single/unmarried mother.

GUESTS: Nkosikazi Nonyaniso Fikeni - Regent and member of the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders

HERITAGE MONTH

GUEST: Dr. Nokuzola Mndende - Commissioner at the CRL Commission

It has been almost 5 months since the reality of Covid-19 hit our shores. We’ve seen our country go into lockdown, our death rate has passed the 10 000 mark and we were once among the top five countries in the world to be hardest hit by the pandemic.

Today, we look at the progress we’ve in dealing with this pandemic – considering how we battled with HIV and the fact that we have an ailing public health system.

Guest:Prof Mosa Moshabela - Dean and head of School of Nursing and Public Health at UKZN

Arbor Week is an annual awareness week held from 31st August to 4th September, globally. This year #PolliNationSA, a 12 month movement that aims to help 100 000 South Africans become legitimate bee protectors, is aligning with Arbor Week in a mutually beneficial move by calling on people to plant bee-friendly indigenous trees.

Launched in May by Candide, a free gardening app, #PolliNationSA aims to raise awareness around bees, their needs, and what we can do as gardeners to create a sustainable environment for them.

Guest:Tessa Lass - Ecologist | Candide

Usually, we would do a wrap of the leading political stories over the last 72 hours. However, there has been one story drowning out all else: the infighting happening within the African National Congress.

The Special ANC NEC Meeting was held over the weekend to tackle corruption. We have seen scathing #OpenLetters from Jacob Zuma accusing the sitting President of betrayal. We have seen cadres such as #AndileLungisa, #MzwandileMasina & #TonyYengeni ask the President to step aside. We have seen President Ramaphosa place himself under investigation by the Integrity Commission.

Guest: Lebohang Pheko - Political Analyst | Managing Director, Four Rivers

In a press statement last week, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme announced that it would be defunding 5000 students from the scheme due to students no longer meeting the requirements for the system.

Further, those students who had parents making R350 000 per annum according to SA Revenue Service would be given an opportunity to appeal the decision to defund & state reasons why they should remain applicable.

Guest: Lungile – South West Gauteng College
Guest: Mukelwa – UKZN student
Guest: Zenathi – University Fort Hare (former SRC)
Guest: Sinoxolo – UKZN student
Guest: Sibonginkosi – DUT
Guest: Senzo Sibisi – lost funds last year