The View Point

In celebration of Women’s Month, we’re in conversation with men who have defied the gender stereotypes and have ventured into careers that are predominantly classified as ‘a woman’s job’. We have on the line, a man who teaches at a crèche and a man who helps women deliver babies.

The occupations of midwifery and a pre-school teacher have traditionally been for women but there are a FEW wonderful male midwives and pre-school teachers.

Guest: Michael Wilhelm - Founder and Manager of the Peninsula Educare Centre

Guest: Sonti Israel - Advanced midwife and midwifery lecturer

Guest: Mr Mighti Jamie - A political analyst and Podcaster

Open Line, Students Sharing their experiences they're faced with during the covid-19 pandemic.

Guest:Thobeka Mthethwa

Guest: Thabo Thembe

Guest: Thuzani Mnyando

Guest: Sake Zito

Guest: Xola Mehlomakulu

Last month, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) held a webinar that explored Africa’s varying Artificial Intelligence strategies and how they are impacting on the continent’s economic growth. With 10 years left to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, it is believed that the AI solutions that we identify today will need a few years to develop, a few more years to achieve scale and then a few years after that to achieve the desired impact.

Guest: Dr Nick Bradshaw - Co-founder AI Africa Expo (Artificial Intelligence Expo Africa

Women’s financial inclusion has been an underused source of growth that if addressed can spur inclusive development. Given the important role women play in shaping the next generation, their financial inclusion will lead to greater security and prosperity for women and men, their families, enterprises and communities.

Guest: Neo Mofokeng - Programme Officer At Graca Machel Trust

Although white poverty was not unheard of during the first two centuries of white colonialization in South Africa, the severe poverty of the white poor became much more evident by the 1880s. Fifty years later, by the early 1930s, eradicating white poverty became a social, economic and political objective. It is said that the problem of white poverty was solved four decades later.

Guest:Flip ‘Phillip’ Buy - Solidarity

Data Science is a blend of various tools, algorithms, and machine learning principles with the goal to discover hidden patterns from the raw data. As the world entered the era of big data, the need for its storage also grew. It was the main challenge and concern for the enterprise industries until 2010. The main focus was on building a framework and solutions to store data.

GUEST: Mr Elton Bondi - CEO of BSC Global

GUESTS: Dr Mandla Lamba – CEO of Verityhurst Academy

Guest: Mr Brian van Rooyen - CEO of Labat Africa

In the 21st century, eCommerce is a pervasive and ever-growing part of our everyday lives. From global leaders in the game like AliExpress, eBay and Shopify; to local brands connecting their products to consumers all across the country - there are many different types of eCommerce, based on the business model you choose. Now anyone can set up an ecommerce website overnight, and start seeing results from their efforts in less than a year.

GUESTS: Tshepo Mohlala - Fashion Designer and Founder of TSHEPO Jeans

Guest: Craig Bellingham - Founder and CEO of Studio [K]irmack

The word “bullying” often raises images of schoolchildren being bullied by teasing, isolation and physical fights. While bullying in schools is spoken about frequently, bullying by adults (often in the workplace) isn’t spoken about as frequently as it occurs.

South Africa generally has a problem of workplace bullying and with the advent of Covid-19, workplaces have become more hostile. Although sickness in the workplace is not uncommon, the strict guidelines in place to reduce transmission of COVID-19 and constant news updates on the spread of the disease, can make people hyper-aware and even suspicious of their co-workers’ health.

GUEST: Prof Gawie Cillie - Employment relations expert and lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch Business School