The View Point

Atilla Dag – Executive Director at Universal Rights Association spoke to Asanda Beda about the Concert for Refugees that’ll be help on Friday the 21st of June at the Linder Auditorium
A Concert for Refugees will be held at the Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg on June 21st, 2019, a day after World Refugee Day to create awareness about the challenges of the refugees and other forcibly displaced people, through inspiring people by the music and other forms of arts. There will be performances from local musicians and artists, playing tunes and instruments, a photography exhibition, an introductory video of stories of particularly refugee women and children, and stands of institutions active in this field. Tickets of the concert will be sold and all proceeds go to directly to proving and service and support to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in South Africa.

Asanda Beda spoke to Martin Mande – representative of the Refugee Communities Organisation AND Albert Mpazayabo who has has been in South Africa since 1997 – He left his home country (Rwanda) in 1994 during the war and he is currently based in Cape Town
World Refugee Day, international observance observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world.
The year 2019 has been declared by the African Union (AU) as the “Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa” which is yet another gesture worth saluting.
But for thousands of refugee men and women in South Africa, it is sad to note that, like all the previous years, they will be spending this day with little to commemorate.

Asanda Beda spoke to Monako Dibetle – Former Mail ad Guardian Journalist, PR and Marketing Specialist. His father was a policeman during the time of the massacre and the trauma had a huge effect on the family
As part of youth month, we look at various life changing moments in our country’s history that young people need to be educated and engaged on. Today we zoom in on the Boipatong massacre. On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in nearby Sebokeng Township. The armed men were affiliated to the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and observers suspected that the attack was aimed at undermining the negotiations process between the then Nationalist Party (NP) government and the African National Congress (ANC). In response to the massacre the ANC withdrew from the negotiations, blaming the NP government for the attack. More than the political effects of the massacre, were the many lives and families negatively impacted by this part of our history...

Asanda Bed was in conversation with Dr Nelson Igaba, a Senior Technical Advisor for Medical Male Circumcision Programmes at Right to Care.
Circumcision season is underway and around this time of the year (when it’s winter holidays) boys are sent to initiation schools and some are taken to clinics to get circumcised. We’re in conversation with Right To Care, an NGO that plays a pivotal role in raising awareness and alleviating the burden that comes with chronic illnesses; each year, they embark on an programme that gives free circumcision at clinics in previously disadvantaged areas. We engage them on a range of issues, including the need to incorporate trained professionals into the circumcision/initiation process; the benefits of circumcision; the challenges they face when offering free MMC in a region that is predominantly occupied by people who are stringent on doing things in a certain way - AND also their views on women and their involvements (or lack thereof) in circumcision issues

Asanda Beda was in conversation with Tracey Henry – CEO at Tshikululu Social Investment about NGO fraud and corruption.
Illicit flow of funds in the NGO sector: How much do NGOs know about their funders and where their aid comes from? I the past couple of years we’ve heard numerous reports about corruption, fraud and illicit flow of funds and some of these reports link a number of NGOs. With the recent one being the investigation of U.S taxpayers’ money that went missing from the pentagon being linked to a South African NGO… Why are NGOs being targeted as channels to move money?

Asanda Beda spoke to Ms Hester Stephens – President of SADSAWU (South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union) about the costs of having a domestic worker and the working conditions which some domestics workers are exposed to.

On May 23rd, a judge ruled in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that the exclusion of domestic workers in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act of 1993 is unconstitutional. But the law has yet to be changed. Some domestic workers get lucky when they find employers who put them on medical aid and even offer some help with the children. Are domestic workers asking for too much? Is it getting more expensive to have a helper?

Guests: Youth Squad - Zanele, Tulz, Kourtney from Blom, Marelize from CP, Sima from PE and Dr Foster

Guest: Dr Foster

Guest: Simi Siwisa is an executive director of Stratvest, a research and advisory firm

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